Anyone from South Africa

Hi there

Just wondering if there are any moms out there that are still in S.A or that are in New Zealand.

We have emmigrated from S.A and staying in N.Z now.

Hi there
How are you coping in NZ? No wors or biltong?
Have just moved after the birth of DS to Pretoria from Cape Town. I much preferred Cape Town and miss my house, my cat and my friends horribly. I had my baby in Tasmania where I am from originally. Ditto to the above. So now I must start again all over again in Pretoria but with a new baby and an Afrikaans DH. I don't feel as safe getting out and about here, even though we are in Centurion, plus I have no car during the day. The other day we went to a touristy area at Watervolboven and got sized up for a mugging Fortunately they (3) decided we were not a good option (5.5). I felt so uncomfortably paranoid now I have a baby. He was in the pouch and I felt like the weakest lnk and worried how I would protect him.

hi,
im not quite the same. im an aussie who married a south african in england. we conceived our son there but had him in SA eastern cape... stutterheim (a very small town...near east london) then we have moved here to aus (melbourne)
I understand how you felt with the going out part in SA. I wouldnt choose to live there if we go back. i would either go back to where my hubby is from or cape town. it can be a very hard choice, but we all make new paths.
we have rellies in centurion/pretoria area. it seems lovely..ish but if you dont have a car then you are isolated. at least now that im here in aus, if i want to go for a walk i can. we lived on the family farm, and if i wanted to go for a walk i had to take the dogs with me... kinda sucky but they enjoyed the walk. we had a few locations around us but i worried as they were always drinking, they seemed unprodictable.. thats whenit becomes scary.
i hope that you are able to get out and about safely and wish you well. if you want to chat feel free to get in contact with me.
either through this or gingerkel@hotmail.com

bye for now

Well hello again!
I have been back in Australia a year now with the LOs. Much easier than RSA but never the less home sick for friends and DH over there. After nearly a decade in RSA there is a lot to miss. Love the Eastern Cape area, but spend most of my time South of PE

Hi Back to you...
we still here in Aus and hubby just about finalised for work.. Once he got his residency, the next step was to get all his stuff cerified here... man was that tough.
We still thining of going back and would do so easily...
I just wouldnt go til after the world cup...
Hope that things are ok for you and if you still want to catch up for a coffee if we in the same area, then let me know..

grin
so glad to see other SA mums on the forum.
Hubby, I and our little boy have been in NZ for almost 2years.
I'm 7w pregnant - will be my first NZ baby and we were REALLY stressed about the whole midwife thing. I mean....I want me scans... I wanna know what's up with the LO... tongue
We went to our first midwife appointment on monday - decided we will be positive. Because #1 was an emergency c-section we opted to go for an elective one this time round.....
NO WAY - if there's nothing wrong with you you're doing it the old fashioned way... needless to say that hubby and I decided to go and see a specialist in Auckland. After we made the appointment we were suddenly excited and looking forward to the new addition to the family.

Maybe it's just me, but I kinda miss the SA way of going to your Gine and at least having a choice in the whole process....getting your scans... without someone that's making you feel like a bad mom/person ect!!

Did any of you had the same kind of experience with midwives after an SA birth? I sometimes get the feeling that the whole system in NZ is very old fashioned unsure