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My bump becomes obvious only this week, week 20. Everyone can now see I am pregnant. Before that, some of my colleagues didn't know. The growth of the baby below the belly button pushes our stomach up so the bump can be much higher than where your baby is. This is what I experience so far. It...

Hi mommies, did anyone of you experienced a rather "overnight ballooning" of your tummies around 19th, 20th week? I really think mine did after the end of 19th week. Even my colleagues commented this this week. Some of them didnt even know I was pregnant before this week. This is my second...

Hi JV Ong, my friend's gynae for her two kids at KKH is Dr tan thiam chye . She gives him thumbs up.

Hmm I had that back strain a few days last week but thankfully it went away. I think it got to do with the uterus stretching. I do remember I had that backache in my pregnancy with #1 in first trimester and it went away only in second trimester and returned in 3rd trimester. I did some back...

Thanks for your sharing JV Ong. If you decides to go KKH, you will need to change to KKH pte suite gynaes. I have a friend who delivered both kids there and she is happy with the doctor and service.

Hi summerbabies, How different are the two gynaes for your first and second child?

Good for you. The first round of medicine plus nasal spray stopped having effect on me. I think the body got immune to the medicine. Given a change of medicine but did some reading up like the medicine not totally cleared of risks for pregnancy intake, so decided to just "tahan" like the GP said...

Glad you have recovered. For me, sleeping makes the congestion worse! The only time the nose clears up is when I am eating and walking.

It might or might not be cold/ flu. For me, definitely not virus because this is 3rd week already and it is not going away. Also, I have been eating and sleeping with my toddler as usual and he is still fine so I know mine is pregnancy rhinitis like my gynae suggests. Hope we get well soon.

Which hospitals are you visiting JV Ong? If you dont mind, share with me your feedback. TQ! I delivered at Mt A in 2013, most likely will go back there next year Apr/ May. :)

wow, $680 antenatal check up package is cheap! Mine also does not include detailed scans. For both my pregnancies, I did Oscar and 2nd trimester detailed scans for peace of mind. Oscar will tell you the down syndrome risks and other blood related issues. These detailed scans must pay separately...

This nasal congestion with runny nose and sneezing is driving me crazy for past 2.5 weeks. Seen GP thrice but the medicine do not really work, was told decongestants not safe for pregnancy, got to "tahan". Going to work in this condition is really tough!

Yes I noticed that usually it happens when my boy had too much excitement or had threw tantrums and didnt get his way and resulted in prolonged crying. But sometimes cannot really help it cos we cannot just give in to his tantrums just because it is near bedtime. Tough choice! The other time...

Any mommy having pregnancy rhinitis now? How are you coping with all the nose congestion, runny nose , sneezing and headaches?

Hi tarotgal, my antenatal package for check ups is $1800 from week 16, plus two post delivery after hosp discharge check ups. So I will say quite the same as yours. I think $2200 for natural without assistance is reasonable.