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Hi Mommies, Anyone on E Excel Millenium for their pregnancy during this period? E Excel is having a promotion on their Cactus drink as below. Liquid or Powdered Beverage applicable. Powdered Beverage will be slightly cheaper. Cactus juice is wholesome and offers more nutrition than...

Do you take calcium tablets? I had the same issue with all my pregnancies, constipation was so bad I was stuck in toilet for 5 hours at one point in time. It helps when I take sufficient fiber with lots of water and stopped my calcium tablets. In fact, nutrients are more easily absorbed by...

I would personally not support drinking milk. When I was pregnant with my first, my doctor advised me against commercial formula milk as it contains a lot of sugar. What is it that you are looking for in milk? Cow's milk is best nutrition for calves but not necessarily for humans. According to...

Hi Pony, Since doctor mentioned that both you and hubby are fine, perhaps it is down to some lifestyle factors like diet, stress etc.. I suggest you can also consider nourishing your health using good quality whole food. In the field of Nutritional Immunology, there are a few plant food that...

Hey Gel, I took Oxyginberry and millennium. It's a whole food beverage that can be taken as breakfast. Personally prefer this since it is food based. You can read more about it here. (Note: not my links). http://www.joselynewholesomefood.com/2014/11/testimonial-for-pregnancy.html?m=1

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GE flexi maternity plan is a new 3 year hospitalization term plan (Came out in April 2015) that can be converted at the end of the term. Prufirstgift and AXA prenatal plans has been around for a long time, but they are both ILP. It depends on what you are looking for. There are people who...

Did Dr. Tham increase his package price? When I signed up in Feb 15, the package was $650 from 13 weeks onwards for normal gynae consultation and scan. (Think about 11 visits)

Had OGTT again after delivery and was back to normal. But my carbo intake such as rice became permenantly low and I developed interest in "customizing" my own food. Haha. Ya. Sometimes the lure is very strong. Then I will rope in my husband. And steal 2 bites from him. I find it very hard to...

Yup...occasional indulgence...is understandable !...and, it's also about how much carbo we eat at one go, whether it is high or low GI food. To continue testing or not depends on the gynae. If they trust you enough, they will let us auto pilot when you get the hang of it. As my current gynae...

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Milk wise, what works well works best, though I still think milk powder is non essential. It's interesting if your gynae has any alternative views on milk. There's a whole debate on full cream vs low fat milk, but studies still undergoing. I forgot to add. My supplements was folic acid only in...

I drink fresh milk (Brownes Brand because I like its taste. But basically I just look out for Australian fresh milk due to their ban of growth hormones and known to have stricter agricultural regulation. Though the following link is an advertorial but I find Dr. Leslie to be very objective...

Eh...Mildly flavored. (some people purposely drink concentrated dosage of lemon water every morning to go toilet after but that's not the intent here). For me mild is good regulator. But it varies from individual, so do try a little first to see how it turns out first. I put 1/6 of a lemon...

I feel you. Had a few ordeals spanning 5 hours- 2 days the last few times. Eat obscene amounts of veg. Also have sufficient fruits (at different seatings). Drink at least 2L of water daily. For me currently, 1/3 to 1/2 of my food portion every meal is veg. I have fruits twice a day. I find that...

For my first pregnancy, my weight stagnated after 28 weeks. I might have lost a little towards the end. Weight stagnating seems common. My overall weight gain for whole pregnancy was 9kg (I was underweight before pregnancy). My baby size dropped from 70th to 10th percentile in 3rd trimester...

#2 Dr. Tham is my current doctor. I find him to be very positive, reassuring and excellent at putting things in perspective. I had also gone through an amniocentesis with him. Skilled hands. I am very inquisitive by nature. Hence, what I most like about him is that he gives parents both the...

Hey, don't feel sad. On a lighter note, your results doesn't mean you have diabetes. It means that there is lower tolerance to diabetes. A diabetic is determined by a high blood fasting sugar or a 2hr reading of >11.6 mmol/L. The good thing is we now know that eating too sweet is not good for...

I did mine one month after birth. Standard draw blood test. Told it was normal. Was your 3rd month test via pricking or drawing of blood? Drawing of blood to lab test is more accurate than pricking. Glucose meter can have an inaccuracy of up to 20%. That being said, our blood glucose level...

Latching is the best way to stimulate milk production. Some (but fewer I know of) mothers respond very well to exclusive pumping, but not for me. I latch my baby at night too. It was crucial for me, as it helped a lot in maintaining my supply. I find salmon and milo a good booster. Occasional...