(2006/04) April 2006 MTB

Hi everyone...
Thanks for all the well-wishes!! Just discharged frm hospital this afternoon. Thanks to jasminetea and rach for helping me to post news and photos on my behalf.

I didn't opt for GA in the end. Took partial anaesthesia and 'witness' the birthing process. And of course, I cried when I heard Jayden's wailing when he came out frm my tummy
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Re: Breastfeeding
I still couldn't establish my BM as Jayden is a very impatient bb. He wailed so loud when he demands for milk and cried till he turns red. So no choice got to feed him FM asap. But I will try to pump out the milk so that I can bottle feed him lor...

ok, gtg liao...coz my mum doesn't allow me to sit for too long...otherwise all the naggings will start again.
 


daphne,
really huh? I was asking my colleague on when the qing ming starts. =p
Half of my mind was hoping bb dun born during tix period as I vaguely remembered my geomancer did say tat our bb b prone to sickness.. (then cm 2 think of it... it seems tat he noes that our 1st bb b born during tix period).
 
cheers3344, my gynae did a check on my fluid level also.. it's around 8.8 and she say it's normal leh...
2.8kg at 37weeks, not small lah...

I had my cervix check last sat also.. gynae very gentle, no pain at all
 
Juzmaine
Yup..guess u r right..so diff to bring bb out esp when still new born plus got to worry this & that & esp with e HFMD, worse..guess i hv to keep myself occupied for tt one mth..hopefully bb also well behaved so can rest & do my things..hee..

Hunniepot
ur neigh's unit undergg reno? U know what..i share e same pathetic plight as u..my stupid upstair unit will b undergg reno during my confinement mth..aiyo..of all time they choose now to do it..somemore it's major reno :p

Jumbo
Bb Nixon is soo adorable in his b/d suit..hee..

RE: Checking of cervix
I'll be having mine during the next visit as my gynae needs to check whether it has ripen since he's estimating that i'll be delivering soon..really not painful hor?? How do the gynae actually see whether ur cervix has ripen or dilated?? Shine a torch light? Hee
 
Hi Tanwawas78, CTG - is to test your bb's heart beat and to check for contractions. Usually done ard 38 - 40th week. Some gynae dun even do it. According to my gynae, the general practice is a cervix check will be done after a CTG scan. Cervix check is to determine for dilation. FOr me, mine is still pretty high. so i'll try to do more squats, as advised by Hunniepot
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hunniepot, check with you. when you were dilating during labour, i presume the midwives are the ones poking their finger to check for size of dilation, rite? Are they rough or gentle?
 
Hi Hunnie! me actually went out of hse to downstair's store when it was near a mth, cos celebrated BB's full mth a few days earlier (on Sunday)...kekeke...
Hi Rach, was told to refrain frm seafood for 4mths after delivery, gotta bear wif the craving loh, me followed dat cos scared skin allergy plus seafood are "poisonous" in someway :p
4 more days & u'll see ur BB boy!!!!!
 
Hi mummies...

RE : Cracked Niiples
Hv read in some parents website tat using our breast milk to massage our nipple after bb feeding can prevent it fm cracking as its act as a natural moisturizer...
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Daphne... u still able to do squat...!!???! Pei fu pei fu... as fm today, i even hv problem getting myself to sit on the toilet bowl!

really can't walk liao... even hv problem getting to c doc at my hse downstairs.. got 2 day bedrest today.

don u mummies feel pain at where area where bb comes out...? Hv experience it last nite, tis afternoon n jus now...
 
Just came back from gynae check and bb now weigh 2.8kg at 35 weeks. My gynae say my bb is abit too big liao and if my cervix is open at any earier, she will deliver for me..... expecting bb to come out at about 38wks and weigh about 3.4kg..... haha, than i just look at her dunno what to say.... My sister's son weigh 3.79kg by normal delivery and me too hope that i would be able to do so leh..... I just did my GBS test today and will be doing CTG 2wks later.
 
shyly, the gynae check by feeling i think... she will insert her fingers and feel.
1sttimemum, 2.8kg is average I guess.. cos mine weigh 3kg @ 36weeks... and the graph show average wor..
 
yukie, had nixon's full month's celebration last saturday.. i wanted to use neogarden.. but my mum asked me to ask my neighbour to cook for us.. my neighbour, an old couple, who have their own canteen, cook at the canteen and deliver to my in-laws' place.. for cake, i use Choz.. not bad..
 
oic... jumbo tks for sharing...

me feel miserable tis few days... find tat i'm so useless.. tis coming fri only 36 wks yet i'm not able to walk for less than 5min... my tummy looks very BIG on me cos i've a small frame...
 
daphne

The nurses are ok when checking for the size of dilation.. it is uncomfortable but not painful.. the worst pain I experienced is the stretching of cervix done by my gynae and the nurses.. pain like nobody's business! For checking of dilation.. the nurses / gynaes will check by inserting their fingers into our vagina to check the size of dilation..

By the way. I have had a wonderful experience at GlenE.. the nurses are very nice and helpful.. very motherly also
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Yeah! Better do more squats! Hey.. and moreover our cervix is high.. meaning the nurses and gynaes will have to poke even further in.. thus will be more uncomfortable.. but hope that your wont be as stubborn as mine.. high and thick.. double whammy!

Yukie

Yup.. I also express a little bit of milk to help relieve cracked and sore nipples.. it contains antibiotics mah.. I kiasu.. I apply milk, avent nipple cream and medela purelan cream at the same time.. as my bb suckles really hard.. she can even hold the milk bottle by herself with just her mouth muscles..

I havent decided on which caterer to use for Amanda's 1st month.. taking it easy for now.. still adjusting to life as a new mommy
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shylyn

Yeah! Of all times my neighbour choose to do it during my confinement period!
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New owners.. so it is major reno also... cannot stand it..

jumbo

Just chit chatted with some new mommies at my gynae's clinic earlier on.. one of them mentioned that she lets her bb latch on for 20 mins on each breast.. thus 40 mins in all.. I know it is very tiring to latch on and much faster and hassle free to feed EBM but want to forge the bonding with my bb.. so I normally latch her on in the day timne and feed her with EBM during the night feeds.. how many times do you pump on your medela mini electric a day.. and for how long and how much milk are you express out normally?
 
yukie, dun be negative, since u know that u are small frame.. nothing wrong to feel tired after short walk.. with ur size, if u dun feel tired, dun u think tat's something wrong meh.. it isn't easy to move around with big tummy.. and u must be glad tat ur baby's growing well inside u..
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be positive and happy, ok.. dun get stress huh..

hunniepot, i tried to latch him once only.. wanna latch him on again but these 2 weeks not feeling well, nvr try to latch him on.. will do tat again once i recover..i usually pump it twice or thrice a day.. each time 40 minutes.. only managed to expressed 50-60ml a day... not even enough for one feed..
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Oh yes Hunnie, can u squat now? My BB was showered by mil cos she afraid i might hurt the wound if I were to shower BB sp in bath tub, or maybe u can place the tub higher so dat u dun hv to squat.
 
Irene
thanks for telling me that, thinking my gynae scare i cannot tahan pain so want me to be prepare lor!!!

yukie
You dun worry too much.... me too get tired easily nowaday and + you are have small frame with such big tummy is actually quite natural to be tired mah!!!!

My mood swings is really terrible nowaday and i dun seem to be able to control..... feel sad at 1 min than next min can cry than feel nothing again..... really scary lor!!!! Worry that i might suffer from post-natal blue after birth. Just now hubby used com for long time liao than ask him to let me use than he kept asking me to wait than just like that, i will feel so upset and want to cry liao... why like that huh??
 
Yukie,
You're not useless. Don't think that way. Just need to rest more. Doesn't matter if cannot walk for long. Take it slow and easy. Won't be long now.
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1sttimemum,
Normal to have mood swings. It's our hormones, plus I think we also feel anxious and tired. Cry if you have to, I think it's a great stress reliever.
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Your hp fixed?
 
Jilian
Thanks, i usually will cry out coz after that i will feel better but find it real funny coz really out of control and also get frustrated super easy!!! My hp not fixed yet but they loan me a phone for the time being.....
 
juzmaine, maybe can sit on stool while bathe ur bb.. this is wat my mum did.. for my mil.. she place the tub on top of the toilet bowl and get a chair and sit.. think have to make urself comfortable so tat can bathe baby comfortably too
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Juzmaine

Just bathe my bb for the first time today
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Like jumbo, I dont squat.. I place the bath tub on 2 chairs and I sit on the toilet bowl and bathe bb.. think my wound will get strained if I squat for that long!
 
hunniepot, had my 2nd lesson on how to bathe nixon.. gosh.. think he doesn't like the way i hold him lah.. keep crying.. and recently my both wrists pain.. no strength to carry him.. will go and see sinseh asap.. my mum said is rheumatism (feng-shi).. have to cure now or else next time will be worst..
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jumbo,
I also have pain in my right wrist and even hang cloths or carry my dog also no strength and sometime will drop it. I feel that its really bad but I went to 4 sinseh liao and still the same so went to doctor, they suspect that i am suffering from capal tunnel which usually happen to pregnent woman. Please let me know if the sinseh you go can cure you anot coz i am thinking to go for X-ray if the pain still carry on even after bb 1st month.
 
yukie & 1sttimemum

Dont be too upset lar.. this is just temporary.. b4 long you will be back to normal and you will be able to hold your bbs in your arms.. sometimes I kind of missed being pregnant
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jumbo

Same here haha! I was like super slow in getting Amanda ready for her bath.. she kept crying non-stop till her whole face went red.. think I take twice as long as my mum.. do you use non-slip mat to bathe Nixon? Maybe with that.. it will be easier to hold him?
 
Evon,

Mine is considered a elective c-sect, so got extra 50% loading for my gynae's surgery fees n anaesthesia fees. Cos i choose to do it on sunday mah..Bo bianz leh, only sunday hb can have a piece of mind as he dun have to think about his work mah..so we choose sunday lor.

Juzmaine,

thanks, my mum was telling me to avoid seafood for 6 months leh!
 
RE: Checking of Cervix
Oh dear..it sounds rather weird..tt my gynae will b inserting his fingers to check for e dilation..bobian right? still wondering how they can tell whether it's ripen just by feeling?

Hunniepot
So ur neighs completed their reno? Mine has yet to start though the reno company stuck up notices informing tt reno will start from 24th Mar till 28 th Apr...they better dun start the major works when i'm resting at home in a wk's time!
Btw, how does doing squats help with the opening of the cervix?

Yukie
worry not lah..in a few wks' time, u will b walking at ur normal speed liao..with such a big tummy in front, definitely walking slowly mah ^_^
 
hunniepot
Thanks, i am okay but just like what Jilian say, its common to have mood swing nowaday.... i really hope everything will turn out well when bb is out.... I think its better to bath bb with the non-slip mat coz my sis is asking me to use that when i want to bath my bb in future!!! She too put 2 chair to support the tub to bath her bb....
 
Shylyn,
Your gynae expert by now. Touch can know liao.
Squats can help your baby's head to engage cos in a squat position your cervix is widened. I'm avoiding squats for now. Want to make sure my baby has moved from posterior to anterior before his head engaged. If not, once he engaged, a bit more difficult for him to turn liao.
 
shylyn

Think they just started on their reno yesterday!! I cant get to sleep during the night time as that is when my gal is wide awake.. and I cant sleep during the day time as it is too noisy..
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Doing squats will help to stretch the cervix.. thus making it easier to dilate..
 
1sttimemum, did ur doc tell u wat cause capal tunnel? and why only on pregnant women? I'm seeing my gynea next week for review.. if by next week no improvement, will ask doc to refer me to take x-ray.. think will go to sinseh later.. my left wrist also pain but tat one is till to the needle for the drip.. i think tat mo is inexperience, she prepare the needle on my left wrist and said prepare myself for the drip.. but by the time for real drip.. the wound got infected and to 'poke' at other area.. and since when i was in hospital, the left wrist's already in bad shape.. it seems like both wrists are hurt liao..
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Hunniepot,
Consider getting ear-plugs? I think the starting part is the worst especially when they're taking up the old flooring and stripping off cabinets. So poor thing. Try your best ok?
 
jumbo,
So poor thing, must be real painful... I went to poly clinic to see my hand and the doc say partly is b'coz of water retention but forget what is actually about... capal tunnel is something like when you used computer for long time, your wrist has got no support and from there you can suffer from it so not only pregnent woman lah but she told me she can't confirm coz it better to go for X-ray which i can't do it now. Those seiseh i go to all told me wrist is the part where recovery takes a long time especially we used it more than other part of our body... that's why thinking to go to western doc instead of sinseh liao.

hunniepot
Ya, i think you should try to get some good ear-plugs to rest in the day or else your body will break down due to not enough sleep.... you got to take good care of yourself leh!!!
 
Hunniepot
Oh dear..i can imagine the noise u hv to bear with during the day..how abt ur bb? managed to sleep thru the noise? I think i'll be really frustrated if the noise is unbearable..esp i'm one who detest noise!

Jilian
gee..then for my case, i'm unsure of the position my bb is facing as he has already engaged slightly..thus doing squats in this point of time is ideal? Anyway, i hv Been doing squats as part of my exercise..so i guess should b ok..hopefully..

Jumbo
i thought capal tunnel only affect pregnant women and not after giving birth? Anyway, i hope u recover soon..sounds really painful & worst when u need to take care of bb..
 
Hunniepot
Oh dear..i can imagine the noise u hv to bear with during the day..how abt ur bb? managed to sleep thru the noise? I think i'll be really frustrated if the noise is unbearable..esp i'm one who detest noise!

Jilian
gee..then for my case, i'm unsure of the position my bb is facing as he has already engaged slightly..thus doing squats in this point of time is ideal? Anyway, i hv Been doing squats as part of my exercise..so i guess should b ok..hopefully..

Jumbo
i thought capal tunnel only affect pregnant women and not after giving birth? Anyway, i hope u recover soon..sounds really painful & worst when u need to take care of bb..
 
ya, it is kinda painful especially in the morning when i need to support myself out from the bed.. i'm still not very sure wat's capal tunnel.. but will see sinseh by tomolo cos my parents are going to johor to visit my grandma who's hospitalise now.. she has a fall yesterday and doc said her ankle bone abit cracked.. i'm going to take care Nixon myself later..
 
Jumbo,
Carpal tunnel syndrome is when because of water retention, the nerves at our wrist gets pressed. That's why painful. Sometimes not only wrist but the fingers will feel cramped also. When you sleep at night, try not to sleep with your hands under your pillow. Try to put your hand on your pillow beside your face. I find that helps.

Good luck with Nixon. I'm sure you can do it.
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Jilian
Thks for the website ^_^ Btw, i tried to loggin to webmsn but couldn't cos my PC blocks pop ups..even though i removed the function, i still couldn't log on..:p sighh..guess only can chat w u when i'm at home during my ml
 
Jumbo,
heard tat the pain started becoz of water rentation. But the pain i tot only 4 preggies. Saw some article on pressing the hands against some walls or tables... c if it helps?

Hunniepot,
anyway to seek help frm the neighbour 2 ask them not to renov at certain timing? Else, later that a bit hard 4 u leh. At least some timing so tat that u can catch up /w a bit of rest?
My area here i oso scared of such prob.. especially /w the living room floors prob isseu so common in SK/Punggol... not surprising tat one of the neighbours'd b hacking the floors at any time as well.

Preciousbabe,
glad 2 see ur posting. Rest well.

Rach,
I c. Ur hb quite a workholic huh? = p
All the best 2 u on Sunday. Hope 2 c ur posting on ur bb. = )

Raffles Place here is now raining cats and dogs again. It has been like that for the past two days at around this timing. Wonder if the north area is raining.
 
jilian, thanks alot for the info.. ya, i've the habit to sleep on my arms.. keke.. will not do tat liao..

kolarie, i'm not sure too.. will try the method taught by jilian first
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Jurong's raining too.. yesterday also rain at this hour.. good lah.. or else very stuffing..
 
Shylyn,
Oh never mind then. I'm sure got plenty of chance to chat.
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Koalarie,
My husband called me just only. He is driving at Tuas area, raining very heavily there. Over here in the East, the sky is very dark and have thunder. Rained just now but I think now ease off a bit liao.

Jumbo,
You're welcome. I hope it works for you.
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Jumbo
In the morning will be bad b'coz blood ciculation is not so good when we sleep so will feel extra painful at that part and i think i take about 5 to 10 minutes to feel better.... sometime brush teeth also no strength hor!!! Taking care of Nixon later by yourself, dun worry coz you sure can do a good job!!
 
So.. looks like whole SGP raining? I m going 2 fall asleep soon.. eyes really heavy n still got another half hour b4 can knock off from work.
 

1sttimemum, my condition still not that bad lor.. still can hold toothbrush.. but heavy thing really have to limit myself.. carry baby still ok.. but if he moves around.. then i have to quickly to him down.. cos no much strength to hold him..

shylyn, i'm staying at jurong west, st 42 there.. my mum's place.. have been staying here more than a month liao.. but going back to my in-laws' place this weekends at upper bukit timah..

finally the flow going to end soon.. have been flowing for 5 weeks liao..
 
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