(2006/07) JULY 2006 MTB

hi for those who are interested in the baby cot
please email me at [email protected]
pls email me your mailing add, contact no expected delivery date and colour of your cot
oak, pecan or natural. latest by next wed. Thanks
sorry cos other mum to be are hurrying me already have delayed this purchase for too long.
 


Joan
i haven't choose the date for the Caesarean this sat i be going to see the doctor then will decide.

Joline
i looking for a baby cot and it's better that the color is white because it matches my baby room so i need to know that what the color of the cot that u r having the bulk purchase and also how much it cost?
 
Hi Mummies,

I cut and paste this from another thread.....

Avent open house cum public talk.

Date: 13th May 06 (Sat)
Time: 10am to 4pm
venue : 152 Beach Road Gateway East
service hotline : 6391 9191
 
Realised this has more details :

Avent Open House(Family Event)
Date: 13 May 2006
Time: 10am - 4pm
Location: 152 Beach Rd,Gateway East 4th floor conference room

Family activities include mothers,fathers n caregivers
Public talks include Breastfeeding Techniques,Hands-on Baby bath Techniques for Caregiver
Special programmes for dads and other family-oriented activities

Special sale on 32nd floor,with goodie bags,promotions n savings on purchases.Light refreshment will be served.

For more details on the registration,fee,programme and schedule,please call Avent's customer service hotline at 63919191.
 
Hi to all the MTB,
I'm interested to sign up for the storage of cord blood of my baby but not sure which one to opt. Stemcord or Cordlife bank. Anyone has already signed up for this?
 
hi Sugar,

My ex-colleague did sign up with Stemcord banking. If I still remembered correctly, the first initiate fees is about $1600+ and annual fees will be $200+. Can store up to 20 years. I've the brochure at home. If you are interested, I can check for you their hotlines..

Hello Mummies,
May I ask if any of you experience cramps at the lower abdominal? I had and it lasted for about 1 hour plus. The pain was on and off. Am wondering is that Braxton Hick (duno the spelling) or contraction? Isnt it still too earlied as I'm only in my 26weeks+.
 
Gebbera,
Sound like contraction to me. Did u feel it regularly like 30 minutes , 20 minutes or 15 minutes apart?? Braxton hick wont feel pain, just uncomfotable..

To play safe, think better check with ur gynae.
 
Sleepy Garfield
Do you sign up for the Classes??

Sandy Kerk
i ahve sign up the classes and will be starting the class in 4 May. Maybe u can sign up too then we can attend the class together... mine is on thursday 6.30
 
hi mums,
I'm in my 30wks now.Went for checkup and doc say baby still too small. Anyone same weeks as my bb with weight at 1.1kg???? I think should not right coz my bb belong to the 10% percentile in fetal wt.
I asked if it got to do with food intake. He says no. He says I need more sleep and rest and need to lie down more.Hiaz....I;ve been sleeping from 11pm to 9am plus everyday and sometimes 1/2 or 1 hr nap in afternoon. I don't go out and walk a lot too as I work from home. How come not enough rest???? sigh......i hope it is not something else that can't be detected. The bb's head size and length is normal but body skinny....Does drinking chicken essence, eating bird nest help???? Apart from durian? I can't really swallow down durian nowadays.what about beef?
 
Hi Mummies

I just went to Robinsons @ Centrepoint. They are having 20% off their regular price items in the nursery dept. Can check it out!

Thinking of buying this, don't know whether to wait for th Avent Open House or not :

The Avent IQ Uno breast pump promo pack is $477, includes the IQ Steriliser (usual price abt $198), food warmer (usual price abt $70), breast pads, storage cups, body wash, non-spill cup, starter set of bottles and a pair of foldable window shade.

Kin,
I think beef helps. My SIL told me to eat 2 eggs (boil/steam) per day. She says her first two girls she took 2 eggs regularly and they were quite big, then she didn't take so regularly for 3rd baby, so baby smaller. Don't know how true but it works for her. Maybe you want to try.
 
hi kin, i had the same experience as u too due to low haemoglobbin count. After i drank milk (annum - maternity) i realised that my tummy got bigger, but i still need to verify with my gynae if my baby is still small in mynext visit, which is on thurs.

me too.. work from home, so i get plenty of rest as and when i need to. but i still feel very very tired sometimes, gynae says that because i am anaemic, hence the systoms of tiredness n (perhaps) low weight birth baby.....

Will keep u guys update after my gynae visit!

hi poppy, when does the robinson sale end?
 
Sheena, me considering... i just receive the admission form. Most prob will go cos we are all first time dad & mom and cannot always relied on my mother...
 
Sheena

No, i didnt sign up for any classes cos i heard from frens that u'll forget what you've learnt when u're in labour, so i shall not waste money..moreover, this is my 2nd one, i'm quite relaxed liao..kekeke...
 
Hong, ya, am kinda anxious. Have juz went to see gynae last Fri & wun be seeing him until 3rd week of May. Yest once i thk, qte bz at work, din really notice abt the throbbing. Its esp obvious when i am lying on the bed.

Poppy,
Exactly! Felt like heart beating rite?? Bt cant be.. ya, last for a few min, continuously, rhythemic.
Called the clinic, nurse said mite be hiccups or bb breathing.

Morning MTBs,
Wanna know if ur gynae let u hear bb's heartbeat during the pre-natal visits?
Have read that we can do this online.
 
hi NOIF,

The interval is around 20 mins. Maybe i shouldnt describe the feeling as pain, it's more to uncomfortable, i think.
Ok, I'll check with my gynae on my next visit.

Hi kin,
Did you check with gynae on what to eat so as to boost baby's weight?
 
Jazzy,
what did the gynae say? Everything ok?
Yes, my gynae will let me hear my boy heart beat when i visit him.

Kin,
Do u gain weight? How much? Stime the food goes to u instead the baby. So end up mother will be the one fatten up and baby wasnt.

I think durian is a gd food to increase baby weight. U can try beef, milk and more protein food. Bird nest is for the complexion of the baby. I take almost 1 egg everyday and i love beef during this pregnancy.
My boy is 1.16kg at week 28.

Do u eat well at home? Another is to take small and many meals.
 
Hong, i din speak to the gynae. The last visit, i din notice this throbbing. When i called, the nurse answered. Bt said if concerned, mite wan to go for a check at the clinic.
Everytime i see the gynae, only do the ultrasound.
 
Gebbera,
Yalo, better check with ur gynae.

Jazzyjas,
We opposite leh! Everytime my gynae let me hear the baby heartbeat but no ultrasound.
 
Jazzy,
shld not be anything serious. At least baby still moving. U get wat i mean!
BTW, did ur gynae discuss the option of pain release with u?

My gynae pretty anti-epidual. He gave me a list of disadvantages and side effect of having one. I told him i have epidual when i have my daughter cos my labour is 14 hrs and my side effect is very mild.

He assure me my labour will be only be 4-5hr. dun know real or not.
 
Hi

I'm a MTB-end July. Now shld be in my 27-28 week. I go to KK for checkups under subsidised rate. Thus, my scan is not done by the consulting doctor. How can I know about bb's weight in the tummy?
 
Hi mummies,
I put on 8kg since pregnant. I think quite a lot of wt went to me. I drink Dumex milk for bf and pregnant mum but not everyday. But everyday I still take all the multivites and everything.Doc only say you can eat durian if you want.I shall try to be more hardworking in my food intake.
Also i have an active 4 yr old at home who wants my attn 100% of the time. Now I weigh 61kg. But my back hurts a lot, the joints at my hip and thigh bone is beginning to hurt.My tummy feels lotsa tightening still and bending and walking is so difficult.

Jazzy,
The throbbing is like a big heartbeat but it is not right? Neither is it bb's heartbeat. The doc once told me it is the throbbing of either the veins and arteries there.it comes and goes and it doesn't hurt. I remember sometimes when you get a very deep open cut on your fingers, you will get a throbbing sensation which is as if you can feel the heartbeat there. IF you are worried, do go see your gynae. Take care
 
noif, thot ultrasound is usual procedure during the pre-natal visits? Perhaps different gynaes different way of doing thgs.

hong, ya.. the gynae & nurse tol us the same thg u said, bb is moving, then everythg is ok.
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Thanks for reassuring me.

No leh.. the last visit is like any visit, juz ultrasound & gynae check that we r ok. Booked the hospital wif the clinic tat's all.
U know, actually read tat for 2nd time mums, the labour wd be ard 4-5hrs oso.
Any reason y he anti-epidural?

Sometimes i thk i read too much online, tat's y adding "unneccessary stress" 2 myself.

Oh ya, wd u reccommend 2 buy Avent?
Still have not buy anythg for bb yet.
 
Hi Gebbera,
Yes, I think u r experiencing Braxton Hicks. I also have cramps in my lower abdominal & cervix area. My doc says braxton hicks normally starts around 26 weeks...

Hi Jazzyjas,
You may want to consider starting buying stuff for ur baby already. Once we reach 3rd trimester, will be too heavy & tired for us to move around. So far, I've already gotten 80%-90% of the baby stuff ready. I've also started washing the baby clothings, just in case my baby decides to pop out early.
 
Paranoidmummy,
I'm not sure when the Robinson 20% ends. Happened to be there last night. Maybe can call them before going down.

Hong,
Your gynae is so confident about the labour time...hmmm...maybe like what Jazzy said, it's shorter the second time round.
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YB,
So early you wash baby's clothes already? My hubby haven't even assemble the chest of drawers we bought :p
The stuff that we bought are all lying on the floor....and we haven't even collected the hand-me-downs from friends....hehehe
 
Jazzy, Poppy,
I really hopeeeeeeee man. I dun think i can go thru long labour without epidual.

Jazzy,
he told me his patients cannot urine and got infection after taking epidual. Some got this and that.. so he said i can do it. In my heart i am really scare. He told me the most painful moment is only the last hr. Aiyo 15 min also cannot tahan.. ask me to tahan 1hr.

haha.. yah read too much make u worry too much as well. May be i am a 2nd time mother so i am not that worry.
 
YB, i know.. gonna start buying this weekend. Din wanna get the thgs early, coz knowing me, most prob the thgs wd be "lying around in the house".. hee..
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Poppy, when u went Robinsons, did u see the cots? I know Sat papers advertised that the cot is around $280++?

Hong, u did take epidural when u gave birth to ur daughter rite? If u r ok then, sd not be a prob now.
Regarding the labour pain, i pref not to thk abt it now. Coz i dunno how to "imagine" it. Bt i thk i wd opt for epidural.
 
Hi Kin, regarding the throbbing, whose "veins and arteries there" r u referring to?
Ya, its painless, comes & goes. Sometimes longer sometimes for a while.
Checked wif the clinic, said its either bb hiccups or breathing.
 
Jazzy,
I didn't check out the prices of cots...coz I getting hand-me-downs from a friend. I think the 20% off nursery items is until 7 May. Good if you are a member, can get another 5-10% rebate on top of the 20%.

Hahaha, as I'm typing, I'm feeling the throbbing again. I suspect it may be baby's heartbeat
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Hi Poppy,
I washed the baby clothes cos I got nothing better to do mah...hee..hee...might as well quickly wash them & store in the drawers. I simply can't stand seeing all the things lying around. So far, I've already stored all the stuff in the cabinets & even decorated the nursery & hung the curtains. Now left waiting for my sis to pass down the baby cot.

Epidural:
Regarding epidural, I think I will also take it cos I really dun wanna waste my energy bearing down the pain. I like to see the whole labour in a calm & relaxed manner.

MTBs,
Yesterday, my hubby listened to my tummy & he claimed he can hear tiny & fast heartbeat!! So I guess we dun have to wait till gynae visit to listen to our baby's heartbeat anymore.
 
thanks poppy! i will drop by tmr after my checkup tomorrow =)

hey mummies, what brand of stretchmarck cream you guys used? currently using coacobutter formula, but its finishing soon.. thinking of trying other brands..... any recommendation??
 
YB,

I got back my thyroid function test result. I doenst have thyroid. Yahoo!

WOW, u very hardworking. I havent wash my boy clothes yet. Wanted to get chest of drawer to place my daughter clothes but now preggie. Not advisable to move anything.

Paranoidmummy,
I'm using Avent cream
 
hi all
it's been a while since i last popped by
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hope all mtbs doing well!

paranoidmummy, i'm alternately using palmers and clarins. so far so good...but most ppl tell me it's all in the genes ley, cannot be prevented?

i had another detailed scan yesterday...still have low-lying placenta praevia so gynae recommended c-sect @ 38 wks.
 
hi all...

paranoidmummy - i am using palmers. so far so good.
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missmoon - oh, need to hv csect? but by week 38, can go for induce then natural birth?
 
MTDT
he's not recommending natural birth because of the risk of bleeding, so he's strongly suggesting c-sect. but i still have some hope that placenta will shift upwards although he said it's quite unlikely that it will
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Missmoon,
i guess the gynae have all ur interest at heart.
Low placenta can be quite risky if going thru natural birth. Cos the placenta may be blocking the birth passage way that is why gynae suggestion c-section.

u can always try natural birth for the next child.
 
MTBs,

I've placed order for the Denmark babycot with matsu liao.. To those who haven't got the chance to view the cot, here's the pic to show:

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Do contact matsu at [email protected] if you are interested. She will hold the BP until next Wednesday.
 
hong
yep, that's why. it's grade I placenta praevia, so it's not covering but gynae just wants to err on the safe side. so i guess that's what i will have to do
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Hi Hong,
Congrats on ur result!!

Ask ur hubby to set up the chest of drawer if u r uncomfortable moving things around.

Hi missmoon,
oh, u better take care then. Wat did ur gynae advise u to do??
 
hi YB
thanks. gynae recommended c-sect @ 38 wks, and put me on ventolin pills to relax the uterus...still continue to monitor me every fortnight. he's afraid of bleeding/spotting which may mean separation of the placenta (from dunno wat?)
 


YB,
Yah one load off my shoulder.

The old myth is no moving of furniture at home. So i think i wait till my boy is out.

missmoon,
OIC. At least u know when the bb will be out.
Can u walk alot?
 
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