(2006/09) SEPTEMBER 2006 MTB
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edksd, i've taken bird nest since last month. mom boought and cook for me .. twice liaoz....
can take occasionally now....but nearer to the date we shld take more 
oh mine .. tomolo will be 13 weeks liaoz did my NT scan yesterday. the scan took me only less den 20 mins coz baby very good .. in the correct position...so very fast everythiing is alright for me...at least feel better ... saturday had taken blood test ... not sure whats that for? it shld be normal rountine test heh
oh mine .. tomolo will be 13 weeks liaoz
did my NT scan yesterday. the scan took me only less den 20 mins coz baby very good .. in the correct position...so very fast everythiing is alright for me...at least feel better ... saturday had taken blood test ... not sure whats that for? it shld be normal rountine test hehdaisybuttons
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helo rainnie, what does ur mum cook the birds nest with ah? some herbs we shld avoid now huh? my parents wanna buy birds nest but i told them 4mth then take, didn't know can take nw.
helo chocolat, hhhmmmmm it looks cooked to me too but its best to ask the staff. some sushi like their ebi are half cooked one, but looks orange.
helo amylim, i am taking black chicken essence, without any herbs. dun consider it soup coz its only half a bowl.
do you girls know when we can start taking cordiceps? and what other herbs are safe for us in 2nd tri?
helo chocolat, hhhmmmmm it looks cooked to me too but its best to ask the staff. some sushi like their ebi are half cooked one, but looks orange.
helo amylim, i am taking black chicken essence, without any herbs. dun consider it soup coz its only half a bowl.
do you girls know when we can start taking cordiceps? and what other herbs are safe for us in 2nd tri?
daisybuttons
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helo rainnie, what does ur mum cook the birds nest with ah? some herbs we shld avoid now huh? my parents wanna buy birds nest but i told them 4mth then take, didn't know can take nw.
helo chocolat, hhhmmmmm it looks cooked to me too but its best to ask the staff. some sushi like their ebi are half cooked one, but looks orange.
helo amylim, i am taking black chicken essence, without any herbs. dun consider it soup coz its only half a bowl.
do you girls know when we can start taking cordiceps? and what other herbs are safe for us in 2nd tri?
helo chocolat, hhhmmmmm it looks cooked to me too but its best to ask the staff. some sushi like their ebi are half cooked one, but looks orange.
helo amylim, i am taking black chicken essence, without any herbs. dun consider it soup coz its only half a bowl.
do you girls know when we can start taking cordiceps? and what other herbs are safe for us in 2nd tri?
Hi daisybuttons,
Good question leh.. i just ate that otopus thingy also yesterday!! I thought it is cooked leh..
Am taking bird's nest now.. about every two weeks.. my mum say can also add "dong cong cao". Is that = cordyceps?
I ate the bird's nest without any sugar.. since i need to cut down carbo n refined sugars.
I also blur blur leh.. Any experience mummies around to advise?
Good question leh.. i just ate that otopus thingy also yesterday!! I thought it is cooked leh..
Am taking bird's nest now.. about every two weeks.. my mum say can also add "dong cong cao". Is that = cordyceps?
I also blur blur leh.. Any experience mummies around to advise?
daisybutton, my mom put ginseng leh...(in hokkien call Yu sim) that shld be fine...loh...and definitely rock sugar loh...
i drank once black chicken soup .. but dun take too much coz i heard is very heaty loh. my mom ask me to drink ... chicken essence every week once...
jasmine ya...dong cong cao is cordyceps...
i drank once black chicken soup .. but dun take too much coz i heard is very heaty loh. my mom ask me to drink ... chicken essence every week once...
jasmine ya...dong cong cao is cordyceps...
hi daisybuttons,
I have been taking black chicken essence/soup everyday since I knew I was preggy. Sometimes my mum will add dang sheng, sometimes korean ginseng (Kao Li Sheng), sometimes pao sheng. As for Birdnest, i took every two weeks! Then every month I will take the "xue ge".
I have been taking black chicken essence/soup everyday since I knew I was preggy. Sometimes my mum will add dang sheng, sometimes korean ginseng (Kao Li Sheng), sometimes pao sheng. As for Birdnest, i took every two weeks! Then every month I will take the "xue ge".
rainnie, i have no problem! In fact I felt stronger now as compare to last time. Before preggy, I can't take take so much "bu", I'll get headache, ulcer and fever. But now no problem.
Everyday I will go back to my mum's place for lunch and nap, she'll brew the chicken soup/essense for me.
But I intend to cut down after my first trimester, maybe 2-3 times per week!
Everyday I will go back to my mum's place for lunch and nap, she'll brew the chicken soup/essense for me.
But I intend to cut down after my first trimester, maybe 2-3 times per week!
daisybuttons
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helo helo! pig2, glad to see u again. actually the black chicken essence my parents been preparing is the recipe from you.
just that my dad debone the chicken first, which is quite tedious. he says takes 1/2 hr. coz we usually brew such tonics without bone loh. thanks so much for the recipe leh. i have eaten it 3 times since (not as much as you), but have find my concentration at work improve. and i can walk out or take mrt/bus out for lunch liaoz. do you know, during early pregnancy before this essence i couldn't? so tired i can't focus and i have to ask colls to tabao. and i really love the taste.
ask you hor, which is heaty and more suitable for preggies? gao li sheng or pao shen? i read until i blur leh. and what does ur mum brew the birdnest with huh? my mum intend to add cordycerps and dang sheng to my chicken essence now, is it okie?
bjiour, welcome!!!
bjiou and rainnie, the black chicken essence i am drinking is without herbs or anything, just pure black chicken, so it is not too bu. when ppl say dun bu til 4mth, they are referring mainly to herbs. i stay away from herbs til now, going to start. but i think pig2 have tried the safer herbs (her mum knows) for sometime liaoz.
rainnie, i not sure why but my spotting in week 5 happens after i drink a bottle of chicken essence. may not be the cause lah, but very coincidental. when i asked the nurse, she said in old times, it used to be good for preggies. but now, somehow our make up is diff coz our lifestyle diff. so bottled chicken essence may not suit everyone. so i tot better avoid, so i asked my parents to make the home-made chicken essence for me.
oh what type ginseng did ur mum put ah? there's so many types until i confused now heheheheee...
jasmine, dun worry abt the tako lah,since eat liaoz dun think about it.
next time if in doubt, just avoid hehehee.
ask you hor, which is heaty and more suitable for preggies? gao li sheng or pao shen? i read until i blur leh. and what does ur mum brew the birdnest with huh? my mum intend to add cordycerps and dang sheng to my chicken essence now, is it okie?
bjiour, welcome!!!
bjiou and rainnie, the black chicken essence i am drinking is without herbs or anything, just pure black chicken, so it is not too bu. when ppl say dun bu til 4mth, they are referring mainly to herbs. i stay away from herbs til now, going to start. but i think pig2 have tried the safer herbs (her mum knows) for sometime liaoz.
rainnie, i not sure why but my spotting in week 5 happens after i drink a bottle of chicken essence. may not be the cause lah, but very coincidental. when i asked the nurse, she said in old times, it used to be good for preggies. but now, somehow our make up is diff coz our lifestyle diff. so bottled chicken essence may not suit everyone. so i tot better avoid, so i asked my parents to make the home-made chicken essence for me.
oh what type ginseng did ur mum put ah? there's so many types until i confused now heheheheee...
jasmine, dun worry abt the tako lah,since eat liaoz dun think about it.
daisybuttons
I din debone, only deskin. The bone has good nutrients too!
Gao Li sheng is very heaty, i think not everyone can that! But so far, i have no problem. I dun take this everyday, i alternate with pao sheng and "tung sheng"
They are different grade of pao sheng, the lower grade is cooling, good for hot weather, to reduce heat in the body. As the grade move up, pao sheng became not so cooling (but not heaty) and have some energise effect too (Ti sheng).
As for birdnest, my mum use pao sheng( the not so cooling one).
I also feel a different after so many rounds of 'bu'. My mum feels that my face looks more healthy, not so pale.
I din debone, only deskin. The bone has good nutrients too!
Gao Li sheng is very heaty, i think not everyone can that! But so far, i have no problem. I dun take this everyday, i alternate with pao sheng and "tung sheng"
They are different grade of pao sheng, the lower grade is cooling, good for hot weather, to reduce heat in the body. As the grade move up, pao sheng became not so cooling (but not heaty) and have some energise effect too (Ti sheng).
As for birdnest, my mum use pao sheng( the not so cooling one).
I also feel a different after so many rounds of 'bu'. My mum feels that my face looks more healthy, not so pale.
hi bjiou
bird nest are not cooling, they are consider "wen" (moderate). So i dun see why cannot take them. But of course there is another school of teaching like my MIl, she dun approve me of taking bird nest, she feels is cooling.
My mum prepare birdnest for my SIL during her pregnancy, she had them almost every other day, no problem at all.
bird nest are not cooling, they are consider "wen" (moderate). So i dun see why cannot take them. But of course there is another school of teaching like my MIl, she dun approve me of taking bird nest, she feels is cooling.
My mum prepare birdnest for my SIL during her pregnancy, she had them almost every other day, no problem at all.
bjiou, i tried once...my mom put normal herbs ... its ok leh...my mom last time used to put chicken essence in but this time round she did not add...
u can try drink abit ... loh? eat more of the chicken is fine...ba?
den after that dun take too much heaty stuff coz chicken soup (black one right) is more heaty i heard from my mom....
u can try drink abit ... loh? eat more of the chicken is fine...ba?
den after that dun take too much heaty stuff coz chicken soup (black one right) is more heaty i heard from my mom....
daisybuttons
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helo pig2, thanks thanks. so pao sheng must find the not so cooling kind lah.... i see. hhhmm....actually like you, last time i cannot take too much chinese herbs, coz i xu1 bu2 shou4 bu3 aka too weak constitution to take bu. once i take tang gui only, i fall sick. so now a bit careful about herbs loh. but its good that u can take black chicken essence every day. i just drank it this evening, the soup smells soooo good yummy! i have this habit of smelling the bowl after drinking hehehee.
oh i see, so birdnest is wen ah. not cooling? thats interesting, i didn't know that. prob its what we add in that is cooling, like some cooling paosheng in those commercially bottled birdsnest...
rannie, oooooh you sim....okie i go ask my mum what kinda ginseng is that hehehee....
bjiou, what kinda herbs in chicken soup. think not all herbs can put, so careful what u put inside. check with ur mummy first, or ask her to check with the medicinal stall.
oh i see, so birdnest is wen ah. not cooling? thats interesting, i didn't know that. prob its what we add in that is cooling, like some cooling paosheng in those commercially bottled birdsnest...
rannie, oooooh you sim....okie i go ask my mum what kinda ginseng is that hehehee....
bjiou, what kinda herbs in chicken soup. think not all herbs can put, so careful what u put inside. check with ur mummy first, or ask her to check with the medicinal stall.
hi, can i check w u all what supplements are u taking or doc has prescribed for u?
i think i was almost choked by all the stuff ive to take. all to be taken once a day in the morning. all prescribed by my doc.
1 capsule - fish oil
1 capsule - multivitamin
2 tablets - calcium
1 tablet - hormones pill
im having a phobia towards all these capsules and tablets
never taken so much such stuff in my entire life.
i think i was almost choked by all the stuff ive to take. all to be taken once a day in the morning. all prescribed by my doc.
1 capsule - fish oil
1 capsule - multivitamin
2 tablets - calcium
1 tablet - hormones pill
im having a phobia towards all these capsules and tablets
daisybuttons
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helo edksd, I am taking folic acid tablets and multivitamins which contains calcium too. I have finished my hormone pills. Heard fish oil don't need to take so early? Don't worry, think of all this as a nutrition for your little one, its all worth it.
folic acid prescription stopped after the 1st 3 mths. i still hv a few left, so im now oso finishing them.
hormone pills initial stage i took 3 times a day, slowly cut down to twice a day and now once a day only.
the fish oil im taking is neuroGain PB. doc explained something abt the ratio of dha and epa. doc only gave me samples. i think will start only in 14th wk during next visit.
the multivitamin seems to be more for iron deficiency anaemia. haematinic. duno what's tt term.
hormone pills initial stage i took 3 times a day, slowly cut down to twice a day and now once a day only.
the fish oil im taking is neuroGain PB. doc explained something abt the ratio of dha and epa. doc only gave me samples. i think will start only in 14th wk during next visit.
the multivitamin seems to be more for iron deficiency anaemia. haematinic. duno what's tt term.
ilovebabies
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hi all
I started taking Black Chicken soup, Pao Sheng and Cordyceps during my 1st trimester as MIL says during 1st trimester, the purpose is to "bu" the mother and not the bb.
Only now in my 2nd trimester, I start to take bird nest as mum says bird nest are not to take so early ....
And I did check with my gynae before I started taking herbs ... he approves it
And beware not to take those pre-canned bird nest, as cautioned by my MIL.
and best thing is, drink more water everyday to avoid water retention and constipation !
I started taking Black Chicken soup, Pao Sheng and Cordyceps during my 1st trimester as MIL says during 1st trimester, the purpose is to "bu" the mother and not the bb.
Only now in my 2nd trimester, I start to take bird nest as mum says bird nest are not to take so early ....
And I did check with my gynae before I started taking herbs ... he approves it
And beware not to take those pre-canned bird nest, as cautioned by my MIL.
and best thing is, drink more water everyday to avoid water retention and constipation !
ilovebabies
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hi rainnie ...
MIL says bird nest is best taken if cook at home .. cos you don't know what other ingredients they used for pre-canned ones... and also the quality of bird nest ....
I also have a few a home but ask Hubby to finish it
better be safe than sorry !
MIL says bird nest is best taken if cook at home .. cos you don't know what other ingredients they used for pre-canned ones... and also the quality of bird nest ....
I also have a few a home but ask Hubby to finish it
better be safe than sorry !
Hi Bijou,
Welcome!
Wow, so many postings ever since I last visited this thread. My gynea forbids me from taking any Chinese herbs leh.... so haven't been taking any "bu". What have u gals been taking?
My FIL offered to buy bird's nest. But since my gynea said no herbs, I also am not sure as to whether Bird's nest fall under the "herbs" category. But there was a study done some time ago and it was published in the Straits Times. Basically bird's nest is made of calcium, and its calcium is not in a form that is easily absorbable by the human body. Hence, only minute quantities of the calcium in bird's nest is absorbed each time. Therefore it is a vey inefficient and expensive way of taking calcium. Buying bottled bird's nest must be careful. There are some brands (from China and Malaysia) that contain artificial bird's nest. Hence you really don't know what is being used in the manufacture of such artificial bird's nest. If it is animal gelatine it is still fine - at least it's natural. Otherwise, other chemicals and additives may be added that may do more harm than good.
I think as a whole a balanced diet works best. Saw in some threads in this forum that excessive consumption of tangkwei may lead to miscarriage in the first trimester. Not sure how true, but it pays to be on the safe side. I think if want to consume, it may be good to check with your gynea first.
Just my 2 cents.
Welcome!
Wow, so many postings ever since I last visited this thread. My gynea forbids me from taking any Chinese herbs leh.... so haven't been taking any "bu". What have u gals been taking?
My FIL offered to buy bird's nest. But since my gynea said no herbs, I also am not sure as to whether Bird's nest fall under the "herbs" category. But there was a study done some time ago and it was published in the Straits Times. Basically bird's nest is made of calcium, and its calcium is not in a form that is easily absorbable by the human body. Hence, only minute quantities of the calcium in bird's nest is absorbed each time. Therefore it is a vey inefficient and expensive way of taking calcium. Buying bottled bird's nest must be careful. There are some brands (from China and Malaysia) that contain artificial bird's nest. Hence you really don't know what is being used in the manufacture of such artificial bird's nest. If it is animal gelatine it is still fine - at least it's natural. Otherwise, other chemicals and additives may be added that may do more harm than good.
I think as a whole a balanced diet works best. Saw in some threads in this forum that excessive consumption of tangkwei may lead to miscarriage in the first trimester. Not sure how true, but it pays to be on the safe side. I think if want to consume, it may be good to check with your gynea first.
Just my 2 cents.
angeline12
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I'm new and would like to join the thread. I'm now in week 11th.
Got a question for you girls. I am a SGP Gal based working in HK. Intend to go with hubby back to SGP for delivery so that my family (mum, dad granny, etc...) can be with me.
Do you know if Gynea will accept if I use them just for the delivery and not for the whole pregnancy term? What kind of preparations should I make?
Got a question for you girls. I am a SGP Gal based working in HK. Intend to go with hubby back to SGP for delivery so that my family (mum, dad granny, etc...) can be with me.
Do you know if Gynea will accept if I use them just for the delivery and not for the whole pregnancy term? What kind of preparations should I make?
sasha4real
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angeline,
my last pregnancy i was living overseas and like you decided to come back to deliver. when wld you be coming back since it wld nt be advisable to fly in the 3rd trimester. decide on your gynae and make necessary phonecalls. you shd at least hv an appt wt the gynae so he is able to asses your pregnancy. this wld be useful esp if complications arises during delivery. also make sure you get your gynae in HK to write a detailed report for you along wt US scns which you can give to gynae here.
hope that helps.
my last pregnancy i was living overseas and like you decided to come back to deliver. when wld you be coming back since it wld nt be advisable to fly in the 3rd trimester. decide on your gynae and make necessary phonecalls. you shd at least hv an appt wt the gynae so he is able to asses your pregnancy. this wld be useful esp if complications arises during delivery. also make sure you get your gynae in HK to write a detailed report for you along wt US scns which you can give to gynae here.
hope that helps.
