Isabella, oh u are a hypno mum! hehehe nice to know that.
but i din get a doula, though Ginny is my trainer lah. my hubby helped me during labour. so did you end up having a drug free birth? my labour a bit too long, so i had to go for epi in the end. its been a blotch on my otherwise wonderful memories and feelings towards my birth.
so for the next one, i am going to try hypno and drug free. and also, i suspect my labour so long coz my MIL go and rub my tummy the night before! brrrrrr....the contractions started just after she did that, but it was irregular. 8 hours later it become regular. that was 4am. sigh....
Juz Me, NT Scan is part of OSCAR, with the same purpose of finding out baby's risk of down syndrome. NT Scan is the scan of the thickness of nuchal fold (NT) behind baby's neck. Oscar is that plus the the blood test to test the risk. in some hospitals or clinics, i believe they refer to it as the Triple Test if i am not wrong.
and yogurt and vitagen is fine. just stay with the low sugar vitagen... both are good for preventing yeast infection. when i was tested positive for a period of time in 1st pregnancy for strep B, i panick. besides the antibiotics, i took a lot of yogurt, Yakult lite (less sugar version, i also prefer yakult) and garlic hehee.
oh u asked about if i am taking oscar huh? yes i think i will take again for this pregnancy.
you also asked about hypnobirthing? basically i guess both Isabella and I believe in natural birth, and hypnobirthing teaches you that your body is fully capable of going through labour, birthing ur baby, naturally, drug free and without outside intervention. it teaches you to be assertive with regards to ur mommy's rights, understanding that interventive measures like induction, breaking waterbags, drip etc are all not necc if baby and mom is doing well. it basically teaches you how to respect ur birthing body, to have a relaxed and comfortable birth. for me, i intend to try it again as i wish to have the same type of pleasant memories i had of my 1st birth.
rachel's mommy, i tried natal essentials confinement food before, for the period after my CL left till 40 days (i did confinement for 40days). the food was YUMMY!!! i am going to do that again for this 2nd birth.
purebliss, ur dream is so cute!!!!! wow....hehehehe!!!!
I just visited my gynae today, kinda for the first time for this pregnancy. EDD based on size is exactly the same as what i calculated from LMP. as i have brown spotting, she put me on hormone pills...sian lah. i know hormone pills make me more moody and my nausea worse.
so sian.....