Hi all,
Re. constipation
I'm having a bit of that too and my stools are hard! I bleed when during pass motion recently.
Re. tonic
My mom also brewed some black chiken tonic for me over the weekend... dunno what it is, I just drink. But taste quite good.
Re. newborn jaundice
My boy was hospitalised in KKH for jaundice on the 6th day when he was born and I had to bring him to polyclinic every sat to test for bilirubin level (too much bilirubin in the blood will cause jaundice) for a few weeks after he was discharged. Anyway, while he was hospitalised, I did a lot of reading up on newborn jaundice and there are several possible causes of jaundice like mother and fetus having incompatible blood type, fetus has G6PD,etc. but eating too much papayas and mangoes is NOT one of the cause. That said, take all foods in moderation. For my boy's case, KKH did a blood test and told me that the most likely cause of the jaundice is incompatible blood type, as I have O+ blood and my boy A+ blood. As short writeup:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001559.htm
Re. weight gain in 3rd tri
not sure if it's true... but for my boy, in the last 1 to 2 months, I was putting on weight but not much of the weight goes to the baby.
Which was why at about 36 - 37 weeks, my gynae told me to induce cos baby not putting on weight liao and my amniotic fluid level was low.
Re. Carrying #1
It's ok lah... as long as you don't feel strained or over-exert yourself.