aiyo u girls type so fast, i cant catch up. so post a bit here and there hehe...
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Ok for the motherhood spree. =)
FA scan: Yup mine is 21 march!! Lets meet!! The 3 of us. I am going there at 8am hehe. but gynae appointment at 1pm.
weight gain
My last check was 70.5kg. so -1.5kg still from my pre-pregnancy weight. Got one point my weight dropped to 68.6kg.
I am at my 18 weeks now. I am still drinking preg mother's milk everyday and last week till now, I've consumed about 6L of meiji milk (3L chocolate + 3L normal)... jialat... Am I consuming too much calcium that there will be reverse effect?
Yen
Yeah, my colleague who gave birth to 2 kids, also said very hard to go back to pre-preg figure especially she is the kind who wont get fat no matter how much so ate (cept during pregnancy)... thing is she cannot exercise cos of asthma.
Cordlife talk on Sat:
My hubby registered online but he never receive calls/email leh... So I am gonna email the cordlife salesperson I signed up with.
Anyway, not that I am bias or anything
1. Not sure. I've never check out Stemcord. However, CordLife is the only ABB accredited cordblood bank in Singapore (not sure if they are FACT accredited). Also when Singapore first start up their public cordblood bank, Govt went to CordLife for advice (govt have to pay them for the advices they gave!) but not other cordblood bank. Seems to be reliable to me. =) Further more, I remember seeing CordLife's stationary booth in TMC.
I just checked out Stemcord's website....
http://www.stemcord.com/whystem_main.html
" Licensed by Singapore’s Ministry of Health – FACT
StemCord is licensed and audited yearly by MOH. It uses stringent criteria set by the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) in the collection, processing and storage of cord blood samples and is
acquiring accreditation with the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT). "
It uses stringent criteria set by AABB but however not accredited by AABB. Also, does it means they are still acquiring for FACT accreditation?
Actually even if StemCord is cheaper but they are not AABB, FACT accredited, I wont even think about it. weird that they have a babytalk also joint with parkway health but they are not AABB or FACT accredited.
I got this file from MOH about cordblood.
http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss49/nareiko/MinistryOfHealthmemo.jpg
2. Not too early to sign up. But wait for promotion though. I signed up on my 13 weeks for their CNY promotion. 21 yrs storage for $5,138+GST.
Actually if anything happened and you need cordblood stem cell to save your family, atleast you don't need to spend donno how much (forgot the price but 10k +++ bah) to buy cordblood stem cell from public bank.