(2009/09) September 2009 MTBs

MTbs, did i saw posts on hotcakes w maple syrup??? goodness, i love them too... cant wait to eat them... hope hubby send me to work tml then i can have my share... yummy...

anyway, sad to say, i have yet to reveal my pregnancy to my in-laws and my MIL only left me half a bowl of rice and some veg soup for dinner, i am super duper hungry now!!! sorry, bear with me, hunger strike now... sob.. sobs..

Joanne, i am also avoiding mutton n lamb for now, but i am still going ahead with the mutton gravey for my prata... as for crab, i cant recall why they are not good for pregnant women, but like kiki, i really cant live without them, was even planning to have it for Vday.

Mama of 5, u appearing in on the tv show?? then i must catch le.. btw, Hui Chern, how do u know mama of 5 is there??

HuiChern, hope ur spotting have totally stop when u read this post... ur gynae say it is ok to have sex as per normal at this stage??? my gynae told me to be careful but i am giving it a miss totally.. poor hubby...

I_am_urs, hope u r doing fine, take care good care..
 


hi kiki and lawshe,
Of course u can eat crab.. As it wont harm ur pregnancy. Jus dont eat too much else if ur bb is boy,will be very mischievous.
Hi kiki,
I dont know whts the english name for yang dian feng as my english is lousy but chinese is ok.. Any ladies here know the english name 4 it?
Hi ladies,
Good morning to all. Didnt sleep well last nite as worry 4 the scan later.. Only after knowing everything is fine 4 my bb then can sleep well fr tonite onwards.. Wish me luck..
 
morn!!!

yang dian feng = epilepsy. is it correct?

kiki
my gynae back then was dr koh lam son at east shore. truthfully speaking, he is a v v good and gentle gynae, like a father figure to me. until now even after he retired, we still keep in contact and his daughter and me became good frds too. only regret is he never sent me for detailed scans cos he says im still young and the stupid me also just took it for granted that my babies will all be healthy and never for once thought i should do detailed scan and of course not to mention his u/s machine is so ancient can put in museum kind!! but i stuck with him cos i have always been comfortable with him.

but i couldnt say the same for my ex pd. he is such horrible person. after my boy passed away, i called to tell him and just wanted to ask him why his symptoms couldnt be detected. he actually shirked all responsibilities when i didnt even say i wanna sue him. then after that quickly said bye and hang up!! what an attitude????!!!! dr koh, instead, cried with me and hugged me. what a difference in attitude meant to me back then. now u know why i boycotted my ex pd clinic.

when i had my 5th (my gal), frd referred me to dr chan. i have never looked back. im v comfortable with dr chan and his nurses are so nice too.

joanne
what time is ur appt? keep us updated ok!! so excited for u. btw, my babies are also the more heavy weight type. my 3rd was almost 3.9kg. but thank God i got big pelvis (hub always say big butt!!) thats why natural delivery was never a prob for me.

lawshe
no no, me not on tv lah! haha... if u remember in 2005 and 2006, there was some cord life articles, yes thats me lor. but not tv lah.
 
kiki
forgot to answer u. my boy's condition is possible to detect but with a detailed scan. my gynae's machine is so outdated cant really see anything lah. dr chan 4d machine would be able to tell also. anyway if i had found out early, there was nothing that can be done also. had a horible time at kkh seeing all the specialists and gettg death sentence for my boy. it was a traumatic time for me and the doctors were not v nice as well. thats why i got phobia abt kkh and concern if i m urs is receiving the right treatment there. dunno why lah, i just dislike that place. phobia u know??
 
<font color="0077aa">mama to 5Js</font>
Really very sad to hear about your boy. And also you had to face the ex-PD who was so irresponsible and rude =(

<font color="0077aa">MooMoo</font>
Hi and welcome! Thank you for the link to the Do's and Don'ts! Will take the time to read through the questions and answers there =)

<font color="0077aa">tiffy, kiki</font>
Thank you too for your links! I am bookmarking these links to read now and then. Good to educate ourselves on what we can and cannot eat.

I have also heard, stay far far away from papaya. Not until after you give birth, a reflexologist once told me. But I tried giving this advice to my friend who was pregnant before, she said even when she's hospitalised during pregnancy, the hospital served her papaya so should be ok. But for me, I choose to stay away just to play safe.

I was also told to stay away from mutton but I don't know the reason why.

But I do like to eat ice cream. Guess I have to really cut down on that now.

<font color="0077aa">Joanne</font>
Good luck to you!! Don't worry so much, I really hope you get to see the heartbeat today! And sleep early tonight to catch up on lost sleep.

<font color="0077aa">all MTBs</font>
Btw we were just talking about getting up to pee at night. Usually I don't need to but after talking about it on the forum yesterday, last night had to wake up at 1.20am to pee. After that very very hard to sleep back, I tossed and turn for 1hr + I think.
 
hi all... is it fine to eat sausage mcmuffin with egg for bf? been craving for it... but tot i read somewhere in this forum someone mention that it's not okie to eat?

the more i read about pregnancy, the more food i discover that i can't eat!!!
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Rather than restrict myself too much, I think everything in moderation should be fine, except soft/blue cheese, raw food and liver.
Papaya contains Vit A. We cannot take excess Vit A but a little should be fine. Just eat a slice should be ok. Don't eat too much lah.
I generally keep off fastfood cos it's unhealthy. But if you really need to eat it, just a meal a month should be ok.
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Everything in moderation, that way, both you and baby will be happy.
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new mtb, thanks for the comment... think i will b getting it now... been thinking abt it since dinner last evening... going crazy just thinking abt eat or not to eat... haha
 
<font color="0077aa">bryest</font>
I am in Week 9 now and also do not experience MS/vomitting so far. Just that I can get nauseous when my hubby drives the car too fast when making turns, or when I start to get hungry I get some 'seasick' feeling. So enjoy your pregnancy as far as MS doesn't come and visit. But you can look for other preganancy symptoms like ahem! bigger breasts, need to pee more often... I also read that not all pregnant women will experience MS.

<font color="0077aa">Lawshe</font>
So how you managed to buy some dinner last night after feeling so hungry? Poor you =(

<font color="0077aa">babiesmeme</font>
I agree, no harm in taking milk in 1st tri even though some gynae may say not necessary. We should get enough calcium intake =)
Btw I am drinking Anmum Chocolate flavour once in a few days. Even though some MTBs here have advised that you can gain unnecessary weight by taking powdered formulas like Anmum, but I feel the nutrients it gives will be good too. So as a compromise, I drink Anmum every few days and not daily.

I used to drink Marigold Oat milk but now I cannot tahan the taste already. So from today I am drinking Meiji chocolate milk. Will let it come to normal room temperature first before I drink as some MTBs here have advised not to drink cold drinks straight from the fridge =)
 
Hi,got a rather wierd question to ask you ladies. :p Do you get sore breasts all the time, or on-and-off? On some days, i will feel that my breasts are very sore, but on other days, it completely disappears... wonder whether it is normal or not....
 
gd morning mummies... went for chk up yesterday and gynae gave me whole wk of rest after hearing of my spotting last week.. haha totally unexpected! but had such a headache how to tell my boss of such long rest but without revealing my pregnancy... so it's a stay at home week for me as well.. I_am_urs : u got company
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baby measure 1.27 at wk 7.. got to hear the heart beat yesterday.. yesterday still did V-scan.. gynae says e water bag looks abit odd shape but claims from his view, it shldnt cause any miscarriage..

gave me duphaston for two wks, but did not give me folic acid still.. mayb later ask my mummy pei me go temple pray and get the folic acid from watson..

i'm drinking annum chocolate favour since last wk, will try to drink at least one cup a day.. anyway morning i like to take hot drinks cos office is so so cold.. so not much of a choice for me since coffe &amp; tea is out of question...

I just ate crab and satay last wkend! hehe but i stay clear of mutton.. luckily the stall's chicken n pork satay are nice
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read in book that dont take caesar salad dressing cos of the raw/ uncook eggs.. i guess raw/ uncook eggs and meat are big No-No for us now..

New MTB : u mean u only take fast food once in a month! wow.. u're so healthy! i just had pizza n kfc yesterday haha.. Oops, i still have a small tub of kfc coslaw in the fridge.. no cabbage means I cant eat that..
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yah, I used to eat fastfood once a week, cos my hubby and I rush from work to a night class. Then he read somewhere about fastfood, especially Macs being high in transfat and he got worried.

Now, since we discovered that I'm pregnant, I haven't eaten fastfood yet. Not that it's an issue cos I usually get MS in the evening and have no appetite for dinner. Somehow, oily food is an automatic turnoff. Now I usually take soupy stuff as it's easier to digest and swallow.
 
Morning ladies!

About the what to eat, what not to eat... The Western docs will say can eat anything but avoid raw, uncooked, or half-cooked food coz they may contain bacteria. Also, no soft cheeses like feta &amp; unpasteurised milk. If wanna eat deli meats like ham, make sure u heat them up to high temp.

But if u believe the old wives' tales, a lot of things can't be eaten.. such as mutton bcoz kids will be hairy or get epilepsy, crabs bcoz kids will get "many hands" &amp; be v mischievious, etc etc.

So.. end of the day, u gotta decide for yourself what to take &amp; what not to lor.
 
mama to 5Js,

*hugz*

so by detailed scan you mean 4D scans. when i go for my next appt i'd ask my gynae abt his machine.

your ex pd sounds really like a horrible person. i totally understand what you mean by what his attitude meant to you back then. the least he could show is some compassion.
 
milkyway,

i think it should be fine to eat sausage mcmuffin with egg bah... but juz make sure that the egg is not 'runny'. sometimes their egg the yolk part abit uncook, so juz take that part out.

it better be fine, i ate that for 2 consecutive days for breakfast! my craving was so strong that 1 day was not enough. hehe..
 
hi mama to 5js,
My apptment is at 3pm. So scare, anxious and stress.. Thk u witney and u 4 ur wishes.. Will update u gals after checkup. Finally today has arrive.. :w.
Hi freesia,
Yes, i too feel sometime sore sometime no.shd be ok ba..
Hi ladies,
I do feel quite hot in the middle of the nite especially in the morning.. Got Aircon oso feel hot. Now jus beginning stage oreadi feel so hot and perspire early morning. Think later stage got to sleep on the ice.. Lol.. Do u all feel the same?
 
eat too much mutton can cause epilepsy?! oh dear ok....

sigh... ok lah, i'd eat lesser mutton. 5 sticks of mutton satay should be ok and not a lot right?
 
thanks, joanne.

I heard from my friend that she got up to shower in the middle of the nite (at the later part of her pregnancy) coz it got too hot for her!
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Hi MTBs,

I'm new here. Went to a gynae last friday and confirm that I'm 9 weeks pregnant. EDD: 3 Sept 2009. my baby is 2.5cm.

So happy to hear the heartbeat when i did the scan.
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milkyway> alot of pple say pregnant women can eat without guilt, i think it's the exact opposite lor. i feel guilty all the time! this and tht cannot eat.

btw moms to be, do u ladies drink tonic soup and birds nest now? i am in china, can't really get access to tonic soup and bird's nest easily. =(
 
mama to 5Js
Not sure you know me, but i saw your posts in the other forum very often

Lawshe
Thank God , i pray &amp; pray, today no spotting liao. So fo now i just go easy on everything. Don't walk too fast, exert myself.

Jul 04
I luv crab when i was preggy with DD. Still got eat, but just eat in moderation lor
 
Joanne

Gd luck for your appt later this pm. Rem to keep us updated k?

kiki

It's really up to you. Some pple prefer to totally not eat, some pple will do so in moderation. For me, I will continue to eat, but not whack 20 sticks at one go that kind. But hor.. I am the more bochap type, I guess. Rem that th epilepsy thing is those auntie say one, I dunno if true. Docs will tell u it's nonsense.

lxlb

Someone told me that bird's nest &amp; tonics shd be taken after 2st tri, b/c the BB only absorbs from mummy after 1st tri, &amp; also bcoz first tri BB quite sensitive to herbs, shd not take too much. Maybe u can get someone to ship over to u?

hui chern, i m urs

Be good for a while &amp; guai guai stay at home ok?
 
<font color="0077aa">Angeline</font>
Welcome! Your EDD same as mine, 3rd Sep '09 =)
But may change again depending on size, my next scan is only on 25 Feb. Got to wait so long!

<font color="0077aa">Katherine &amp; i m urs</font>
hey, both of you rest well and be sure to eat well too while you're at home.

<font color="0077aa">Katherine</font>
Congratulations on hearing your baby's heartbeat yesterday! Yay!
 
<font color="0077aa">hui chern</font>
Yes, don't walk too fast or exert yourself. Keep walking to a minimum if you can. No more spotting ok?
 
hee..thanks! actually i joined this thread sometime late last yr..but din really visit this thread often so thought of introducing myself again
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rosycheeks, angeline

Welcome &amp; congrats! Haha so exciting, the Sep thread is finally getting more crowded.

Hmm.. haven't seen jenifur lately, wonder if she's ok?
 
freesia> i am not hungry like u but i eat non-stop. the moment i feel sick i eat. my colleagues (who dunno i'm pregnant) must think i'm a glutton!

Jul 04> thanks for ur advice! i feel better now.

kiki> i was thinking of getting some from singapore! maybe when i get back, during 2nd trimester.
 
lxlb

Me too. If I go too hungry, I will feel nausea. So I eat! haha

But seriously hor, I dun quite trust the herbal stuff in China. Too many scary stories liao. If u can, it'll be good to get ur family to send some parcels of bottled birds' nest etc over to you. Safer lor. Or maybe u can Eu Yan Sang website. Nowadays they v pro one. Maybe they can even have overseas purchases where they send to you.
 
went for my 1st check up tis morning cos having cramp since sunday nite. Everything is well, can see baby heart beating. Based on LMP I should be 7 wks, but based on size is 6 wks. This is prob b'cos my cycle is longer. Gynea gave a range for my EDD in Sept.

My appetite is so scary today. Had a bak zhang for breakfast, was hungry after check up so ate a delifr puff. b4 lunch i go hungry again, so hungry like gona get gastric and had noodles for lunch. I tink I will end up like an elephant at the end of my preg...
 
hi jus luv babylets,
Thk u thk u.. Jus off work. Now on my way 4 lunch.. Very hungry.. After that dont know go where as my appt is at 3pm.. Hmm..
Hi rosycheeks ,angeline,
Welcome..welcome.. Hope u like here.. Congrat to u too..
 
<font color="0077aa">Wifey</font>
Great to know that everything is well &amp; you also saw your baby's heartbeat at 6 wks!!
 
<font color="ff6000">Rosycheeks, angeline</font>
congrats! &amp; welcome to the club! hahahaa

<font color="ff6000">Kiki</font>
I'm so amazed &amp; amused by the video! I've always wanted to catch it on Nat Geo but always miss! Its pretty touching..isn't it.. knowing how a baby grow in the tummy...

<font color="ff6000">Freesia</font>
I think the breast thingy is normal la.. heard my cousin say as our baby gets bigger.. &amp; we have more milk that time lagi worst...den for her case.. she said she cannot get her milk pumped out..felt miserable.. she got big boobs tho.. but dunno y the milk juz doesn't wanna flow.. den end up gotta take those medication to help to release the swelling..den she say..cham.. now she saggy breast...

<font color="ff6000">KAthy Mama</font>
Glad that you are fine now.. rest well..

<font color="ff6000">all mummies</font>
are all of you going to breastfeed your kid?

So far I'm eating ok.. not much of a nauseous feeling... but really alot of things my body auto dun wanna eat.. like juz now.. I was eating fish bee hoon.. uncle ran short of fried fish so he mixed some fresh fish..den i realised I detest those that are fried wor.. but i used to really love it.. hai~ envy u all still can eat crabs &amp; satay...all these used to be on my top priority makan list also... now ar.. see liao also turn off..den always kena nag by my mum..say why i turned so picky..but really dun feel like eating alot of things.. den my fren say.. i must be carrying a gal.. thats y so picky..cos vain..Anyway.. as long as BB is healthy la...
 
whitey
yes , me very kiasu this time, using the clarins tonic oil liao. Well, i hope this will help to get rid of the old stretch marks during my 1st preggy.

mama to 5Js
hui chern is my name, haha. Don't think you know me, cause we never meet before. My nick in b forum is mybb. Well, it's ok lah
 
hi wifey,
Glad to know u r allrite... Congrat to u.. Now is my turn.. Am on my way to see my gynea, see my bb for the 1st time..
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Hmm.. Dont worry abt being an elephant.. We will be elephant only for 9 to 10mth.. After that can be back to normal... Btw, did doctor tell u whts the size of ur bb already?
 
hi witey,
Stretch mark cream usually can start to use fr 3rd mth onwards.. Btw, do u gals stomach pop out already? I quite obvious at end of the day after eat so much one whole day.. Not sure is it due to its 2nd kid..
 
oooh... thats reminds me hor.. mayb I should start applying some cream also liao hor.. lately my hubby say can see a small tummy liao.. mayb i should apply some cream to prevent stretch mark also...
 


hi tiffy,

yes, i intend to breastfeed this time as i only breastfeed my gal for 1+ plus. she's almost a 100% formula fed baby haa.. she just turned 7 mths.

went to visit my gynae last wk, currently at 6+ weeks now and able to hear bb's heart beat. my edd is estimated to be 19 sept.
 
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