(2013/09) September 2013


tangerinez, what creame/lotion did you use for boobs? I hope i will be hardworking to apply it every day after shower
 
Hi Anastasia, think you better go see a doc if you are really unwell. Have been on mc since mon. Down with throat inflamm, fever, flu and cough. Feeling tired and restless throughout. My temperature is 37.4, 37.6, 37.7
Doc say normal Panadol is fine to take during pregnancy.

My hubby says I have good life, do nothing, just eat and sleep. Haha. If minus the sickness, bloated ness, then it is really heaven.

Lately been feeling nausea drinking plain water. Just switch to Ribena, h2o original and Yakult.

Hope my MS go away soon.
 
Tracy, the bum as well. Arms and thighs should be ok. MS symptoms are individual cos that depends on each person body reaction and makeup whereas stretchmarks can be hereditary. My mum never had MS with her 3kids but I suffer quite badly from them with my previous pregnancies. How many weeks are you?
 
Tangerinz, looks like quite god review. Shall research more.

Emmie, i'm in my mid 5 weeks. just feel a bit nausea after having food... but i keep drinking water then it's subsides.
 
My personal experience is, try to keep within healthy weight to keep stretch marks at bay.

For #1, I slapped on loads of stretch marks cream religiously but to my horror, ugly purple cracks appeared on my lower tummy and spread around the belly button at abt week 30! It just happened suddenly. I gained 29kg and my water bag burst even before my scheduled csect.
 
tracy, gaviscon is safe for pregnancy but take only when necessary. I was given that at the hospital when i went for my check up ytd.

areas like arms, thighs, bum, booms, waist line all must apply. Some ppl say start once pregnant, some cream say can start during 2nd trimester. I also havent bought any yet. Same like you all I dont like sticky feeling. Rem if you are in front of fan to dry the stickiness, block the belly button dont let air enter. A mummy friend taught me before.

my appetite has been increasing a lot but i eat smaller meals. because of the diet restrictions, i find it difficult during meal times. So many things cannot eat during pregnancy. I miss sushi!

I used to like fishball, but now I find it stinky n fishy. I just keep drinking soup and fruit juice. Spicy is no no for me now, used to be able to take a bit of spicyness.

anyone like me hungry at the same timing everyday? Its just like a routine clock for me now. When its meal time I NEED TO EAT
 
gene, you gained 29kg? that's a lot. so you manage to slim down after that?

candy, i was standing in front of the fan ytd when applying. opps! i need to block the belly button from tonight onwards. hahaha. I had heavy breakfast everyday, normal lunch and sometimes i snack in between too. I just eat as normal, i even had sushi but it's cooked meat. I miss sashimi, especially cny coming. Got lou hei but can't eat.
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I don't like fish before pregnancy and now, i still don't like fish. never even want to order fish soup also. a lot of friends says must take fish oil cos body needs oily fats for development.
 
i think of the food i got no appetite liao. Every meal time is a torture for me especially when I am starving but i lose my appetite easily thinking of the taste.

Salty craving vs sweet craving ... lol i really dont know baby boy or baby girl...
 
Hi ladies, now that CNY is around the corner, there will be a lot of CNY lunches / dinners with Lou hei. Since we can't eat raw fish now, what kind of reasons are you gonna give your frens, especially if you don't wanna announce your pregnancy yet?
 
Anastasia, i will still go for dinner but will tell them i'm on a special diet, no raw food no spicy food no oily food. they'll guess you are pregnant. if they asked, you can say its not very convenient to say now and they'll know soon.
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Or just say u are recovering from diahhrea.

Me also kept telling in laws cannot eat sashimi. Think they can guess but they keep quiet and let us decide when to tell them.
 
Thanks for the suggestions! I was thinking of the diarrhea excuse, but just wanted to see whether there were other excuses available!
 
For me, when my in laws cooked herbal soup with dang gui, i just say too heaty scared sore throat never drink :p so maybe can improvise from here
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Superwoman, my eldest is 7 and 2nd one is 4.

This current pregnancy is totally unplanned.

My first gynae visit will be on next wed.
 
Hi Emmie, you are expecting no.3 too.

How old are your other 2 kids?

Me having mixed feelings when I found out about my pregnancy last week. Initially wanted to stop at 2, but this one come as a suprise.
 
new here ... expecting my #2 now ... #1 is 29mths ...

bad ms and vomitting ...
just went to the toilet for "big biz" and got bright red blood! and my stool wasnt even that hard ... i didnt get that when i had my #1 ... sigh~
 
Kiwi, my 2 boys are 8 and 3 this year. Are yours boys/girls? Same as you I wanted to stop at 2... Super happy that I'm finally regaining a bit of freedom with my 2nd off to nursery but then this good news strike.

Tracy, Good that you found drinking water is good at keeping your nausea at bay.
 
Emmie, mine is 1 girl(7)and 1 boy(4). Same as you, I tot finally can regain my freedom alreadly. Suddenly receive an unexpected present from gift of life. Anyway, will embrace this blessing
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My husband and 2 kids are very happy and excited with this new addition to the family and is looking forward to his/her arrival. I am hoping for a girl
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Oh yah, my weight gain was 11kg, just nice amk no stretch marks :-! I also put aloe Vera on tummy to keep skin moisturised, dunno if that helped. Looks like a lot of us have 3-4 years btw children :) everyone tells me it's 's a nice age gap
 
Me and my siblings only less than 2 years apart, think my mummy must have been a superwoman. She said she was BUSY. No maid or Nanny or parents to help out, not sure how she did it!
 
Hi ladies, is steamboat safe to eat? As long as totally cooked? But all the mixed of raw & cooked... Stil safe? Coz I need to consider if I want to tell my in laws of my pregnancy. Reason being, I had a M/C 1.5yrs ago, baby stopped heartbeat & growth at wk 6 though I'm suppose to be in almost wk 8 or smthg.

Now, my last gynae visit, growth at wk 6 & no heatbeat still, but I'm suppose to be wk 7/8... Sigh...this is depressing coz I've been trying for 4yrs & I'm already 30!! Time is ticking... I'm so scare I'm losing it again .

I'm currently alrdy on 2 wks bed rest coz I bled. Anyone has similar experience?? Any advice?? Anything I shld eat? Am I not eating enough that's why baby not growing??

Sigh...
 
Missyserene>> Yes, steamboats are safe to eat as long as you exercise precaution. For instance, make sure all food is cooked before eating. No mixing of raw and cooked food - if raw ones are added in, make sure they become cooked before you eat. And also, use different chopsticks to handle raw and cooked food.

Don't worry yourself unnecessarily. You may have ovulated later than you think, so you may not be that far along your pregnancy yet. Listen to your doc's advice - bed rest.

One of my frens baby was also a little small at wk 6, but the growth caught up the rest of the 1st trimester. So please don't worry too much!
 
Hi missyserene, sorry to hear about your hard time ttc, hope all goes well this time. Did you see any fertility specialist? They may be able to help you, to solve any underlying health problem you have that is making it hard for you to sustain pregnancy.

Steamboat is safe, but sharksfin is not, as far as new year food goes
 
Anastasia - may I know how big should baby be at 6 weeks?
Missyserene - I hope this pregnancy goes well for you! Rest well eat well, look at happy photos n beautiful baby photos!!!
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Anastasia - I'm currently 8wks4days.. Edd 1st sep. this is #1 bb, so very excited and worried. Been sick for 4 days, finally feeling better tidy.

MS getting worst. No appetite. Any slight food causes bloated ness. Water made me nausea. Yucks!

I have been getting away eating raw food and alcoholic drinks by saying having bad gastric. Have gastric problems all along so no one really suspected. Trying to endure until cny before telling ppl. Haha..

My hubby says I'm strange, sharing in forum but not telling ppl. LOL..
 
Missy serene - do rest well.. Hope everything is gonna be ok. My colleague encountered bleeding too, bed rest for a mth. Gave birth to a chubby baby girl few months ago only. So don't worry too much and rest well.
 
Good morning mummies, just wanted to share a free app I'm using on iphone... its called What To Expect, Pregnancy.

I think some of you already using it... but for those not using I think its quite good... especially for reading on the mrt or bus to and from work
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Tangerinez: oooo cool means I don’t have to give up my coffee! 1-3 cups a week is enough to satisfy me for now  As for the left/right sleeping, I’m not sure also but I’ve just switched to sleeping on my left…. Cant sleep well at night coz so used to sleeping on right all my life…. Guess gotta start getting used to it now than later is better……
As for sleep bras, its basically just the soft cotton bras. I bought them from neighbourhood shop only $9.90 for 3. I’ve never had the habit of wearing bra to sleep (as I’m only an A cup) but recently with all the aches, it does help 

Tracy: thanks for the tips and didn’t know cant drink even abit of coke. I shall stop now  I’ve been drinking a lot of milo, soya bean, juices coz I’m so sick of the taste of water…..

Natalie :thanks for the app. Not heard of it but its so useful, I like it!

Re-posting tangerinez's spreadsheet for newcomers to update their information:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ahop4ZQfz_s9dFdMY3Y5VmFBbG5QS0NxLWZkbDM5S1E
 
Thanks confused first timer, just updated mine.

Coke is fine if u take in moderation. Need to cut as it contains caffeine. Think 1 can a day is ok.
 
Natalie, I also downloaded the app previously. Quite informative. There is another app - My Pregnancy (Baby Centre). Not bad as well.

Confused, gynae says it's ok to drink coffee or tea. but i guess should be in moderation. just got to take note of what we eat now.
 
Hi all.. as usual so many new members. Hi to everyone...

I went for my first gynae appt yesterday, based on LMP, should be 7 weeks pregnant. but the ultrasound shows baby is smaller and about 6 weeks only. so maybe i ovulated late.

I didnt see any heartbeat but gynae told me he saw, to faint for me to catch? haha...

Told to go back 2 weeks later for a viability scan.
 
everything in moderation is fine. i ate one too.

i think only unripe papaya is not fine as it can trigger contractions. pretty sure the papaya that you ate is ripe
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hmmmm if cannot too liang food and fruits, means we can take a little more heaty ones like longan and durian?

Just checking coz i feel so thirsty all the time and my lips are chapped all the time... keep thinking i'm heaty....
 
confused, thirsty is normal it doesnt mean you are heaty. when pregnant the body needs a lot of volume to generate all the additional blood and what not to support the baby. my hands are super dry too.

suggest not eating too heaty stuff too in case you fall sick. again, everything in moderation.
 
try not to eat durian unless baby is smaller than your vaginal hole or doc ask you to eat so baby can grow bigger.
 
Towards last trimester easier to gauge whether to eat durian or not, if overweight avoid, if underweight eat durian.

Towards last 2 weeks of last trimester can take coconut water too.

Tangerine - hahaha I go toilet more than 10 times a day! My bladder can't hold much.

By the way, just to share that poise panty liners are good for absorbing urinary leaks. Especially during pregnancy, the bladder space is limited next to the growing uterus, many ladies cannot hold well. ESP in long toilet queues.
 


Hi ladies, thanks for all your encouraging words.. I'm already on progesterone pills to stabilize the pregnancy..I hope all the bed rest is helping the baby grow to the right size & hope to see a heartbeat by mon.... *cross fingers*

Really hope to see some gd news esp CNY is just round the corner... Don't want to sulk my face to all visitations... Haha...
 
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