EDD May 2014 (maybe)

gniy

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oh a question mummies - where do you get the mattresses for your cot? latex (cooling but expensive) or foam (warm but cheaper)?

how about bedsheets - where can i get them and how many should i get? do you use pillows? i'm using the beansprout pillow/bolster to hug.
 

Lingz12

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jessybebee:868499 said:
Lingz12, 14 storeys is a lot leh! some more after scrubbing 2 toilets~ qiang! i climb abit buay tahan already hahaha.. so breathless!

yeah tml is May already! I keep telling baby last night to at least tahan 1 more day.. only come out in May haha..

Anyway, I wanna ask.. when you on epidural your lower body will be numb already right? cannot get down to walk? then what if you need to pee?????

And also.. if hungry while in labour how? cannot eat ah? or can bring food to eat?
Haha.. cos I had my gynae appt e next day.. was so afraid she will induce me on e spot so tot I better go do sme exercise and hope I dilate faster ma..

Wen I was on epidural for my #1, cannot get off e bed oredi.. I didnt even have food or drink.. but maybe oso cos I was on epidural for less than 3hrs before I pop.. and if u need to wee, they will insert the urine catheter for u.. at least they did for me la.. once on epidural, u will be confined to the bed..
 

Lingz12

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Hmm.. actualli in hospital oso nvr use boiled water to wash e wound ma.. for my #1, wen I was at home I oso jus use normal temp water from the shower head to rinse the wound.. dry e area then quickly apply the antiseptic lotion.. I tink as long as we be quick abt it jiu can le ba.. dun touch water is cos dun wan to catch e chills ma I tot.. anyway, may so hot.. wan to catch a chill oso tough.. >_<
 

meltie

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for me my stitches are ok, no pain...its the piles that are killing me even till now, 11days after labour....shit them!

Ouch i hate piles!!! I'm still having them on off with my diarrhea and frequent pooping.. Had food posioning and they haunted me again.. Sigh i think its inevitable for my 2nd pregnancy.. I pray i dun have too much! may just need to sit on a float!!!! Grr jiayou! Keep applying the pile cream.. It helps to reduce the size!
 

meltie

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Lingz12, 14 storeys is a lot leh! some more after scrubbing 2 toilets~ qiang! i climb abit buay tahan already hahaha.. so breathless!

yeah tml is May already! I keep telling baby last night to at least tahan 1 more day.. only come out in May haha..

Anyway, I wanna ask.. when you on epidural your lower body will be numb already right? cannot get down to walk? then what if you need to pee?????

And also.. if hungry while in labour how? cannot eat ah? or can bring food to eat?

hmm when i admitted for delivery in the labor ward, after epidural , they offered me biscuits and milo.. But after awhile totally don't allow food liao coz on drip.. They wanna prevent any complications if got food and need to emergency op or something.. So best is to eat something before u admit.. Bathe first too! Haha i bathed but it was wee hours to eat anything.. So i asked for biscuits while waiting.. Ya whole lower body from belly button down is numb depending on the dosage of epi.. Can be real frustrating like dead meat, heavy and cannot lift up.. Just call for nurse to help..

after delivery, the stitches plsu the lochia blood keeps oozing.. I just had to dap with tissue paper that i wet w warm water in the hosp toilet.. At home, just rinse gently w warm water .... I prefer to keep it clean .. After pee also dap with wet tissue till no more blood.. Don't wish for any infection .. Stitches will dissolve by itself one.. Sigh i had to handle the piles too.. Thats the big problem..

Oh ya once u're admitted , u'll be on urine catheter till discharge.. So don't need to worry abt peeing.. After they remove the catheter, just gotta 'learn' to get the feeling of peeing again.. Pooping wise, take stool softener or drink prune juice / berry essence.. If not strain there might tear or piles will bleed.. Sigh woes of post delivery.. Hahaa
 

jeslow

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Hi mummies, just got back from my gynae appt..baby is abt 2.9kg at 38 weeks, gynae says she has moved lower but not too low so she will most likely last till full term..but still gg to start my mat leave next week to relax and nua at home..hehe =p
 

mrsxu

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Ouch i hate piles!!! I'm still having them on off with my diarrhea and frequent pooping.. Had food posioning and they haunted me again.. Sigh i think its inevitable for my 2nd pregnancy.. I pray i dun have too much! may just need to sit on a float!!!! Grr jiayou! Keep applying the pile cream.. It helps to reduce the size!
i am applying & eating chinese med....gynae med dun work....SHIT THEM! hahahaha i hate piles!
 

meltie

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i am applying & eating chinese med....gynae med dun work....SHIT THEM! hahahaha i hate piles!
My piles took quite awhile to reduce soreness and size.. Sigh had to live with it! Hmm maybe paired with confinement heaty food, not that good to heal piles.... :/ jiayou! it's definitely not ez treating piles!!! I pray i pray i don't get them again.. :(
 

meltie

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Hi mummies, just got back from my gynae appt..baby is abt 2.9kg at 38 weeks, gynae says she has moved lower but not too low so she will most likely last till full term..but still gg to start my mat leave next week to relax and nua at home..hehe =p
Icic gd size! Yeah take some time to rest and nua while u can! I wish i can nua.. But am bz w #1.. Drenched in sweat.. Just now fried bee hoon for lunch.. With her screaming at me.. What a morning.. She had to pour out all her unfinished milk to dirty my whole bed! Hubby dozed off while chucking the bottle to her... Grr.. Massive clean up here n there.. Finally sitting down after a hectic morn..took me 30 mins to put her to slp.. :/ totally had no time to rest.... Now she's stirring again.. Arghhh
 

jeslow

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hi meltie, really salute to all the 2nd time mummies!..have to handle ur no. 1 with the big tummy..do try to take care and rest whenever u can ya
 

CharChia

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this time round is not my stitch pain... is my piles pain..m so uncomfortable... dunno how to sit... gynae say after confinement will refer me to see a specialist coz it is very bad... haiz...

These few days being bringing my no.2 for jaundice test at polyclinic... doesn't look good... doctor say tomorrow have to bring to KKH A &E to see the doctor for jaundice in the morning... My no.1 didn't have this problem at all...
 

jeslow

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ohh CharChia, hope everything's fine with your no. 2..maybe u can use a float to sit down so that won't press on ur piles?
 

meltie

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this time round is not my stitch pain... is my piles pain..m so uncomfortable... dunno how to sit... gynae say after confinement will refer me to see a specialist coz it is very bad... haiz...

These few days being bringing my no.2 for jaundice test at polyclinic... doesn't look good... doctor say tomorrow have to bring to KKH A &E to see the doctor for jaundice in the morning... My no.1 didn't have this problem at all...
Oh dear jiayou for the piles! It can be removed or stapled .. Quite a simple procedure they say.. Right now can only try to put cream and push in with the probe.. Sitting on them is crazy .. Not looking forward.. Sighh :(

hmm jaundice is common.. But its tiring.. Did pd say to supplement to formula to get rid of jaundice faster? He advised that for my #1..my #1 at the same time had to stay in nicu for 2 weeks.. Hope it doesn't happen for #2.. $$$and tiring .. Have to shuttle and pump like mad.. Hope all mummies have healthy babies!!!

Right now handling my toddler.. She's running ard like mad.. Fiddling w all the switches etc.. Crazy times.. I can't sit coz she will be screaming at me n running away.. Trying to periodically put her in play pen.... Sighh carrying her is no joke .. Felt like my bb inside was dropping down.. But bo bian gotta lug her to go wash her hands and feet.. Change diaper etc.. Whole day non stop sweating.. Gotta cook dinner n porridge for her.. Hope she don't go crazy over me when i enter the kitchen... :/
 
miso:868320 said:
I'll rather have waiting game at home coz I'm really busy at work plus my puppps rash, I dun think I can make it another day at work. Imagine having to meet people but you are itching like mad and trying hard not to fidget. Also, the rash is making me lose sleep at night and its a struggle to get up and go work. In the end I gave up and went to see a derm for more steroids. Sigh...

i really hope the steroids dun affect my baby. Even though I'm at home, I brought some admin work home to do to try to clear as much as possible before I pop.

i really hope I have some dilation by this sat. Dun really wanna be induced. Praying hard.
Use refrigerated drapolene or aloe Vera gel ! it works better than steroids for me
 

Piglim

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Tot I was gonna have contractions just now.. My tummy was a little painful n it hardened for quite a long while... So worried.. It's too early n I m not ready, was hm since Monday evening till today to take care of my poor son who Kenna HFMD. The sch has another 2 new cases today. It's like super wildfire like that... Sigh the more I read up on HFMD the more I m worried cos they say even if the pregnant lady Kenna, she may either show mild or no signs.. N if its near delivery the newborn baby may get some complication.. :((((( Monday is my next chk up n I wonder what my gynae will say bout this..

Baby is kicking very very strongly today.. My edd shld b 25 may but somehow mother instinct tell me this is gonna b early.. But I don't want!!! ;( guess it cld be due to all the squatting carrying doing stuffs while taking care of my son. I m still very hands on despite hving a maid n mil (then) cos I believe my child shld b taken care of by me n not the maid. My mil is not very useful also so I rather do things on my own.

Been hving LS lately. But it's like once a day kind so also dunno if it's consider LS.
Mmummies when u say induce what do u mean? Like in my 1st case, my contractions was strong n near but water bag didnt burst.. I was admitted n then few hrs later gynae burst my bag.. Does this mean induce?

Sigh was looking forward to this public hols n wkend so that can bring son out but now Kenna confine at hm.. Sigh I really hope all parents can b considerate..If ur child is unwell just let them b hm.. My son cough or a little bit unwell we alrdy don't let him go out cos dun want to spread to others.. But sigh.. Not everybody like that.. Some parents know their children got rash on hand also nv chk. Also bring to sch., playground, public places...,. . End up spread to everyone. So poor thing these little kids always hv to suffer pain n eat all those yucky medicines... :(
 

CharChia

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piglim, u better take care of yourself and try to keep a distance from no.1 if possible... coz HMFD can be quite serious if newborn is infected with it... probably u want to give ur gynae a call and check what preventive measures u can take... coz if baby get infected inside or we get infected, we can hardly tell and what complications there will be...

anyway I wish us son a speedy recovery so u can have a good rest too...
 

Lingz12

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Yeah Piglim.. I oso tink u shld give ur gynae a call abt the situation.. as ke lian as ur son is, u wun wanna risk ur girl too right? If realli no choice have to quarantine urself from ur son, then have to rely on ur helper le.. bo bianz..

Oh.. wen I say induce, I dun mean bursting of waterbag wo.. wen I was induced for my #1, gynae put a pill inside to induce contractions and hence labour.. I was lucky tat I onli need 1 pill.. I read tat sme ppl requires 2-3 pills..

I tink my girl is sensing competition for affection from her lil bro soon.. these 2 days she kept insisting I carry her.. wen we are out she will whine and cry and stomp her feet and demand o carry.. I tried shaking my head as usual and say papa will carry, she jus refused and slapped her papa's hands away.. so bo bianz have to carry her.. tired max..
 

Piglim

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How to stay away from my son ESP now he is so sticky. Then nobody take care of him cos mil sick, hubby can't take leave...
sigh sounds really bad Le I m now getting more n more worried... :( haiz... Too complacent Le bah... Over the wkend (before his sympton showed) we (hubby n I) were still sharing food with him (lick on the same ice cream!) I hv been looking at my palms, soles, body parts everyday until just now when I read sometimes there may not be signs at all for preggy... Will call gynae on fri bah..but I think too late Le right cos fri or mon appt also make no difference..

M trying to be careful alrdy like wash my hands more frequently etc.. But I think sometimes if careless also cannot remember or notice.. Cos it's fluid passable...

His pd also know I preggy.. She just said "too late lor, anyway u may or may not get it depending on ur immune system" so now I can only pray that I will get thru this..
 
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