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Pregnancy Updates 38: Fat Mama!
In: It Sucks|Mother To Be|Pregnancy Symptoms|Pregnancy Updates
3 Feb 2010Unfortunately, I suspect that’s exactly what you’ll be calling me because I will simply become one. Though I don’t mind being called Phat Mama, but reality is often bitterly cold *humph* Since September last year (16 weeks into my pregnancy), my weight has been going up, up and up *blaming it on the milk!* @#$%& [...]
My Birth Plan, pt 2 – Approved!
2 Feb 20102 February 2010 Attn To: Labour Delivery Unit Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre Kuala Lumpur Dear Midwives & Nurses Below is my “ideal” birthing scenario, but I am aware that in the event of a life-threatening emergency, I will be relying on your professional judgment and skills to see us through. #1 – Labour Birth Companion [...]
Pregnancy Updates 37: Little Benjac is 2.4kg!
In: Little Benjac Junior|Mother To Be|Pregnancy Updates|Thanksgiving|We're Expecting
2 Feb 2010Just like our 1st antenatal check-up months ago, today we waited a good 2 hours for Dr Tan because he had 2 deliveries back to back earlier at noon. The poor man didn’t get to have his lunch — until it was 4pm — after he had cleared all his morning appointments. Then immediately he [...]
Pregnancy Goodness: Birth Ball, pt 1 – Research.
29 Jan 2010The Birth Ball is the same as the Gym Ball. It was originally developed for physical therapy in treating orthopedic and neurological disorders. Since introduced years ago, it has become a favourite complement for everyday exercise. Why use a Birth Ball? It is a wonderful comfort tool for pregnancy and labour. It can be used [...]
Pregnancy Updates 35: Water Retention.
In: It Sucks|Mother To Be|Pregnancy Symptoms|Pregnancy Updates
27 Jan 2010The 1st time I wrote about my swollen feet was back in November. In actual fact, my feet has been slowly increasing in size since late September (17 weeks pregnant) when I had to borrow my Mom’s sandals. Now my once skinny tiny feet has grown snuggly into the generous size 6 Mary Jane! Swelling [...]
Pregnancy Updates 34: We’re 34 weeks pregnant.
22 Jan 2010Your baby now weighs more than 4.7 pounds (2.2kg) and is 18 inches (45cm) from top to toe. Your baby resembles a tiny person at this point. He will continue to grow by adding on valuable weight from now onwards. By next week, his hearing would be fully developed. LBJ does resembles a tiny precious [...]
Pregnancy Updates 33: Little Benjac is 2.1kg!
In: Little Benjac Junior|Mother To Be|Pregnancy Updates|Thanksgiving|We're Expecting
20 Jan 2010How time flies! Yesterday was already our 6th antenatal check-up with Dr Tan Lay Seng at Gleneagles. I always enjoy our appointments with him, even though we need to wait an hour or sometimes more just to see him each time Dr Tan always has a smiley face on. But yesterday he was in a [...]
Pregnancy Updates 32: I’ve Exceeded 100cm!
11 Jan 2010The 1st time the thought of measuring myself crossed my mind, it was back in September last year. I was 16 weeks pregnant then. The little baby bump was slowly making its debut and was measuring at 85cm around the belly button. To date, the circumference has grew another 16.5cm. The Ikea measuring strip that [...]
Pregnancy Updates 31: Milestones 3, Week 27 – 31.
In: Father To Be|Little Benjac Junior|Mother To Be|Pregnancy Updates|Thanksgiving
8 Jan 2010Week 27 The goodness of Coconut Water for pregnant women seems too good to be true. I wonder if I knew about it earlier, would it have helped me battled my nausea, vomiting and heartburn *hmm* Sardines is one of the Top 7 Super Food for Pregnant Women. They are rich in Omega 3 Fatty [...]
I’ve actually been having these contractions for some time now without knowing that they were IT. Only yesterday evening that I was 100% sure after doing some readings on them. All these while, I thought it was naughty boy LBJ pressing from within What is Braxton Hicks Contraction? An intermittent, painless contraction that may occur [...]
The Definition
mel⋅o⋅dra⋅mat⋅ic
[mel-uh-druh-mat-ik]
–adjective
1. of, like, or befitting melodrama.
2. exaggerated and emotional or sentimental; sensational or sensationalized; overdramatic.
–noun
3. melodramatics, melodramatic writing or behavior.
mouse
[n. mous; v. mouz]
–noun
1. any similar small animal of various rodent and marsupial families.
2. a quiet, timid person.
3. Slang. a girl or woman.
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- mellomouse: Hey Sher If you need a contact, just drop me a mail. She's actually the motherly lady mentioned abo [...]
- sher-mayne: Hi Jac, My response while reading your post was "OMG! How could she do this to a client??" Tana [...]
- mellomouse: What majority of birthing mothers go through during labour at the hospital is called birth rape. We [...]
- Jennifer: Yes, by reading your stories up there... I know if I were not in hospital I wouldn't need to go thru [...]
- mellomouse: I'm going to be a devil's advocate here. There are a lot of couples who had their babies at home wit [...]
- Tanamera Postnatal Care Set, pt 5 – Postnatal Massage Review.
- Birthing at Home, pt 5 – My Story.
- Protected: Placenta Encapsulation, pt 3 – The Making.
- Placenta Encapsulation, pt 2 – My Verdict.
- Birthing at Home, pt 4 – She’s Here!
- Pregnancy2 Updates 14: False Alarms.
- Birthing at Home, pt 3 – My Birth Affirmation.
- Placenta Encapsulation, pt 1 – Research.
- Pregnancy Goodness: Iron.
- Tanamera Postnatal Care Set, pt 4 – Brown Formulation Soap.
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