Constipation in pregnancy is one of the main causes of pregnancy piles. For me constipation has caused piles when I was pregnant with Tessa. Now it's happening again.
The last time after I delivered, I suffered serious pain down there because my episotomy wound was very close to my piles. This time round the piles problem seem to arrive even earlier.
It seemed like a never ending cycle. I’d get constipated and try to go to the bathroom, only to end up straining and making my piles problem worse. I experienced piles pain and nothing really seemed to help. I increased my water intake as well as tried to eat more fruits and vegetables. Doing these things helped get things moving for a while but then constipation would strike me again.
My bottom hurt while sitting and lying down. I had no idea how to get rid of piles but knew I could not just accept them as a normal part of being pregnant. And I was leery of trying over the counter creams and ointments. Dr Anna prescribed a gel which she has also given to me after I delivered Tessa, but the gel only helped to numb the pain a little but does not elevate the problem.
I am starting to get really worried about delivering this baby. I can't imagine the enormous amount of pain I would then have to go through. I am scared. So scared. I don't know how this is going to affect my postpartum recovery, but recalling the past experience that I have, I'm definitely not looking forward to it.
Day by day we watch them grow....
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
多人多乐趣
我们刚从普吉岛回来。难得的二人世界，但我们时时刻刻都在想念着家中的宝贝。她现在在做什么？公公婆婆有没有带她出去玩？她有没有想念我们？
我们总会不经意地说：要是宝贝在就好了；宝贝一定会好喜欢这里的泳池；宝贝一定会很喜欢这里的儿童游乐场和康乐活动；宝贝一定会吃得津津有味；宝贝……
原来，有了‘家’之后，二人世界变得不精彩了。二人世界其实可以很单调、很乏味；还是有宝贝的生活比较多姿多彩多乐趣。我想我们现在还是比较适合举家一起旅游，因为真的是多人多乐趣，虽然麻烦也会跟着多了，但当中的快乐足以弥补一切。
尽管如此，这一趟的旅行还是很愉快的。难得的二人世界、难得的舒适豪华度假方式、难得的蓝天碧海阳光沙滩、难得的美食和购物、难得的人文文化；让我们再次累积收藏了许多美好的回忆。
我们总会不经意地说：要是宝贝在就好了；宝贝一定会好喜欢这里的泳池；宝贝一定会很喜欢这里的儿童游乐场和康乐活动；宝贝一定会吃得津津有味；宝贝……
原来，有了‘家’之后，二人世界变得不精彩了。二人世界其实可以很单调、很乏味；还是有宝贝的生活比较多姿多彩多乐趣。我想我们现在还是比较适合举家一起旅游，因为真的是多人多乐趣，虽然麻烦也会跟着多了，但当中的快乐足以弥补一切。
尽管如此，这一趟的旅行还是很愉快的。难得的二人世界、难得的舒适豪华度假方式、难得的蓝天碧海阳光沙滩、难得的美食和购物、难得的人文文化；让我们再次累积收藏了许多美好的回忆。
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Home Sweet Home!
Our little girl was finally discharged and has been home the past 2 days. She is slowly regaining her appetite and is active and happy again.
It is such a blessing, not to mention simply blissful, to see her play on her own, mumbling to herself. So joyful, so innocent, so carefree and so adorable.
Mommy and Daddy will be going away to Phuket this weekend for a short getaway. We have intended to bring her along, but with her hospitalisation episode, we've decided to leave her in the good hands of Yeye and Mahmah. We really hate to leave her behind, but we know it is all for her own good.
We still have to feed her antibiotics twice a day. We still face much resistance from her whenever we want to feed her medicine, but as soon as we warn her about the possibility of going back to the hospital full of nurses and doctors, she will give in and open her mouth to receive the awful-tasting thick liquid. We are going back to NUH for her review tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully, the doctor will declare that she can be taken off her antibiotics.
It is such a blessing, not to mention simply blissful, to see her play on her own, mumbling to herself. So joyful, so innocent, so carefree and so adorable.
Mommy and Daddy will be going away to Phuket this weekend for a short getaway. We have intended to bring her along, but with her hospitalisation episode, we've decided to leave her in the good hands of Yeye and Mahmah. We really hate to leave her behind, but we know it is all for her own good.
We still have to feed her antibiotics twice a day. We still face much resistance from her whenever we want to feed her medicine, but as soon as we warn her about the possibility of going back to the hospital full of nurses and doctors, she will give in and open her mouth to receive the awful-tasting thick liquid. We are going back to NUH for her review tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully, the doctor will declare that she can be taken off her antibiotics.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Tessa is Hospitalized
I have repeated this story many times to many different doctors, I will repeat it just this once again.
28 Feb - Tessa saw Dr Chin because she has been crying whenever she urinate. Daddy suspects urinary tract infection, so we decided to send her to the doctor. It was hard to collect Tessa's urine specimen, but Dr Chin prescribed a course of antibiotics (Ospamox) anyway for her UTI.
03 Mar - Tessa stopped crying whenever she urinates, but she started to develop a fever. As both Dr Chin and Dr Chong are not open for business on Wednesday nights. We had to bring her to another doctor. The doctor predicted that the fever is due to the UTI, but I had my reservations because fever usually comes together with UTI, not after it, especially Tessa is on the tier-end of her antibiotics treatment.
Tessa's fever continued throughout the week. It peaked at night and hovered between 38 to 39 degrees. We are all very concerned and did all we can to manage her fever. She was very cranky and refused to take her medicine.
By Saturday, her fever has subsided a little, although it's still high at night. We decided to keep her at home on Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday (10 March), she was alot better, so we decided to let her go back to childcare. Who knows on Friday night (12 March), after we've went back to Sengkang, she was down with a burning fever, running nose and cough.
So on Saturday (13 March), we brought her to see Dr Tan. Dr Tan is concerned about her temperature and her cough. He said it's upper respiratory tract infection. So he prescribed another course of antibiotics (Zinnat) to get rid of the nasty bacteria.
Come Monday, Tessa is still having relatively high fever (above 38), so we decided to bring her to our regular family doctor Dr Chong. Dr Chong advised that if her fever does not subside by Wednesday, we should bring Tessa to KKH A&E for blood test and urine test.
For the next 2 days, Tessa's appetite got worse, she refused to drink milk (most likely because we've been adding medicine into her milk). Then on Wednesday late night, her fever came back very high (39.3) and we decided to rush her to NUH Children's Emergency.
At NUH, the doctor who saw her was concerned about her prolonged fever and cough (Tessa has been coughing on and off since end January). She decided to conduct a blood test, a chest Xray and a urine test.
Throughout the physical examination, blood test and chest X-ray, Tessa was very quiet and cooperative. She is such a brave girl, I'm so proud of her.
The nurse drawing her blood.
28 Feb - Tessa saw Dr Chin because she has been crying whenever she urinate. Daddy suspects urinary tract infection, so we decided to send her to the doctor. It was hard to collect Tessa's urine specimen, but Dr Chin prescribed a course of antibiotics (Ospamox) anyway for her UTI.
03 Mar - Tessa stopped crying whenever she urinates, but she started to develop a fever. As both Dr Chin and Dr Chong are not open for business on Wednesday nights. We had to bring her to another doctor. The doctor predicted that the fever is due to the UTI, but I had my reservations because fever usually comes together with UTI, not after it, especially Tessa is on the tier-end of her antibiotics treatment.
Tessa's fever continued throughout the week. It peaked at night and hovered between 38 to 39 degrees. We are all very concerned and did all we can to manage her fever. She was very cranky and refused to take her medicine.
By Saturday, her fever has subsided a little, although it's still high at night. We decided to keep her at home on Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday (10 March), she was alot better, so we decided to let her go back to childcare. Who knows on Friday night (12 March), after we've went back to Sengkang, she was down with a burning fever, running nose and cough.
So on Saturday (13 March), we brought her to see Dr Tan. Dr Tan is concerned about her temperature and her cough. He said it's upper respiratory tract infection. So he prescribed another course of antibiotics (Zinnat) to get rid of the nasty bacteria.
Come Monday, Tessa is still having relatively high fever (above 38), so we decided to bring her to our regular family doctor Dr Chong. Dr Chong advised that if her fever does not subside by Wednesday, we should bring Tessa to KKH A&E for blood test and urine test.
For the next 2 days, Tessa's appetite got worse, she refused to drink milk (most likely because we've been adding medicine into her milk). Then on Wednesday late night, her fever came back very high (39.3) and we decided to rush her to NUH Children's Emergency.
At NUH, the doctor who saw her was concerned about her prolonged fever and cough (Tessa has been coughing on and off since end January). She decided to conduct a blood test, a chest Xray and a urine test.
Throughout the physical examination, blood test and chest X-ray, Tessa was very quiet and cooperative. She is such a brave girl, I'm so proud of her.
The nurse drawing her blood.
The blood test and Chest X-ray showed signs of bacteria infection. The doctor suspected a case of early pneumonia and Tessa will have to be admitted.
But there is one last test to be done - the H1N1 nose swap. It was heartwrenching to watch the nose shaft the long swap into her nostril. She cried due to the discomfort. The H1N1 results will take 12 hours so in the meantime, Tessa needs to be at an isolation ward.
The next few hours were torturous and traumatic for the little one. Numerous tests will required and many nurses and doctors came in and out of our room. Her fever is still high and they had to force feed her the fever medicine.
The senior consultant A/P Loke told us that there were white spots on her chest Xray, suggesting lung infection. But they still have to rule out UTI and therefore we have to collect her urine specimen. They pasted the urine bag on her, but it collected so little urine that they can't do a full urine test.
In the end, one of the doctors have to insert a catheter to draw urine from inside. It was a traumatic experience for all - the little girl, Yeye, Mahmah, Daddy and me. Grandma and I were crying along with Tessa.
The urine test came back negative - no UTI. So it's a lung infection causing the cough and high fever. A/P Loke prescribed a course of intra-venous antibiotics. They inserted the needle into her hand - again a traumatic experience for her and me.
Throughout the night, she drifted in and out of sleep, and was perpiring alot. Her hair was always wet with perspiration.
Now the good news is, after the antibiotics and an overnight drip to hydrate the little girl, she is now feeling much better. She is urinating normally and her appetite has improved a little. She is able to drink 120ml of milk this morning and ate a char siew bao and some rice for lunch. She is also more energetic and has started to ask to watch her favourite Barney.
As I was writing this, the nurse came to start another round of IV antibiotics drip. She discovered that there is resistance at the barrel, restricting the medicine flow. The bad news is, they'll have to insert the drip needle AGAIN on the other hand.
My poor baby! I am sorry to have put you through all these sufferings. Please let her get well soon.
But there is one last test to be done - the H1N1 nose swap. It was heartwrenching to watch the nose shaft the long swap into her nostril. She cried due to the discomfort. The H1N1 results will take 12 hours so in the meantime, Tessa needs to be at an isolation ward.
The next few hours were torturous and traumatic for the little one. Numerous tests will required and many nurses and doctors came in and out of our room. Her fever is still high and they had to force feed her the fever medicine.
The senior consultant A/P Loke told us that there were white spots on her chest Xray, suggesting lung infection. But they still have to rule out UTI and therefore we have to collect her urine specimen. They pasted the urine bag on her, but it collected so little urine that they can't do a full urine test.
In the end, one of the doctors have to insert a catheter to draw urine from inside. It was a traumatic experience for all - the little girl, Yeye, Mahmah, Daddy and me. Grandma and I were crying along with Tessa.
The urine test came back negative - no UTI. So it's a lung infection causing the cough and high fever. A/P Loke prescribed a course of intra-venous antibiotics. They inserted the needle into her hand - again a traumatic experience for her and me.
Throughout the night, she drifted in and out of sleep, and was perpiring alot. Her hair was always wet with perspiration.
Now the good news is, after the antibiotics and an overnight drip to hydrate the little girl, she is now feeling much better. She is urinating normally and her appetite has improved a little. She is able to drink 120ml of milk this morning and ate a char siew bao and some rice for lunch. She is also more energetic and has started to ask to watch her favourite Barney.
As I was writing this, the nurse came to start another round of IV antibiotics drip. She discovered that there is resistance at the barrel, restricting the medicine flow. The bad news is, they'll have to insert the drip needle AGAIN on the other hand.
My poor baby! I am sorry to have put you through all these sufferings. Please let her get well soon.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Family trip to Sentosa
On the second day of Chinese New Year, Daddy, Mommy, Yeye, Mahmah and me went to Sentosa to take a look at the new Resorts World Sentosa.
The weather is hot and humid, although it rained a little. But overall, we had alot of fun.
We even tried the Luge and Skyride. Mommy said she has yet download the set of photos of me in my helmet sitting in the luge with Yeye, and me on the skylift with Yeye and Mahmah. I'll remind her to upload soon!
The weather is hot and humid, although it rained a little. But overall, we had alot of fun.
We even tried the Luge and Skyride. Mommy said she has yet download the set of photos of me in my helmet sitting in the luge with Yeye, and me on the skylift with Yeye and Mahmah. I'll remind her to upload soon!
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Happy Chinese New Year!
Hope all of you has a roaring good start to your Chinese New Year! Grrrr!!!
Today is the first day of the Chinese New Year which happens to be Valentine's Day as well.
Today is the first day of the Chinese New Year which happens to be Valentine's Day as well.
In the morning, Daddy and Mommy brought me to wish Yeye and Mahmah happy new year. After lunch, we made our way to the Singapore Arts Museum. It was quite a fun place with a lot of space for me to run about.
After our museum tour, Daddy and Mommy brought me to Dome cafe where we all shared yummy chocolate ice-cream!
After our little romantic tea break, we headed to the airport where we planned to have our dinner there. I enjoy today very very much!
Monday, February 1, 2010
Engelbert Humperdinck - The Last Waltz
These days, Daddy loves to dance with me to this song. We will be twirling and moving all around the room to it, hand in hand, face to face. I don't really understand what the song's about, but it sure was fun dancing with Daddy.
I wondered should I go or should I stay,
the band had only one more song to play.
And then I saw you out the corner of my eye,
a little girl, alone and so shy.
I had the last waltz with you,
two lonely people together.
I fell in love with you,
the last waltz should last forever.
But the love we had was going strong,
through the good and bad we get along.
And then the flame of love died in your eye,
my heart was broke in two when you said goodbye.
I had the last waltz with you...
It's all over now, nothing left to say,
just my tears and the orchestra playing.
La la la la la la la la la,
la la la la la la la la la.
I had the last waltz with you...
La la la la la la la la la.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Week 11
I am now 11 weeks pregnant. Still, I'm feeling awful each day, especially in the evening and night. I can't eat anything after 5pm, otherwise, it'll most likely end up in the toilet bowl. But even when I don't eat anything, I also puke like mad.
Somehow, you get so engrossed in motherhood that you forgot how hard the pregnancy period was until it hits you all over again. Then when you came to the delivery stage and became a parent all over again, the pregnancy woes will drift far far away and it'll almost become the best part of the entire game.
This pregnancy differs from the time when I was carrying Tessa. I did not have such bad night sickness back then. Also with this pregnancy, I've had a few scares of pain in my abdomen. The other night, I was attacked by this sharp pain that I got really frightened. Dr Anna has said that it was probably due to my constipation.
With this pregnancy, I've not been gaining weight and my complexion has turned bad!! Quite depressing I must say. I just wish the discomfort will go away soon.
Somehow, you get so engrossed in motherhood that you forgot how hard the pregnancy period was until it hits you all over again. Then when you came to the delivery stage and became a parent all over again, the pregnancy woes will drift far far away and it'll almost become the best part of the entire game.
This pregnancy differs from the time when I was carrying Tessa. I did not have such bad night sickness back then. Also with this pregnancy, I've had a few scares of pain in my abdomen. The other night, I was attacked by this sharp pain that I got really frightened. Dr Anna has said that it was probably due to my constipation.
With this pregnancy, I've not been gaining weight and my complexion has turned bad!! Quite depressing I must say. I just wish the discomfort will go away soon.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Renaming the blog
Ever since I knew that I'm pregnant, I harbour the thought of renaming this blog.
I know that I cannot handle another blog for the little one. As it is, I hardly ever update my personal blog, devoting my time and efforts to Tessa's blog.
But the problem remains...
If I were to rename this blog, what should I name it?
I know that I cannot handle another blog for the little one. As it is, I hardly ever update my personal blog, devoting my time and efforts to Tessa's blog.
But the problem remains...
If I were to rename this blog, what should I name it?
Shichida
Before we knew it, Tessa has been attending Shichida class for more than 9 months now. She enjoys her Shichida lessons alot, especially all the singing and dancing. Even Teacher Nurul commented that she's a great dancer.
Last Saturday, I was with her in Shichida class (Daddy's away in Tianjin on business, otherwise he's her resident Shichida partner). I was pleasantly surprised that she can perform her linking memory with perfection. She knows all her shapes and the vegetables. And when learning a new song, she observes carefully all the words and actions, before practising quietly then performs confidently. That's how she learnt the actions to the Skidarink song - pointing to her eyes, crossing her arms in front of her chest and pointing her fingers at you while verbalising "I love you".
However, she does not show much interest in phonics, the alphabets and numbers. We really must work hard to drill those into her soon.
Nevertheless, it is very gratifying to see her enjoying herself in class and knowing that all the time and efforts we've put in are all worthwhile.
Last Saturday, I was with her in Shichida class (Daddy's away in Tianjin on business, otherwise he's her resident Shichida partner). I was pleasantly surprised that she can perform her linking memory with perfection. She knows all her shapes and the vegetables. And when learning a new song, she observes carefully all the words and actions, before practising quietly then performs confidently. That's how she learnt the actions to the Skidarink song - pointing to her eyes, crossing her arms in front of her chest and pointing her fingers at you while verbalising "I love you".
However, she does not show much interest in phonics, the alphabets and numbers. We really must work hard to drill those into her soon.
Nevertheless, it is very gratifying to see her enjoying herself in class and knowing that all the time and efforts we've put in are all worthwhile.
Tessa's nightmare
One of the nights last week, Tessa was waking up frequently at night, crying and screaming "Yeye, there there there".
I think she's having nightmares about going to school.
At school, the teachers have reported that she has been crying for Yeye and pointing at the main door saying "there there there".
Poor baby, is school really such a traumatic experience for her?
I think she's having nightmares about going to school.
At school, the teachers have reported that she has been crying for Yeye and pointing at the main door saying "there there there".
Poor baby, is school really such a traumatic experience for her?
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Tessa's first art piece
The first art piece Tessa did at childcare was to stick a crescent moon and stars on a piece of black paper.
Her teacher pasted her work on the wall, along with a photo taken when she was doing this art piece.
She was very proud of herself. She'll point to the art piece and her photo and announce "me me me". Even when she's crying, she'll not forget to remind you that her art piece and her photo were pasted on the wall.
Her teacher pasted her work on the wall, along with a photo taken when she was doing this art piece.
She was very proud of herself. She'll point to the art piece and her photo and announce "me me me". Even when she's crying, she'll not forget to remind you that her art piece and her photo were pasted on the wall.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Tessa @ Childcare
After 2 weeks plus at childcare, Tessa is still not adapting well. I was with her the first 3 days and she was alright. But she has been crying since I had to leave her alone with her teachers.
She cries and whines throughout the day, whenever she thought of us and home. She even tries to "run away from school".
Her teacher was telling us that she gathers all her stuff in her schoolbag one day, not forgetting her water bottle and walks towards the main door. Her teacher asked her where she was going. She points to the main door and says "find Mommy".
The teacher was so amused by her. She not only knows her way out, and remembers to take all her belongings with her.
This week, she has been displaying unhappiness early in the morning when she knows that we are taking her to school. Worse still, she's down with runing nose and cough. I sure hope she'll adapt to school soon.
She cries and whines throughout the day, whenever she thought of us and home. She even tries to "run away from school".
Her teacher was telling us that she gathers all her stuff in her schoolbag one day, not forgetting her water bottle and walks towards the main door. Her teacher asked her where she was going. She points to the main door and says "find Mommy".
The teacher was so amused by her. She not only knows her way out, and remembers to take all her belongings with her.
This week, she has been displaying unhappiness early in the morning when she knows that we are taking her to school. Worse still, she's down with runing nose and cough. I sure hope she'll adapt to school soon.
Friday, January 8, 2010
MIA
Hello everybody!!! A very belated Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to all!
Sorry for disappearing for so long. It's been a busy festive period for us. We were in Hong Kong and Macau over the Christmas holidays and in Melaka over the New Year period.
Since Monday, I've been going to school (aka childcare centre). Daddy and Mommy said that I'm a big girl now and I'm going to be a jiejie soon, so it's time for me to go to school and take care of myself. School's alright but I just wish Mommy can stay with me all the time when I'm there.
On top of that, Mommy has been hit by the dizzy bugs lately and has not been feeling well enough to update the blog. Hopefully the nasty discomfort will disappear soon and Mommy will then be able to start posting photos of our holidays!
Stay tuned!
Sorry for disappearing for so long. It's been a busy festive period for us. We were in Hong Kong and Macau over the Christmas holidays and in Melaka over the New Year period.
Since Monday, I've been going to school (aka childcare centre). Daddy and Mommy said that I'm a big girl now and I'm going to be a jiejie soon, so it's time for me to go to school and take care of myself. School's alright but I just wish Mommy can stay with me all the time when I'm there.
On top of that, Mommy has been hit by the dizzy bugs lately and has not been feeling well enough to update the blog. Hopefully the nasty discomfort will disappear soon and Mommy will then be able to start posting photos of our holidays!
Stay tuned!
Friday, January 1, 2010
Melaka (31 Dec & 1 Jan)
4 cars taking 16 adults and 2 babies embarked on a road trip to Melaka to celebrate the New Year.
This is the first time that we went travelling with such a big group of people! It sure was a great experience. I sat in George Yeye's car with meimei, it was big and spacious, and extremely comfortable. The best thing of all is that I get to watch Barney all through the journey!
This time round, we stayed at the Holiday Inn Melaka which has a nice swimming pool. Daddy & Mommy brought me to have a dip in the pool. It sure was nice, especially when the weather is so humid and hot.
We had lots of yummy food, did shopping at Jonker Street at night and went to buy everyone's favourite nonya kueh.
It will be great if we can do more of such family trips in the future!
It will be great if we can do more of such family trips in the future!
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