Pregnancy

I found out that I was pregnant on the anniversary of my wedding. My husband and I were elated. I didn’t have much pregnancy symptoms - no severe morning sickness, no headaches, no mood swings, no aches, no cramps etc. We even gave our baby a nickname. Nothing but good vibes. I’ve been careful with my health, even more so than before. I exercise >3 times a week for at least 45mins each. I religiously took my prenatal vitamins and supplements, and everything I could to ensure an optimum environment for our baby. First prenatal visit, the doctor did a vaginal scan and there it was: measuring approx 5 weeks and 6 days with obvious flickering heart beat. We were so excited. We were told to go back three weeks later for another routine scan. Two days later, I saw brown discharge on my pantyliner. I had no symptoms prior, no cramps etc. My husband rushed me down to ED in the wee hours and the doctor did another scan. There. The flickering heartbeat was still there. I was told it was a threatened miscarriage, and I was given two weeks worth of progesterone to further stabilise the foetus. No more coloured discharge after that. I thought all’s well. Come three weeks later to the second prenatal visit, the doctor said it should be big enough to do an abdominal scan. There it was, measuring at 8 weeks 6 days…but the doctor could not detect its heartbeat. I could not see any flickering heartbeat either. She advised us to do a more detailed scan with a radiologist. We went immediately. The radiologist was quick and did not say anything. But I saw her typed “NO FH” clearly across the screen. At that moment, I was crestfallen. When we went back to see the doctor once again, she had confirmed that I just had a missed miscarriage. Basically, our baby’s heart stopped beating on the same day of the scan. It had died inside of me without me knowing, and I was still walking around with a huge grin on my face earlier.. I never thought I would experience miscarriage..let alone a missed miscarriage.. We were told to wait for a week or so for the body to naturally expel the foetus out. 8 weeks and 6 days… just one day more before our baby would medically “officially” be termed a foetus rather than an embryo..but no..it didn’t make it. I couldn’t help but felt lousy about myself - what a failure I was. I did prepare my body for months before trying to conceive and this was the result? I like to think I’m a “glass is half full person”; I’m aware up to 20% pregnancies end up in miscarriages but inversely, 80% made it!..but not mine.. Walking out of the clinic room and looking at the faces (and tummies) of other expectant mothers made me felt as if I was doing the Walk of Shame. Today, I went back for a follow-up to see if I’ve naturally miscarried. Nope, my stubborn body is just not ready to let my baby go. Hoping for a miracle, the doctor was kind enough to do another vaginal scan for me in case it was just because an abdominal scan wasn’t able to pick up the heartbeat. But the scan showed that our baby had stopped developing since that day..and when she turned on the sound to listen to for the baby’s heartbeat, it was flatlined.. just silent white noise.. all my last hope for a miracle baby vanished at that moment.. I know it’s just pregnancy hormones in play, but I hate it knowing my baby died but I still feel pregnant. I still have all the pregnancy cravings and still feel peckish and hungry when I should be feeling sad and loss of appetite over the grief instead.. I am scheduled for surgery to clear the womb next week, and in the meantime give me and husband some time to properly mourn over our loss. To all mamas out there and expecting mommas, I envy you. Please stay healthy. May I one day join the club once again.. #miscarriage

Hi mummies! Anyone tried postnatal massage from PNSG massage package or MummyCare Therapy massage? How are the effects? My concerns are mainly recovery + slimming down. Any other recommended masseuse?

Hi mummies! I’m in my 10w2d today and realised I’ve a white coating on my tongue (especially after meals) and doesn’t seem to be scraped off easily. The taste in my mouth is not metallic but somehow sour and bland. I cannot taste much of the after-food taste that lingers in my mouth like I used to. I’m unsure if this is Oral Thrush because I googled the symptoms and I don’t have it on the roof of my mouth, gums, tonsils. It feels so irritable… does anyone know if this is normal? #firsttimemom

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Hi mummies, i’m in my 3rd tri (33 weeks) and i’m currently having some rashes on my hands and on my left foot. Is it normal? Should i be concerned? It’s been a couple of days now and i’m trying out calamine lotion to see if it helps to ease the itch. Any recommendations?

Went for week 6 (also first) ultrasound yesterday and there's gestational sac but nothing else. For both ultrasound and transvaginal. Need to come back in 2 weeks to check again. Should I be worried?

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Hi, currently pregnant baby#3. For my #1, I failed the glucose test n had GDM. For my 2nd, I also had GDM but my results were higher than 1st. I took metformin for 2nd pregnancy. Now I'm worried for the 3rd pregnancy I just found out I'm pregnant. 1st baby: didn't do postpartum test (can't rmb if required to test but need to aft 1yr of giving birth) but was pregnant b4 1yr 2nd baby: do postpartum test and result still showed I failed. So the nurse told me to follow up 1yr at polyclinic, pregnant again b4 1yr test Is it possible for my 3rd if I didn't get GDM? I'm currently trying to limit my diet n try to take lesser carbs whenever I can. I'm also eating in lesser portion now. GDM really makes me feel so useless as a mom. I know it's caused by hormones n placenta but I can't help feeling so down abt it. Is there any other way to help bring down the sugar levels without relying just on meds? And also is it possible if I had GDM again but don't require to take metformin?

Any ladies with irregular ovulation managed to successfully ovulate regularly with tcm acupuncture treatment?

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