Flashback Week 4 to 9 - Early Pregnancy Symptoms
The most anxious period for me would be Week 4 to 6 because things usually go downhill during this period. I always spot during Week 6 and thereafter, suffered miscarriages. Based on my past experiences, I always blamed myself for being too careless (carried my dog for my first preg, too stressed during my second preg, stand too long and too much movements during my third preg).
THIS TIME, WE WERE DETERMINED TO PROTECT MY BABY!
The assurance in Week 4 from my TCM Physician that she could sense the pregnancy pulse was really an excellent shot of confidence for me. I limit myself to only one activity a day. Mon to Fri, if I have to work, I have already fulfilled my quota of one activity. After work, I suffered from EXTREME FATIGUE. This fatigue would follow me till around Week 12. When I knocked off, I was so tired that I did not even have the energy to bathe. I changed into my home clothes and slept for two hours. Recharged, I would bathe and eat dinner AT HOME. I also suffered from INSOMIA from time to time. The fatigue was nothing I had ever experienced but I WAS HAPPY. Pregnancy symptoms are considered good news to doctors because it represents that the pregnancy is growing. The more symptoms I felt, the more comforted I was because for my past pregnancies, I felt no symptoms at all. During the weekends, I stayed at home and rested. The one activity would be to visit my parents or parents in law. At work, I was very careful to avoid over exhaustion.
I ate very healthily meaning to say that I ensured that I ate protein especially eggs. I also ensured that I ate beef every few days to load on iron. I also ate fish every few days for calcium. Dark green veges would also be my choice. Of course, I avoided caffein. My teeth also started aching. When I found out that it could be due to lack of calcium, I went online to search how much calcium is needed and I was shocked! One day, you need to eat at least two slices of cheeses, one glass of milk, one fish serving. Since too much fish would have too much mercury, so I would replace with some other calcium food like yogurt. And, indeed, my teeth hurt lesser. I ate yoghurt (I would cool them to not so cold before eating) also because my discharge became light yellowish to greenish from Week 7 to 12.
Emotionally, I tried to be stronger and less anxious. I heard from my colleague that she still came to work despite bleeding during pregnancy so I told myself that even if I bleed, I should not lose hope and don't get too stressed over it.
The scary WEEK 6 came.
True enough, I spotted dark brown stuff right on the first day of Week 6. Previously, I would rush down to gynae and they would give me progesterone pills and scan me and tell me bad news. This time round, I decided to chill. I also did not rush down to my TCM physician nor inform her. I would continue to drink the medicine and wait for my appointment. I decided that because Dr Henry Cheng once mentioned that if you are spotting, the best treatment is bed rest. I would do my own bed rest. I rested in bed for three days. My hub did suspect if it was huge volume of vegetables I had eaten from steamboat the previous day.
On the third day, I realised that the spotting was not getting worse. Based on my previous experiences, it usually worsened if it was a miscarriage. I took it as a good sign. I decided to pray very hard to God to stop the spotting. Suddenly, I heard a voice in my head.
"Don't worry. Call him "Banana" (Actually I heard the voice say call him a name which was a book in the bible but I thought it is too private to share online so lets just call the name banana) and your bleeding would stop," the Voice said.
Oh my gosh. Am I dreaming? My baby was a him? Whee! And guess what, my bleeding really stopped the next day! The very next morning, my hub also happened to read a bible verse from the book "Banana". At night when I went for bible study group, someone told me that she dreamt that I would be pregnant in 2015! Two days later, my boobs were so huge that I decided to touch and feel them cos I was too curious. I got a bit aroused and felt my womb contract. I knew I had done something very wrong. I went to the toilet and indeed, I spotted again. I told God I was sooooooooooo sorry and please stop the spotting. Indeed the spotting stopped. I even went to attend a concert at night. Because this time round, I must be calm and have faith and could not be so shaken easily like the past. Just like my colleague who still went to work, I needed to maintain my routine too. The spotting stopped forever.
After that touching boobs episode, I suffered from erotic dreams once in a while. I would wake up feeling so frightful that I might have spotted! My hub said that it could be due the change in hormones. I also refrain from touching my boobs or any parts of my body just in case it would trigger another spotting episode.
Yeah! Plus, we kept seeing verses from Banana popping up. So we started calling baby "Banana" and thought that it was a boy. Because of all these supernatural experiences, I was even more upset when the pregnancy went wrong not because it could not grow but because you know why if you have been following my blog. I really really do not understand.
After week 6, my boobs continued to grow and grow. I also felt nauseous most of the day. I was happy and nauseous. It was the first time I felt nauseous! I was so excited to feel oozy so I did not bother to vomit. I vomited once though.
My hub also did his best this time round. He did ALL the housework and ALL the work related to the dog as well. I literally rested. He prepared my TCM herbal medicine and washed the TCM pot. It was damn heavy sia. He carried all the stuff. He provided all the meals. He gave it his all. He was so tempted to talk to Banana and would sneak conversations to "him" because I told him not to. I heard a rumour that we could not be so attached to the baby during first trimester otherwise it would be no good.
I have heard from some people that early ultrasound would harm the embryo because of the loud and sharp sounds. So, I avoided early visits to the gynae for scanning which was something very different from the past. Another reason was that I had developed a phobia of seeing gynae. Every time it was bad news. I first contacted NUH Prof Biswas in week 9 but his appointments were so packed. His earliest would be Week 13. So, we asked our Physician Tan to recommend and she highly recommended Dr Fong Chuan Wee in Gleneagles. We booked our appointment with him in Week 11 and Prof in Week 13 (kiasu). Around Week 9, my sister in law broke the sad news that her baby has grown to week 9 but no heartbeat was detected. This would mean that a miscarriage has taken place in her body. I was shell shocked. Anxious, I decided to call Dr Fong the next morning around 8 plus am which was a Sat, for a last min appointment. I explained to the receptionist why and my brief history. She was so nice and understood why I had to push forward my appointment. She told me to come in now and they would squeeze me in.
I woke my husband up from his sleep and off we went for our FIRST ULTRASOUND.
THIS TIME, WE WERE DETERMINED TO PROTECT MY BABY!
The assurance in Week 4 from my TCM Physician that she could sense the pregnancy pulse was really an excellent shot of confidence for me. I limit myself to only one activity a day. Mon to Fri, if I have to work, I have already fulfilled my quota of one activity. After work, I suffered from EXTREME FATIGUE. This fatigue would follow me till around Week 12. When I knocked off, I was so tired that I did not even have the energy to bathe. I changed into my home clothes and slept for two hours. Recharged, I would bathe and eat dinner AT HOME. I also suffered from INSOMIA from time to time. The fatigue was nothing I had ever experienced but I WAS HAPPY. Pregnancy symptoms are considered good news to doctors because it represents that the pregnancy is growing. The more symptoms I felt, the more comforted I was because for my past pregnancies, I felt no symptoms at all. During the weekends, I stayed at home and rested. The one activity would be to visit my parents or parents in law. At work, I was very careful to avoid over exhaustion.
I ate very healthily meaning to say that I ensured that I ate protein especially eggs. I also ensured that I ate beef every few days to load on iron. I also ate fish every few days for calcium. Dark green veges would also be my choice. Of course, I avoided caffein. My teeth also started aching. When I found out that it could be due to lack of calcium, I went online to search how much calcium is needed and I was shocked! One day, you need to eat at least two slices of cheeses, one glass of milk, one fish serving. Since too much fish would have too much mercury, so I would replace with some other calcium food like yogurt. And, indeed, my teeth hurt lesser. I ate yoghurt (I would cool them to not so cold before eating) also because my discharge became light yellowish to greenish from Week 7 to 12.
Emotionally, I tried to be stronger and less anxious. I heard from my colleague that she still came to work despite bleeding during pregnancy so I told myself that even if I bleed, I should not lose hope and don't get too stressed over it.
The scary WEEK 6 came.
True enough, I spotted dark brown stuff right on the first day of Week 6. Previously, I would rush down to gynae and they would give me progesterone pills and scan me and tell me bad news. This time round, I decided to chill. I also did not rush down to my TCM physician nor inform her. I would continue to drink the medicine and wait for my appointment. I decided that because Dr Henry Cheng once mentioned that if you are spotting, the best treatment is bed rest. I would do my own bed rest. I rested in bed for three days. My hub did suspect if it was huge volume of vegetables I had eaten from steamboat the previous day.
On the third day, I realised that the spotting was not getting worse. Based on my previous experiences, it usually worsened if it was a miscarriage. I took it as a good sign. I decided to pray very hard to God to stop the spotting. Suddenly, I heard a voice in my head.
"Don't worry. Call him "Banana" (Actually I heard the voice say call him a name which was a book in the bible but I thought it is too private to share online so lets just call the name banana) and your bleeding would stop," the Voice said.
Oh my gosh. Am I dreaming? My baby was a him? Whee! And guess what, my bleeding really stopped the next day! The very next morning, my hub also happened to read a bible verse from the book "Banana". At night when I went for bible study group, someone told me that she dreamt that I would be pregnant in 2015! Two days later, my boobs were so huge that I decided to touch and feel them cos I was too curious. I got a bit aroused and felt my womb contract. I knew I had done something very wrong. I went to the toilet and indeed, I spotted again. I told God I was sooooooooooo sorry and please stop the spotting. Indeed the spotting stopped. I even went to attend a concert at night. Because this time round, I must be calm and have faith and could not be so shaken easily like the past. Just like my colleague who still went to work, I needed to maintain my routine too. The spotting stopped forever.
After that touching boobs episode, I suffered from erotic dreams once in a while. I would wake up feeling so frightful that I might have spotted! My hub said that it could be due the change in hormones. I also refrain from touching my boobs or any parts of my body just in case it would trigger another spotting episode.
Yeah! Plus, we kept seeing verses from Banana popping up. So we started calling baby "Banana" and thought that it was a boy. Because of all these supernatural experiences, I was even more upset when the pregnancy went wrong not because it could not grow but because you know why if you have been following my blog. I really really do not understand.
After week 6, my boobs continued to grow and grow. I also felt nauseous most of the day. I was happy and nauseous. It was the first time I felt nauseous! I was so excited to feel oozy so I did not bother to vomit. I vomited once though.
My hub also did his best this time round. He did ALL the housework and ALL the work related to the dog as well. I literally rested. He prepared my TCM herbal medicine and washed the TCM pot. It was damn heavy sia. He carried all the stuff. He provided all the meals. He gave it his all. He was so tempted to talk to Banana and would sneak conversations to "him" because I told him not to. I heard a rumour that we could not be so attached to the baby during first trimester otherwise it would be no good.
I have heard from some people that early ultrasound would harm the embryo because of the loud and sharp sounds. So, I avoided early visits to the gynae for scanning which was something very different from the past. Another reason was that I had developed a phobia of seeing gynae. Every time it was bad news. I first contacted NUH Prof Biswas in week 9 but his appointments were so packed. His earliest would be Week 13. So, we asked our Physician Tan to recommend and she highly recommended Dr Fong Chuan Wee in Gleneagles. We booked our appointment with him in Week 11 and Prof in Week 13 (kiasu). Around Week 9, my sister in law broke the sad news that her baby has grown to week 9 but no heartbeat was detected. This would mean that a miscarriage has taken place in her body. I was shell shocked. Anxious, I decided to call Dr Fong the next morning around 8 plus am which was a Sat, for a last min appointment. I explained to the receptionist why and my brief history. She was so nice and understood why I had to push forward my appointment. She told me to come in now and they would squeeze me in.
I woke my husband up from his sleep and off we went for our FIRST ULTRASOUND.
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