pregnancy

xaih SG · 2009-04-02T14:18:44+00:00

(: anyone who's married with a wife here?

xaih SG

hmm.any young and pregnant woman here? i wanna know more about the do's and don'ts of pregnancy...first trimester to delivering baby. i know cannot use scissors to cut, cannot paint... anymore? and what foods to eat is best?

i googled already but i'd like to know through people's personal experience.

hiphop2009 SG

you pregnant?

congratulations!

xaih SG

erm it's my friend actually. :o

hiphop2009 SG

erm it's my friend actually. :o

haha okok congratulations to ur fren!

theme_and_guess SG

my cousin is pregnant. she eats cheese alot lately!!

xaih SG

haha okok congratulations to ur fren!

gee.thank you~

xaih SG

my cousin is pregnant. she eats cheese alot lately!!

oh?is cheese good for her body?drink more milk for calcium intake.(:

BadzMaro SG

What u mean teh dos n dont.. scissors n stuff ? U mean chinese pang tang or what . lol.. or the general things of do's n don'ts in terms of health of mother n child, exposure of things like radiation n stuff. lol

xaih SG

eh whatever things like chinese pan tang and all the necessary things...everything.then i can get my friend to take note..

ditzy SG

Cannot eat soy sauce, cannot eat eggs, cannot eat chicken, cannot eat anything lar.

honeymouse SG

Not so sure about the superstitious stuffs as I don't really follow that. Anyway, the following website might give helpful info about what to eat etc.

http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/

Your friend needs more iron, calcium, folate but it shouldn't give her more excuse to eat double the amount of food she usually eats.

Fish is generally good but don't have it too often due to the mercury level in fish.

As for cheeses, hard cheese is ok but do avoid soft cheese. No sashimi (raw) either as they have high chances of giving you food poisoning which might affect the child.

xaih SG

Cannot eat soy sauce, cannot eat eggs, cannot eat chicken, cannot eat anything lar.

eggs and chicken cannot eat meh?

honeymouse SG

eggs and chicken cannot eat meh?

Egg and chickens are fine to eat as long as it is cooked properly. Make sure the eggs are hard boiled and chickens are fully cooked.

xaih SG

Not so sure about the superstitious stuffs as I don't really follow that. Anyway, the following website might give helpful info about what to eat etc.

http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/

Your friend needs more iron, calcium, folate but it shouldn't give her more excuse to eat double the amount of food she usually eats.

Fish is generally good but don't have it too often due to the mercury level in fish.

As for cheeses, hard cheese is ok but do avoid soft cheese. No sashimi (raw) either as they have high chances of giving you food poisoning which might affect the child.

that's very nice of you.will take note of that! tyvm.

brainerror SG

well, i dont know much but i know that when you're pregnant, try not to do too much movement activities loh?

xaih SG

Egg and chickens are fine to eat as long as it is cooked properly. Make sure the eggs are hard boiled and chickens are fully cooked.

foods esp meat products must be fully cooked ya? should they eat rice or can they eat beehoon or noodles more?

honeymouse SG

foods esp meat products must be fully cooked ya? should they eat rice or can they eat beehoon or noodles more?

Yes, try to eat those fully cooked stuffs. As far as I know it's ok to eat rice, beehoon, noodles etc. Just try to eat more nutritious food that's good for the growth of the baby.

dumbdumb! SG

i think more importantly is to eat nutritious food. to build body.

brainerror SG

Don't you mommies get advices from the elders, relatives, frends and even strangers? They may have the best intention but I think some advices are best taken with a pinch of salt and apply some logic in today's condition. Any one has 'broken' some of the old wives tales and things still turn out fine or have some die-die must follow taboos?

Feel free to add on to the list... tot it might be interesting and we can all learn something from the old school vs new school thoughts.

E.g. Preggie "advices"
1) Cannot visit other mommies who have delivered if you are preggie cos your baby will be jealous and your preggie will not be smooth.
2) Cannot speak unkind words otherwise it will come true to your own baby.
3) Look at cute baby pictures if you want a cute baby.
4) Don't rub your tummy cos baby will get disoriented and dunno how to turn head down.

E.g. Food "advices"
1) Cannot eat pineapple.
2) Cannot drink cold drinks. Must drink coconut water every day or so 2 weeks before EDD.
3) Cannot eat durian for 100 days after you deliver.
4) Cannot eat mutton otherwise baby will have skin condition and cannot eat chilli too otherwise the corner of baby's eyes skin will have red patches.

E.g. Confinement "advices"
1) Cannot touch water no wait next time rheumatism (oggie we might be stubborn here cos we still "young" and dun feel the effect yet???)
2) Must drink red dates logan only and the red dates must have see so that it is heaty. Latest I heard those with seeds are no good cos it is "sick kind of heaty" not the "keep you warm kind of heaty" but don't buy those w/out seeds cos they use chemical to dissolve the seeds. Buy seed ones and manually take out the seed.
3) Cannot eat veggie??? Dunno why but my 1st cl fed me so much veg that I suspect she really take me as a cow chewing on the grass?
4) Cannot wash your hair for 1 month even with the herbs water. Yucks! I washed after 1 week!

brainerror SG

i copy paste, its from a forum ar! object are many :D

http://www.mummysg.com/forums/f36/any-old-wives-tales-12032/
can take a look :D