Category Archives: Ultrasound Scan

Week 8+ Symptoms

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I always thought singleton pregnancy symptoms will not be as bad as twins pregnancy symptoms. I’M WRONG! My symptoms thus far at week 8 1) nauseas whole day 2) evening period is the worst. I will need to standby a basket and vomit at least once or twice to feel better 3) poor appetite. I feel I have anorexia. After eating, I will puke it out. The meal size has been small. It’s like 2-3 table spoonful of rice that I can swallow per meal. 4) weight loss. Sounds like free slimming programme and I’ve lost 2-3kg so far. 5) craving for sweet and spicy stuff. Ginger made me feel better. Yesterday I found out that I can eat more if I add green chili, which was soaked in sweet vinegar. Fruits are my friends and I tried to take plums, apples and papaya as much as I can. 6) spotting and discharge have been on n off. Went to get a jab at the hospital but spotting came back 1-2 days later again. 7) poor complexion. My face turned rough and there’s many white heads on my back. I’m praying hard I will have a healthy baby and its growing well despite my viral infection and poor appetite. Please grow more my little gummy bear! Can’t wait to see you! šŸ˜Š

27 months pp – Day 37 BFP!

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My cycle is now normal at 32 days cycle. I guess the confinement I did 2 years back was worth it. I did 60 days of confinement and had lots of rest during that period. Here’s the timeline and symptoms so far27 Aug 2018 – first day of cycle 15-16 Sep 2018 – should be ovulation period but we did not do anything as I was hoping for a girl28 Oct 2018 – I had cramps and saw pinkish discharge during a one time wipe. There’s more discharge than usual too. I though menses was around the corner. 2 Oct 2018 – no signs of menses so I tested since it’s already CD 37 or predicted DPO 16!! It was BFP. 4 Oct 2018 – I still feel some discomfort so I tried on a digital pregnancy kit and it indicated 2-3 weeks pregnant, which is 4-5 weeks pregnant from my first day of menstrual cycle. 5 Oct 2018 – went to polyclinic to get referral letter and this is what was tested only. Anyway, I have also booked an appointment with Dr Tan HH on 12 Oct 2018. This time round I’m keeping cool and decided to visit gynae later as i don’t really feel painful enough to really need go see him. If it’s a chemical pregnancy again, AF should appear before seeing my gynae. This time round, I don’t feel sharp pain, which may eliminate ectopic pregnancy but here’s some of the symptoms and hope it’s progressing well. Bloated – felt like 5 months pregnant and I have people giving up seats for me. Colleagues are also asking if I’m pregnant. Spells of nauseous – it’s not strong enough to feel like I wanna puke but still there’s some feeling of disgust. Easily hungry – these days been eating 4-5 meals rather than my usual 3 meals. Craving to eat sweet tasty food. Vivid dreams – been dreaming of weird things like octopus dashing out from the sink drainage system. White/Transparent discharge – its on and off showing increasingly more discharge at times especially in morningsSore boobs – so sore that it cannot be touched. Insomnia – I felt tired easily but I still wake up to pee and settle my boys but I can’t go back to sleep!

TTC? #3

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Ever since the early loss at 15 pp, my menstrual cycles went hay-wire. It took me 6 months to have a regular 33 days consistent cycle back recently. It’s a blessing that I did my confinement after birth well and now I am back to regular cycles easily. The question here now is should I start to TTC naturally again? Let’s let nature take its course šŸ˜Š

Biochemical Pregnancy at 15 months pp

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I found out I was pregnant again naturally on 7 Nov 2017 when my last menses was 3 Oct 2017. 


Following a few days, I still feel the above test kit wasn’t right so I bought a digital clearblue kit to try on 10 Nov 2017, Friday. It indicated 2-3 weeks pregnant! I was so happy but I have on and off sharp pain on the left pelvic area so I immediately booked an appointment with my gynae. 


The following day, my gynae told me he can’t find any signs of pregnancy through the scan so he requested for blood test. I took blood test on the Saturday and following Monday morning. 

On Monday, results showed my HCG level was depleting from 208ug to 77ug so it’s a sign that I was pregnant but the pregnancy would be terminated. I was so devastated after knowing this. Hope I can get good news again if I got the chance. 

IUGR follow up

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Both my boys have been diagnosed asymmetrical IUGR after week 30. Twin A has milder issue so far. 

So what’s IUGR? 

Babies are diagnosed with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) if they appear to be smaller than expected ā€” specifically, if an ultrasound indicates that their weight is below the 10th percentile for their gestational age. This commonly happened in multiple pregnancy. 

For more information, visit http://www.m.webmd.com/baby/iugr-intrauterine-growth-restriction

Apparently, didi has greater effect on normal head growth with smaller abdomen. 


I’ve been running to both NUH and KKH for follow up. 

At NUH, I’m doing more on scans and CTG monitoring. Each blood flow scan and consultation cost $88 while CTG will be $35 after government subsidy. 

At KKH, I’m seeing my own gynae for follow up and recently, he hardly charge me consultation fees since I’m seeing him on weekly basis. He’s actually my relief pill as each time I had consultation at NUH, I felt like I’m going to be on gg be chopping board soon. On the other hand, comfort from Dr Tan HH was great as he predicted the delivery week which I can look forward to. 

So far, results for my bubs have been improving and blood flow was back to range but close monitoring is still needed especially for didi. Hope they are doing well inside and enjoying their stay inside me. I’ve been talking to them and bed resting to let us relax. 

My scheduled csect is brought forward from 20 July to 13 July as babies are expected to be out by week 36 since they will be matured by then and placenta is predicted to deplete. 

Week 27-28 – Threathened preterm labourĀ 

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Nearer to the end of week 27, I visited NUH clinic G for the purpose of my babies blood flow issue as I couldn’t downgrade at KKH to subsidized patient. During the consultation, I thought it’s just normal follow up and close monitoring for blood flow. I told the doctor I was having frequent cramps since the day before. Immediately, the doctor put me on CTG monitoring. Then they detected contractions. 

Immediately, I was brought to labour ward for close CTG monitoring. The team of doctors came in and checked for dilation, swipe test and gave me oral pills (nifedipine) to slow down the contractions as I was contracting every 2-3 mins and I thought it’s just normal cramps. There was no sign of bleeding or dilation yet I was still given steroid jabs in case I need to deliver that day. 

I was not allowed to eat from 10am until 6pm. In the evening, the next shift of doctors came in and idiotic sarcastic Senior consultant, Dr Lim Min Yu, was on duty at labour ward.  A few years back, when I was diagnosed with PCOS, he was the one who keep prescribing me with clomid and even wanted to double the dosage when I was having side effects. 

Then when I was having emotional roller coaster at the labour ward, he brought in his team of Kakias and started to say some grandfather stories. The conclusion was to transfer me back to KKH because in case of labor, there would not be enuf incubator in NICU for babies. I broke down when I heard this kind of stupid excuse and felt they just wanted to get rid of me due to high risk pregnancy case. 

Guess what? When I’m back at KKH,  I had whole night of monitoring and when they are transferring me to normal ward, the beds for me are FULL. I chose C ward as the estimated bill per baby in case of labour in NICU for 100 days was $40,000. When I was pushed to C ward, surprisingly there was air cooler and it wasn’t as hot as I thought. However, it was a noisy environment as there’s babies crying, people snoring and a Malay family who always raise their voices. 

Anyway, I was discharged on the 3rd day as I don’t feel comfortable at C ward and my contractions were stabilized. 

The bills have not been mailed to me yet. 

Week 27 – blood flow scan

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Results were getting worst as baby 2 blood flow resistance get higher and his weight was almost out of the range. 

Baby 1’s weight – 1000g 

Baby 2’s weight – 800g 

I was kind of devastated and stress over their weight management. So I got some advices from Dr Tan to get subsidized rates until nearer to my delivery date. 

As I was a subsidized patient at NUH, I called for an appointment to continue as subsidized patient there and planned to return to KKH when everything is stabilized. 

Total duration: 3hrs

Total bill – $300 

Week 25 – blood flow scanĀ 

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This was the first blood flow scan and to my horror, my baby 2 had shown blood flow resistance and was prompt to IUGR. 

Baby 1 weight – 750g

Baby 2 weight – 580g 

As Dr Tan HH was on leave, I was advised by a resident Doctor that there’s nothing that can be done at the moment except of be closely monitored.

Perhaps worries are never ending since before pregnancy. As we have come so far, we are not giving up and trying to find some remedies to help our babies. I started to eat more especially avocado and durian so I can try to gain more weight and hoping they grow well. 

   

 

Total duration: 2hrs 

Total payment: $200 

Week 19 detailed scanĀ 

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I did yoga the day before and they were also doing yoga pose in my tummy haha. 

I’m glad to see them longer for this scan as it took sometime to measure quite a lot of body parts. They were pretty active as I played music during the drive to hospital. 

Both of them are BOYS and hope they can be good brothers and stay healthy when they are out! Haha… 

Total duration during scan – 1hr 

Total duration during consultation – 1.5hrs 

Total fees – $400