Last Saturday M and I attended an express birth education class sponsored by the hospital I am goging to deliver. This 7-hour class covered topics like introduction to labor, coping with labor, challenging labors, assisted and cesarean birth, and a tour of the hospital and maternity units. During the coping with labor section, the nurse [...]
birth education class, From Lina, Late-Pregnancy | 
May 1, 2008 12:42 pm | 
Comments (0) During yesterday’s pregnancy routine visit, the doctor gave me a warning. He told me, although my blood pressure was acceptable (122/80), and there was so protein in the urine, he found I had gained too much weight (40 pounds already). Besides, there was a trace of suger showing in my urine. Even I passed the [...]
eat healthily, From Lina, gaining weight during pregnancy, Healthy Pregnancy, Late-Pregnancy | April 24, 2008 6:45 am | Comments (0) I hope I will never have the glucose tolerance test (GTT) again!
This 11-hour fasting test, which involves a high-concentration glucose drink, is used to diagnose gestational diabetes. I was told not to eat anything from the midnight of Sunday until 11:15am Monday morning.
glucose tolerance test, Late-Pregnancy | March 18, 2008 7:19 am | Comments (0) Yesterday, march 15, grandma held a baby shower for me at her home. My first baby shower! It was a small-scale, all-woman home party. Cozy, affectionate, and warm! Grandma invited our neghbors Marsha and Joyce, her friend Senday, and my friend Karren. Aunt Chris and great grandma attened our party too. First, grandma [...]
Late-Pregnancy | March 16, 2008 2:11 pm | Comments (0) It never rains but it pours!
Right after I finished the root canal treatment (I still need a final restoration of that treated tooth), my glucose screening test (also called a glucose challenge test or GCT) conducted on Wednesday came back with elevated numbers!
A glucose screening test (also called a glucose challenge test or GCT) at about
glucose screening test, GTT, Late-Pregnancy | March 14, 2008 8:05 am | Comments (1) Since this month, I am entering the 3rd trimester. I cannot believe six months have passed by and I am facing the last trimester of my pregnancy.
Late-Pregnancy | March 4, 2008 3:21 pm | Comments (0) 
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