I still remember I was dieting to lose weight and end up I ate too much proteins I got gout instead during Nov / Dec 2010 period. I stop dieting and tried to recover as much as I can and later I found my neck was abit thicker than usual. I had to go see the Thyroid Specialist just 2 weeks before I found I was pregnant.
I told my best friend that I felt all those pregnant symptoms and she says just go test myself with the pregnant kit. My hubby don’t believe it as there were false alarms previously, but I sure felt very different from usual self. I thought it was the gout and thyroid related problems but I just say why not just test it, and if its negative at least I don’t feel buggy over it.
I tried during office lunch time and saw the 2 lines, I can’t believe and quickly sms my hubby. He didn’t believe it too. We went to get another 1 and tested it. We can’t sleep well and he went to get 3rd one to test it. It came positive all 3 times. We went to see the doc in the morning and the doc says don’t need to test as 3 times already means positive. We were very excited as we were married for 4 years and trying for the past 4 years. Due to my size and built, its not easy for me to get pregnant, so I was dieting to lose weight and getting better in shape, but over doing it make me get gout as my body cannot process too much proteins food. So dieting can be very dangerous too. Really sensible diet and eat healthy alternatives are better. I hope I can do that after giving birth and continue to lose weight wisely.
I was quite scared and even up to now it’s still not an easy emotion to deal with being pregnant. I was not prepared as I wanted to go for a nice trip after my diploma course ended. Check out my Shana’s floral blog if you are interested to know the story. My focus had changed and we decided to find a gyne with friend’s recommendation.
The first appointment with Dr AL Lim at Thomson Medical Center was quite uneasy as I never go for any check up on those areas or what is to be expected.
We were told he is very popular and services wise he is much cheaper than other gynes. I didn’t go and compare so I don’t really know much. I just based on recommendations and took the first doctor. To me most of the gynes are the same, but if I were to choose again, I still stick to him. I feel that he was very fatherly type and know what is the necessary stuff. No long conversations or hard sell on anything just the basic needs for the baby n normal check up.
I never like to see doctor very much so he suits my style very much. There is a lot of different type of gynes, so this is really up to individual preferences.
They took my weight and blood pressure and we waited quite a while to see him. First time meeting up with him on 31st Jan 2011 was a quick one. We didn’t know what to ask and do actually. We told him we took the test and want to confirm whether we have a baby. He did a normal check and we saw the little round bubble in my womb. It was really a little amazing sight. I cant forget it even now I am in my week 28th. I still remember it just seems to be so small n precious little one. He just congratulate us and told us to visit him in 1 month time. We walk out with that little scan in our hands feeling very happy.
