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Pregnant and Constipated

19 Tuesday May 2015

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I never had constipation in my life. Hubby is usually the one who always complain about this problem… and, I never understand how hard is it to just “let it go”… until I got pregnant. (sob sob… Chinese has a saying, pin don’t prick you – you don’t know the pain)

I started having constipation beginning around my week 17th pregnancy. All the sudden, my bowel system is not working right anymore. It’s a torture to have constipation and pregnant at the same time. I know it’s silly, but, I’m scare if I push too hard, I might hurt my baby (ya ya… silly I know).

I read up on so many home remedy for constipation. Quite shock to find out that it’s a very common problem for pregnant women.

Usually when you have constipation, the western side will encourage you to increase fiber in your diet. And. the Chinese believes that it’s cause by your very heaty body (just be really careful if you plan to counter it with Chinese herbs… I don’t really encourage it for first time pregnant women as Chinese herbs react very differently with different people). I actually stayed away from all kinds of Chinese herbs until I was 5 months pregnant.

How did I counter this problem? I had a lot a lot of vegetable and fruits. Bear in mind not all fruits are good for you. You really need to take a bit and test it out. I love rock melons but while pregnant, I couldn’t handle rock melons (or any other melons come to think of it). I got so bloated and it hurts my stomach.

Some of the fruits that really helped are Dragon fruit (I prefer the red variety cause it’s sweeter), papaya (some people avoid it because they believe it will cause jaundice for the baby), avocado, apple, orange, mangoes (I love this when pregnant) and the best of all is the prunes. I prefer the del monte prunes, seems fatter and juicer compare to the other brands.

Prunes

The prunes are like the ultimate cure for me. Every time before a meal, I’ll consume 1-2 pieces of the prunes. If the constipation is really bad, I will make myself a cup of prune juice. Basically what I do is smash 4-5 pieces of prune in a cup of hot water, and drink it in the morning. This always does the trick. ;p Hope it can help you too.

When do you tell people you are pregnant?

19 Tuesday May 2015

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Chinese taboo dictates that you only inform people of the good news after your 3rd month / start of your 2nd trimester.

For me, I was really weary about telling because we were still going thru limbo on the bleeding issue. It was not so much about the taboo but more of the feeling what if I need to inform everyone about the bad news later? I know it was very pessimistic but, I was just too emotionally drained that time. So, the sharing was kept to super minimal.

The first few people you would definitely have to share the good news with are with your own family and hubby family members. Aside from them, it is really a personal choice who you wish to share with.

You might want to share it with your close girl friends (it will be even better if they are already mother’s themselves) so that you can get advice and moral support. Sometimes, the girl friend does a better job at comforting a new mother than your husband. LOL. The poor hubby probably don’t understand what you are going thru and wonder why his sweet loving wife is turning into an emotional crying pot one moment and a starving bear the next.

Now, what about your boss? This might be a bit tricky. Personally, I would say go ahead and let your boss know because then they will be more understanding if you need to go for your medical check ups or like in my case, a month of bed rest!!! But then, I have heard cases where the boss re-evaluates any promotions / projects distribution when they know about the pregnancy.

Not that I blame them. One boss did highlight that they are worry if the person might not be able to cope with the extra work / keep up the performance during the pregnancy and then after returning from maternity. (it really depends on the job you have). They had to be fair to all the other staff as well. So, you really have to judge this yourself.

At the end of the day, it is your news. You have the right who you want to share it with. You can keep it all to yourself, or make a shout out in facebook. It’s really your choice. Announcement   P.S. I’m now mother of a beautiful healthy baby.