I never knew about this product previously, but having found out about it, I thought it would be so useful and indeed it is. The Belly Belt, it’s nothing but just 4 pieces of small belt and 4 pieces of colour cloth, but it sure can make a difference in a pregnant woman’s comfort level. What this belt does is, it is added to your normal pants, whether button or clip ones, so that as your tummy grows, and it becomes impossible to button the pants, the belt extends the pant’s waistline and the cloth helps to just cover you up. Of course, you have to wear a shirt that…

I’m now at 10 weeks plus and last week, in the early morning, I had this sudden abdominal pain. It was very low at my right side and last a few seconds each time. I think it happened about 4 times and then it was gone. Naturally, my instinct told me there was something wrong, so the next day I visited my OBGYN to get a scan done since the government clinic does not provide scans. So, I was then diagnosed with subchorionic hematoma. It was the first time I heard of this condition. What is it? SCH or Subchorionic Hematoma is a gathering of blood between the membranes of…

I’m now 8 weeks plus into my 2nd pregnancy, and it is still considered really early for a visit to the gynae. Since we would like to deliver in a government hospital again, we have to do our check up at a nearby klinik kesihatan, a basic clinic run by the government. I need to get the ‘pink card’ only available at government clinics so that I won’t be ‘scolded’ again like my first delivery at Hospital Putrajaya when I walked in without any record or card but just a letter from my gynae. My sis-in-law who is a doctor at a government hospital enlightened me that that is how…