Organic Omega Soy Flax Meal

I bought this can of flax seed powder from the orgnanic shop for Aly and Sher last week.  It contains organic flax seed powder, organic soy protein, organic soy powder, cane sugar and Oligosaccharide. It is also rich in Omega 3, 6 and 9 – a heart and brain nourishing food. I meant to give…

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My Little Brat’s Naughty-Looking Legs

Do you not agree with me that most naughty or rather mischievous kids have their legs and hands covered with scars and bruises? Sher’s legs are covered with mozzie bite marks (though our house is netted), fall marks and blue black marks. Her forehead has a scar from a fall. She fell and cracked her…

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Nature’s Own Colostrum

Alycia and Sherilyn had finished their bottle of Pureen chewable fruit-flavored colostrum for kids. So I asked hubby to get them another bottle from the pharmacy. He went to a few pharmacies but none of the pharmacies sell the Pureen brand of colostrum. So he bought a bottle of Nature’s Own brand of colostrum.  The minute Alycia…

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My Daily Fix = Smelling Soiled Diapers

Ever since Baby C had her first serious attack of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) when she was just a few days shy of turning 2 months old, I have a phobia of smelling foul smelling pee in her diaper.  Foul smelling pee means that there is most likely an infection in her urinary tract system….

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Incontinence After My 3rd Cesarean

My first Cesarean went quite smoothly and I was already feeling great several hours after I was pushed out from the OT, albeit I was itchy all over my body and face and was still shivering, as a result of the spinal cord anesthetics.  There wasn’t much pain either.  My second post Cesarean (after a gap of…

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To Operate Or Not To Operate?

Hubby had passed the MCUG film (of Baby C’s kidneys and urinary tract system) to his cousin who went to London last week.  The MCUG film has been passed to hubby’s uncle who is a heart surgeon in London, who will then pass the film to his friends who are pediatric nephrologists.  We will get the opinion on Baby C’s condition from…

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Update On Baby C’s Kidney Reflux

This is the 5th time in 4 months that bacteria has been detected in Baby C’s urine.  So far, she has had 1 full-blown Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) and 1 ‘semi full-blown’ UTI about 3 weeks ago.  Last week, bacteria (E Coli and Klebsiella) were detected in her urine again.  The reading of the white blood cells…

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

I suffered from Carpal Tunnel Syndrome about 1 month after the birth of my first child, Alycia.  The Chinese would say that the lady in confinement had ‘yup foong’, which literally means that wind has ‘entered’ the body during the 1-month confinement period.  It was so painful that I couldn’t sleep at night and for one who…

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A Few More UTI Attacks And My Baby Would Need Surgery

We brought the MCUG film (MCUG done at HUKM 2 months ago) to our pediatric nephrologist at SJMC today.  Upon looking at the film, Dr Indon told us that Baby C’s ureter is positioned slightly lower than where it should be, thus the cause of the frequent urine reflux.   She then referred us to a pediatric surgeon at the…

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Sciatica During Pregnancy

I started to have Sciatica during my 2nd pregnancy.   The symptoms started to creep out towards the end of the 2nd trimester and persisted until Sherilyn was born.  As the baby grew bigger inside my womb by the day, the sharp shooting pain I experienced on my leg also intensified.  I couldn’t stand or walk too long, otherwise the…

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