Can anyone suggest any good child insurance? I am 5 mths preg now and am thinking which one to buy... thanks!

Pregnant women are v. likely to suffer from cramps throughout pregnancy. Most of the cramps will appear around legs and thumbs. I have never suffered from back cramp before, but if she does, ask her to sit up slowly after she wakes up every morning. Do not sit up straight too fast, that could be the reason?

If she suffers cramps from feet and thumbs, don't worry. You as her husband can help her ease the cramp or, she can also bent her feet towards herself to 30 degrees or so, to release the cramp.

I was taught by an old nurse. And it really worked.

This post has been edited by sweeboon: Dec 15 2011, 10:42 AM

Try Dr Silvam at Columbia Asia Hospital in Puchong. Attentive gynae I'd say. the price is v. v. reasonable, and the appointment system works ten times better than Sunway Medical Centre.

Hi, maybe I can point you to this doctor (whom I have no experience with, but my friends do). He's Dr. Wong Pak Seng at Sunway, who's v. wellknown for IVF treatment and fertility advices. Of course, if you don't want an IVF, he won't push you to do it, unless no choice given. But I heard he's good in giving reproductive advices. All the best!

I know there's something called Compression Stockings in the market made especially for pregnant women to promote comfort, and to prevent from leg cramp, and so on.

You can ask around if you can find them in Malaysian market, but in my own case, I never need to use any of those during my pregnancy. I just use the normal socks when I sleep at night because my skin tends to dry up easily during pregnancy, so I'd apply foot cream every night and protect them with socks.

I also wore the ordinary socks during confinement.

Me! During my first pregnancy, my morning sickness only kicked in from 16 weeks onwards. While everyone was enjoying their 2nd trimester 'honeymoon', I was the only one who'd throw up one and off.

And during this pregnancy, my morning sickness can happen at any point of time. I must say, I'm not that lucky as a pregnant woman

Headaches for me, they came only in the first trimester. I don't have any headache anymore after the first three months

Sorry, I don't have tips to share on "combating" morning sickness though.

Spotting can happen during the first trimester, but the chance is not high (yet classified as "normal) and normally only 1 occasion with light amount.

Check with your OBGYN if the bleeding is frequent and "profuse".