Morning sickness isn't ALL bad news: Women battling the condition may have 'healthier, more intelligent babies' by Dan Bates

It is the bane of many a pregnant woman's life. But new research suggests morning sickness may be a sign the baby will be healthier - and more intelligent.

A study has revealed that mothers who experience nausea during pregnancy will have fewer miscarriages than those who are healthy during their whole term. They will also have fewer birth defects and better long-term development for the infant.

The findings may offer some comfort to those who have to endure bouts of vomiting and queasiness as they are expecting. And they could be very good news indeed for the Duchess of Cambridge who suffered acute morning sickness whilst pregnant with Prince George. Her illness because so severe that she had to be admitted to hospital before the birth.

Morning sickness affects up to 85 per cent of mothers and it is thought to be caused by rapid increases in gonadotropin, a hormone released by the placenta.

The researchers, from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, looked at mothers who suffered morning sickness to any extent and found that the benefits applied across the board. They looked at data from 10 separate studies conducted in five countries between 1992 and 2012 which covered 850,000 pregnant women. The findings showed that feeling sick and vomiting was linked to lower risk of a low birth weight or a short body length. Mothers who suffered nausea also had fewer premature births; 6.4 per cent compared to 9.5 per cent for healthy mothers. The risk of miscarriage was also more than three times higher in women who did not experience morning sickness. Women 35 or older in particular seemed to benefit from what the researchers called the ‘protective effects’ that resulted.

Over the years mothers have turned to all manner of cures to try and beat morning sickness, from ginger tea, to vitamins or antacids. Some have also turned to sugar solutions and anti-sickness pills, but previous studies have concluded there could be no cure at all.

The new study found that among the other benefits of going through morning sickness was that the risk of birth defects was reduced by between 30 per cent and 80 per cent. Years later when they were tested for intelligence, babies born to mothers who suffered sickness scored higher for IQ, language and overall behaviour.

The findings also looked at the impact of drugs to mitigate nausea and vomiting and but found they they did not alter any positive effects associated with morning sickness.




source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2709776/Morning-sickness-isnt-ALL-bad-news-Women-battling-condition-healthier-intelligent-babies.html


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so does that means that my baby is intelligent? ha ha ha.

i also want a (or two) hoglet!

so cute! 

source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2709738/Helping-hand-Adorable-hoglets-length-one-finger-cling-life-abandoned.html

my mood is like the weather today in singapore - dark & glommy.

i hate that i am one month closer to september and yet i still dont see the straight path at my 橋頭. at first, i thought that all my problems will be solved if we have our house but i am wrong.

i still cant get over the fact that an adult choose self comfortability over a child's. i am so upset about it that i still refuse to give the benefit of doubt.

look at this baby..

how can i sleep at night without her..

yah man, you guys are too funny..

every morning, i would take the stairs from the 3rd storey down from my house, then up a flight of stairs to the lrt station and another to the platform. at the mrt station, i would take two flight of stairs & an escalator to the mrt platform. and sometimes at the station, i will be tempted to take the lift directly three storey down. the only thing that keeps me from using the lift is the queue.

two weeks ago, while i was on the stairs on my way down, i saw a boy with a little walking disablity. he was slowly but steadily and carefully making his way down. i suddenly realise that if he could use the stairs, so can i. and may be its time to change my mindset - i should be using the stairs because i can and not because the queue for the lift is long.


i am inspired by the boy to use the stairs instead of the lift. 


i have been using the lift almost 2weeks now. the streaks would be better if not for the time, the lift door was open with no queue and i step in without thinking.. -_-"

going to keep using the stairs and see how long i can keep up with it. :)
of cus when i am without the baby.

my little rosanne can stand on her own!

earlier today when we were in the church's cry room, she wanted to walk. her dad held her under her pits but could feel that her legs are holding her up. so he let go and she STOOD THERE ON HER OWN! and fell down a second later on her cushiony diaper butt.. hahahaha..

this is her looking distracted after she stood on her own. 

i dont think she knew what had just happened.

it happened again but after that she got too excited and was stamping her feet all the time so it did not happen again. but that is ok, she is still early anyway. =)

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i am not forcing my daughter to stand or walk.

she get upsets when we put her in sitting position and would go to the nearest object she identifies and pull herself her into standing position. she would stand there as long as she could or was interested. she would also climb up the object if it allows her to.

so i am really curious when people tell me not to "let her walk / stand so much / too often... she is still too young".. but what am i suppose to do? strap her to the ground on her butt? i cannot help it if she wants to stand or walk already.

i read about how crawling helps with the brain development and stuff. so i can understand if people are worried that she is walking before crawling but she can already crawl! she started the worming crawl when she was around five months old and by the second month she could already crawl professionally on all fours.


maybe its my parenting style - i let her tell me when she is ready. i let her tell me when she is ready to sleep through the night. i let her tell me that she is ready for solids. i let her tell me that she is ready to flip, sit up, crawl and now stand. we have been doing very well with that style and i do not see the need to change it. i do not see the need in delaying her developments in any way and i have learnt that the hard way. she was born big and people keep telling me what a big baby she was. she has a big appetite too. by her second month, she was already drinking at least 30oz per day. every time i would take days to decide if i should increase her each intake because she does not seem satisfied and would cry. then she got sick and would hardly take 5oz in a day. she lost her weight so fast - her neck appeared and her wrist fats gone within a week. i regretted that i did not feed her when she wanted before. after i learnt my lesson, i would give her milk when she wants and as long she had 5oz, i will not force her to finish the remaining. i did worry that not finishing her milk would become a habit but it did not. and when there is a stretch of days when she is drinking minimum milk accompanied with difficulty sleeping, we would notice a new tooth coming out. :)


i have tried searching online when a baby should start walking but there is only AN AVERAGE. so there is no law on when a baby should start standing or walking. i also found a baby who could walk at six months! that is even earlier!


there is nothing more i want than my baby to grow slower. at barely four months, we cannot really leave her alone when she already could flipped. i lost my gummy baby when she was slightly over four months old. at six months, we cant let her sleep alone in our bed because she got too good at crawling in her sleep. at seven months, we cannot let her out of our sight because she started climbing which includes climbing out of her highchair. now we have to start cushioning and baby proofing everywhere possible and the sadest of all, she dont even look like a baby anymore. =(

she looks like popeye now...

it feels like just last week i bought her back and she is peacefully sleeping in her swaddle with limited movements. she is now growing up so fast and i cannot seem to keep up.

a typical weekday with her - reached home at around 1930. have dinner. play with her a little and prepare her for bed. milk is around 2030 and she will be asleep latest by 2130. the time spent with her is so little and the last thing on my mind she making her do things she is not ready for.

it's FRIDAY! and i am so excited about tonight..

today is the first friday that i am bringing the little girl out for dinner after i started work! so i am on my way home now to pick her up and later meet up with the hubs and friends her fans (read the comments and you will understand).. :)

i am also excited about tonight :)

every night i will let the little girl sleep with me and every night the hubs will ask me to say good night and make me put her in her bed.. and if i refused, he will put her in himself.. he says we should not spoil her :(

but last night, he says tomorrow night then "i let her sleep with us, ok?"

if he would to ask me to go downstairs and run 10 rounds then, i would. 

so, tonight i am going to sleep with my little girl!
after i started work, time i have with her is so little! so having a chance to watch sleep with her just makes my day.. :)
and i will try not to skip and hop too obviously on my way to pick up my little possum :)

eight months.

so fast! its been a month since i started work and the little girl is turning 8 months old!
and it has been such a sleepy month! YAWNZ!

falling asleep playing half way. 

sleeping in her 摇篮.

fell asleep after breakfast. 

and again after lunch.

#truestory

falling asleep in her car seat.

sleeping in her 摇篮 II.

sleeping in her 摇篮 III.

 one moment she is awake..

the next is is sleeping... Zzzzz.

sleeping in with daddy on weekends.

falling asleep after meal, again.

falling asleep during grocery shopping.

taking naps with me!

even at time when she is not sleeping.. she looks sleepy...

trying hard to keep her eyes open. 

the zzz monster won in the end.. 

just in case you are wondering...

anyway, here is a video that i really want to share..

last month, i thought she will take awhile to learn to climb up herself. 

but just few days in her seventh month, she already knew how!

so proud of her! =)

anyway, for the record, she is 71 cm tall and almost  9kg already.

she now officially crawl on her fours and she think she can walk.
she was in the cry room at church last sunday and saw all the other kids walking (she was the youngest in the room at that time)..  she crawl towards a chair, got herself into standing position and started to "walk". after a few steps, she really thought she was walking and let go of the chair. of cus she fell and let out a loud wail...
-_-" #mysillybaby

she is also turning into a cheeky monkey.

smile until no eyes.

and contrary to popular belief that the little dont cry.....

so not true!

and this is her giving me the look for making her wait for milk. 

and sadly, my baby is looking less like baby and more toddler each day. =(

the husband woke up this morning wanting to make poach eggs for me (yes, i am so lucky. i know). so i made carbonara, chicken wings and garlic bread to go with his poach eggs =)

the ingredients. 

poach egg with carbonara.

wings!