Revolving stars

 It was a random fine day when we noticed that Hunter had a strawberry-shaped tongue when he stuck out his tongue at us. This was when he was about 14 months old.  Look at his tongue As a FTM, I was very concerned and immediately scheduled a visit to the polyclinic. After the doctor looked at his tongue, they gave a referral to NUH as well as to a speech therapist since Hunter has a speech delay. So, we went to the first session at CDU @JMC. The doctor was very good and she managed to engage Hunter during the first visit. There were a couple of forms to fill up and also a checklist to see if Hunter was exposed to excessive screen time. She also reminded us that young kids should not be watching too much TV/youtube. Subsequently, we went for another 3 visits, 2 speech therapy session and a development milestone assessment. Luckily, the results were normal and all pointed to his tongue tie for his speech delay. After much consideration, we decided to bite the bullet and brought ...

 Recently, there were a few queries on my GDM journey as my friends are starting to pop out kids one by one. Disclaimer: This is my own experience and is by no way a substitute for doctor's advice. During early pregnancy, I was woefully ignorant of this "GDM" medical issue. I was called upon to do a glucose test (aka drink 2 bottles of yucky orange drink) and get tested after 1 and 2 hours of drinking it respectively.  Basically, the test was horrible. I was already sleep deprived due to my hormones going crazy which led to my eczema flaring up. Then, I had to swallow 2 whole bottles of this syrupy drink, which I almost vomited out. Anyway, cutting the long story short, i was a borderline failure for this test. And since I was with a private gynae, he set me up on a strict diet of lean protein, vegetable and minimal carbs. I also had to prick my finger 5 times a day to measure my blood glucose.  Finger pricking To measure the blood glucose, I had to get the Accu Chek kit....