Sheila Sim, 38, pregnant with 2nd child after only trying 1 round
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Local actress Sheila Sim is pregnant with her second child.
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News of the 38-year-old actress' pregnancy was shared via The Celebrity Agency's Instagram page.
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Sim is in her second trimester, with the baby due in March 2023.
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Pleasant surprise
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Speaking to Mothership, Sim said that while it was both "expected" and "unexpected", even though the couple was ready to try for baby number two.
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When expecting her first child, she went to a traditional Chinese medicine specialist to get her body "prepared" for pregnancy.
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As she and her banker husband were planning to have their second child, they decided to use the same method.
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She said: "We thought it probably wouldn't be so accurate, like, so zhun right? [...] We already consulted the doctor and were waiting for my period cycle to start and end so I could start taking the medicine but it never came."
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Feeling something was amiss, Sim decided to take a pregnancy testâon sushi night, just like her first pregnancy.
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To the couple's surprise, the test came out positive.
More difficult
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Despite having more time to rest this time around, she said that her second pregnancy feels "more difficult" than her first one.
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"The first [pregnancy], I was filming throughout the first six months. This time I got to rest more as I'm currently not committed to any drama but I am a lot more tired and have more morning sickness than before," she said.
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While the model said that she is "still functional", she also added that she is more fatigued, has a smaller appetite and feels like puking every time she smells her tonic.
Boy or girl?
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The second person to find out about the pregnancy (excluding Sim herself) is the couple's two-year-old daughter, Layla.
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"I was reading her a bedtime story when I told her that there's a baby in my tummy. She was very cute, she immediately lay on my tummy," Sim said.
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While she sounds excited to be an older sister, Sim thinks that Layla doesn't really understand the complete picture and aspects of having another sibling.
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Layla has also been saying that she's having a didi, or little brother, although the family does not know the gender of the baby yet.
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"For the first pregnancy, we were very politically correct. As long as the baby's healthy, we have no preference. But in our hearts, we were kind of rooting for a girl. This time, we are really, really ok with whatever the gender is. It's really God's gift and it's a bonus for us."
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Nazren, F. (2022). Sheila Sim, 38, pregnant with 2nd child after only trying 1 round. Mothership.SG - News from Singapore, Asia and around the World. https://mothership.sg/2022/08/sheila-sim-pregnant-2nd-child/