Just when we are stressing over the scary hospital bill… Good news are announced. Image source: Channel NewsAsia Initially we are entitled for SGD$6000 of baby bonus for our first “Singapore citizen baby” as this is the amount of baby bonus given by Singapore government for the first and second …
Pregnancy Journal: Child-Birth Educational Course
And so the kiasu first time parents decided to take up the parenting course from Thomson ParentCraft Centre. Initially we want to book the lesson conducted by the famous ‘baby whisperer’ – Mrs Wong Boh Boi, but since we book the lesson a bit too late, we just settle on our …
Pregnancy Journal: Old wife tales about pregnancy
Before I got pregnant, I was already filled with loads of old wife tales about pregnancy. After I know I am pregnant, I begin to do my own research on more old wife tale, hopefully can help myself to learn which to filter and which to listen once we make …
Pregnancy Journal: Sharings on the stretch marks creams I used
And so I have been a walking cocoa butter for the past few months. I have now switched to Mustela now… Let me share my experience with the 3 type of stretch mark cream till date. Note that I still can’t escape the fate from stretch mark attacked at my bottom, but …
Pregnant Journal: Baby Day
And so today is a baby day…. Station 1 In the morning, we went to the Thomson Medical Hospital Tour. Although we have already completed our pre-admission to the room, we still wish to ‘tour around’ just to ensure we know where is where. The lobby is quite busy compare …
Pregnancy Journal: Time to “slim” down
Panic attack when I know that Kirimi is now 710gm. She has exceeded the recommended maximum weight by 110gm!! It’s a no-brainer to know that the mummy has obviously been eating a lot and also gained too much weight herself. She had gained 3kg in the last 4 week! Image …
Pregnancy Journal: Walking Cocoa Butter
I am now smelling like a walking cocoa butter… Why? Because paranoid me have been loyally applying cocoa butter on my fatty tummy in fear of stretch marks. What are stretch marks? According to Wikipedia: Stretch marks are a form of scarring on the skin with an off-color hue, usually …
Pregnancy Journal: Confinement lady hunt
I sort of make up my mind to engage a confinement lady once I know I am pregnant. Reason why I didn’t seek the elderly’s help: I wish myself to have the confinement in an environment where I feel most comfortable I do not wish to trouble the elderly to …
Pregnancy Journal: Baby Shower Ideas
Image courtesy of m_bartosch at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Haha, I know people might think it’s a bit too early but learning from my previous experience in my wedding preparation, I sincerely wish to plan something nice for our princess. I guess I would always feel regretted for not being able to commit …
Pregnancy Journal: So far….
Image courtesy of patrisyu at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Ever since I am aware of my pregnancy, what have I done so far? Make the announcement to our family and some of our close friends (have yet to inform some of the other close friends as it feels weird to announce out of …