The bump journey

As a first time parents, attending pre-natal classes, courses or talks would be helpful for us to prepare for the arrival of our precious one. Singapore and Malaysia hospitals organise several classes, courses or talks a few times a year. Find one with topic that interest us and fit our budget. Some of these are FOC as they found sponsorship from great companies. Hubby and I attended a talk at Mount Elizabeth Orchard. The talk has a few helpful topics like: - Eat the right nutrition - Pain management - Health assessment and follow up after delivering a baby Important notes taken from the talk: - Babies wear mittens max up to 6 weeks. Otherwise, babies don't know that they have 5 fingers - Start massaging breasts from w37 - Must burp babies before and after feeding - If engorgement, use cabbage leaves - Feed more during day time, best to do last feed at 11pm-12am There are also several booths outside the talk, sharing how to bath a baby, how to swaddle a baby, etc. Te...

Pregnancy is a long journey. There always someone commenting you can't take this, can't take that. We're anyway need to feed ourselves. We can choose healthy snacks that can help us feel less guilty, like Berries, Mixed nuts, Pop corn, Yogurt, Fruit bar, Fruit juice and many more..

The evolution of technology is beneficial to parents to be. Hubby would like to know what our little one looks like. Therefore, we decided to go for 3D4D scan this time instead of the regular 2D scan. Note: 3D / 4D scan is not available in Dr. Paul Tay's clinic at Prince Court. According to the nurse, their equipment has no color or such function =.= So, we went to Kiara Medical Centre at Sri Hartamas this time. The sonographer with great patience. The little one was shy, covered face with legs and hands. The sonographer spent about an hour on scanning and made sure we were satisfy with the scan. There after, the sonographer even provided us all scans in a disc, so we're able to view from home. The affordable and exciting 3D4D scan costed us only RM150.