The bump journey

If you follow my posts, you'll know that I am having a 'termed breech' baby in my womb. A c-section must be scheduled before my estimated due date so we have a better controlled way of baby being born. The day has finally arrived. I woke up early in the morning, took shower, washed hair, lugged my hospital bag, then follow hubby to the Prince Court Medical Centre (PCMC). Before I pass the admission letter to the registration person, I noticed the letter stated a wrong date. My appointment is on 6 Nov 2018. What?! November?! The registration person questioned me why I need to admit 1 month earlier, I was like @.@ They made a few calls then finally let me go to my ward room. PS: PCMC has concierge service. They will arrange people come help you carry bags and guide you to the ward room. Nurses prepared all the necessary things for me in the room when I arrived. I changed to PCMC hospital gown, nurse used a cardiotocography (CTG) machine to monitor contractio...

1. Private / Share room? [All rooms in Prince Court are private rooms] 2. Labor and deliver in the same room? [No] 3. How many people are allowed while I am labor? [Husband is allowed] What about c section? [Husband is allowed if c-section with epidural or spinal] 4. Waiting area for family? [Available if c-section, just outside the operating theater] 5. What are the visiting hours? [10am - 10pm] 6. Private / share shower room? [Private. All ward room has a private shower room] 7. Is there a chair or bed for partner? [Each room equipped with a sofa bed for husband] 8. Can I walk around or restricted to the room? [No problem to walk around. However, I need so much strength to walk from ward room to the NICU] 9. How often the fetal monitoring? [I did once before operation] 10. How often pelvic exam? [I was scheduled for elective c-section, so no chance to do pelvic exam] 11. How long is the average labour time? [For first time mother, can be 24-48 hours] 12. What is the labou...

Baby's age Average volume per feeding Average volume per day Feeding per day 1 day 10ml 50ml 5 3 days 30ml 250ml 8 1 week 45ml 450ml 10 2 weeks 60ml 600ml 10 1 month 90-120ml 750-900ml 7 6 months 90-120ml 900ml 8 Baby's age Milk intake in 24 hours Nursing frequency 1 Day 30ml 　 2 Day 30-120ml 6 feeds 3 Day 120-240ml 8-12 feeds 4 Day 240-360ml 8-12 feeds 5 Day 350-540ml 8-12 feeds 6 Day - 4 months 150ml * body weight (kg) 7-12 feeds 4 - 5 months 150-200ml * body weight (kg) 6-8 feeds 6 months 150-200ml * body weight (kg) + solids 6-8 feeds 7 - 12 months 72...

Electric breast pump If latching, I scare baby will pull up my clothes in public. I have to return work after a short 8-week maternity leave. Plus, my company does not allow me to work from home after maternity leave. So, I wish to feed my baby breast milk from a bottle. Many experienced mothers recommended us to choose Spectra S1, an electric breast pump that is hospital grade. It allows us to express both breasts simultaneously and maintain breast-milk supply. I got my second hand Spectra S1 from Carousell. The person was selling at SGD95 (Approximately RM285). Then, I bought 2 sets of breast pump shield set qoo10. I was using SGD10 coupon, the price after discount is SGD40.10 (Approximately RM120.30). Before we start pumping, we need to sterilize the pump components except the tubing and the pump itself. The tubing doesn't come into contact with milk, so doesn't need sterilizing. I heard the Spectra's Valves will spoilt easily. So, I bought May...

World Health Organization (WHO) is promoting breastfeeding, and we know breast-milk contains many nutrients. I plan to bake lactation cookies, which I heard it helps to boost milk supply. First and foremost, need to buy the ingredients. Lactation Cookies Ingredient Ground cinnamon 60g Vanilla extract 50g Dried cranberries 100g Flaxseed meal 453g All purpose flour 2.27kg Baking powder 30g Rolled oat 700g Funegreeks 100g Raw cane sugar Brewer's Yeast 454g x 2 Unrefined virgin coconut oil Unsalted butter 225g x 3 To make about 20 cookies, we'll need: Ingredients: 2 tablespoons brewers yeast 0.5 cup unrefined organic virgin  coconut oil 0.5 cup organic unsalted butter 2 tablespoons ground  flaxseed 1.5 cup organic steel cut oats / old-fashio...