Thursday, February 20, 2014

Counting down to the arrival of Baby No. 2

The mommy is now in the final stages of preparation for her little girl's arrival! She will be early with a planned c-section at 38 weeks as compared to her brother who was induced at full term of 40 weeks. We decided to opt for c-section as my first was delivered via emergency c-section due to slow progression and he was big at 3.68kg. The gynae mentioned a small chance of the wound rupturing from having a normal delivery and we thought we'll avoid the risk of it, the waiting and possibly still having an emergency c-sec. Will be nice to have my husband beside me too =)

There's still a ton of things to be done although we have gotten most of the biggy preps out of the way such as getting a maid and confinement lady. An air purfier was an additional item we had to get with the impending haze and went for a really basic model for low maintenance and ease of use. My mother-in-law is already boiling the ginger and vinegar, 姜醋 from the 2 vats of vinegar bought from Yue Hwa at Chinatown.

There will be more washing and cleaning over the next 2 weekends and spending more time with the family is top priority. Hope to clock more rest and zzzs too! Work matters are in order and most of the projects I was involved in are nicely wrapped up.

No. Stuff to Do!
1 Find a Confinement Lady!
2 Look for a Maid Agency!
3 Assemble Baby Cot 
4 Cordlife arrangements
5 Clean Air-con, buy air-purifier
6 Buy list of stuff in "To Buy" sheet
7 Wash all baby items (clothes, bedlinen,toys) and sterilise bottles
8 Clean out wardrobe/drawers/plastic storage tubs for extra storage
9 Book Javanese Massage (To start 3 wks after c-section)
10 Prepare angbaos for Confinement Lady
11 Pack/Re-pack bag for Hospital Delivery
12 Pick Name for Baby No. 2
13 Manyue Arrangements
14 Wash and pack baby bath area 
15 Birth Registration, CDA Account Opening

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