caixincele,
aiyoh, the difference is not worth the $$ leh!!!basically the 1-bedder deluxe is a bigger room, and has a round dining table and 4 dining chairs, that's all!! as for the 1-bedder VIP (ie the ones Zoe Tay and Wong Lilin stayed at), it has an attached lounge/living area for your guests, ie with flat screen tv and sofa, etc...fyi, the 1-bedder rooms has an extra bed for hubby to stay overnight - they charge you $60 per day for it. if you are really keen to see all the rooms you can go for a free hospital tour - they conduct it everyday at around 2pm.
2005,
prenatal charges are usually seperate from delivery charges. basically your prenatal fees you always pay way in advance to your gynae, around the time you find out you are pregnant and sign up for a prenatal package with your gynae.
TMC also provides confinement food for you if you request for it (i/c those herbal soups, etc).
when you deliver at hospital, you basically have 3 seperate charges - 1) delivery costs, ward costs, and baby costs. i think how much medisave you can use is quite fixed (i'm not sure how much, maybe you can check this on medisave website?) or you can always ask the nurses at your gynae's clinic, as they should be able to advice you on it. then how much cash you end up paying will be your total bill minus the medisave you are allowed to use lor.
at TMC, they don't provide much for you, so you gotta pack most of your stuff. you will need:
1)pajamas or nightgown, 1 for every day you are there (if you plan to BF get those with buttons down the front) - TMC will only provide you with those ugly hospital gowns that tie at the back! yucks!
2) disposable underwear
3) maternity sanitary pads
4) bras (if you are BF, then get nursing bras)
4) a pair of slippers or sandals or bedroom slippers
5) bath towel
6) change of clothes for discharge day
7) all your toileteries, etc
8) if you had a c-section, then you will need those post-delivery girdle thingy (VERY IMPORTANT)
If you are going to BF, then bring the following:
1) breast pump
2) nursing bras
3) a few hand or face towels (to wipe your breast with before and after BF)
4) nipple cream
5) nursing pillow (optional)
As for baby, you are right, you don't really need to bring anything, as the hospital will provide everything when you are discharged (ie. a change of clothing for baby, receiving blanket, diaper bag, some diapers, some infant milk formula - those that come in pre-sterilised glass bottles). You may want to consider bringing an infant car seat for your baby to use for the trip from hospital to home (i used one myself, as I am totally against the idea of carrying baby in the arms while in the car).
as for admission - TMC allows pre-admission. the nurses at my gynae's clinic arranged this for me. basically the clinic will pre-register for you (by using your EDD), then TMC will send you a form to fill up and send back to them. so when you actually feel like you are about to deliver (ie contractions starting, water bag broke, etc) you need to call your gynae's clinic to inform them and they will advice you on what to do (ie whether to wait a while, or go to clinic, or go immed to hospital). when you do go down to hospital just go to the registration desk and they will admit you immed because you have already been pre-registered. you just need to bring yours and hubby's ICs and the pre-admission letter you received from your gynae. if you plan to register the birth of your baby at the hospital also, you need to bring your marriage cert also.