RE: Heartburn
Pink Piglet, U may want to eat smaller meals especially before sleep time? I had heartburn too but that was in my 1st trimester. It's such an awful feeling. Gynae prescribed antacid but hmmm the taste doesn't go well with my stomach too and it is just a short term relieve.
Alternatives is to sleep in a propped up position using several pillows to elevate the head. I put mine in a horizontal and vertical position like a "T" and sleep! This works miracles for me!
If you are taking antacid, remember it is just like iron & calcium. Need to take 2 hours apart as it can interfere with iron absorption.
RE: Confinement
Pravina, now I understand why you have not found your confinement lady! Right now, I do not have any contacts of English speaking confinement ladies! I remember Baby & Mummy has an issue on confinement and agencies. They should be able to do a match but it will be a trial and error thingy since there are no referrals/reviews. Will help you look for the details when I am home ya?
And your nightly milk+choco sounds delicious. Lots of endorphines! Keeps baby happy!! I simply have no idea what time I will doze off... so its dinner time and KO time... my poor baby has no special treats from me!!
Wow.. confinement food costs $1.6K too? That's really expensive. I think the critical time is the 1st or 2nd week when we need to handle the care of baby plus recover from our wounds. Unless hubby can offer 100% support in chores and night feeds too, else mummy will be tired out.
I think there are also some people hiring day time confinement lady. I guess another alternative is to have a part time maid for chores while mummy look after baby. That will bring down the cost significantly and offer some privacy and rest time for the couple.
RE: Square 2
Pat! It's a small mall just beside Novena Square (Velocity). Just next to the mrt station. Yamagawa is at the basement. Yes yes! The honeydrew kitkat is yummy too!
I'm bad lah.. before preggy also love sweet stuff. Now I think it's even worse! Hi-Chew is like my anti-nausea pill! It keeps morning sickness and discomfort at bay for me... "comfort" food.
But still must control.. dun wanna get gestational diabetes!!
RE: BPA free bottles
Exactly.. I have been running into walls trying to find BPA free bottles. They cost more than double the price of normal bottles. A simple gauge is Avent BPA free & Nuk BPA free costs about $25 each in sg! So it's either buying from sprees in US or buy non-BPA ones. Pigeon has a range in SG that is slightly more affordable.
And yes, tingting you are right. I got this from avent website: BPA can leach at dangerous levels from the plastic and into the liquid held in the baby bottle especially when bottles are heated to extreme temperatures.
RE: Infantcare
4eva! You have an excellent employer there to offer you the option of no pay leave for the rest of the year post maternity leave. I just joined for 2M only.. so won't have the luxury of doing so. Most likely will have my MIL help for 6Ms or so before sending baby to infant care.
By the way, is infant care defined as from "2M to 18M"? Heard that queues are long for infant/childcare! Pre-booking may be advisable.
OMG.. i think I type too much!! Such a looong post!
