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Almost There: Week 38


Baby bump update at Week 38. I weight about 59.8kg at this point; gained 13kg so far from pre-pregnancy. 


Since baby is coming real soon, we have finally set up the nursery room nicely to welcome the little one. The first month baby would be staying in the nursery with Confinement Lady. His cot with nice mattress, bumper and mosquito net is well set up. I have also bought a musical mobile to clip on the cot hopefully would give him some entertainment. Other things prepared in the nursery is a changing table with waterproof padding in case he "spray" all over. And of course a chest of drawer to keep all his clothing. We do prepare a single bed, for the confinement lady on the first month and myself later. In case I'm breastfeeding and need a place to sleep/lie down in the midnight. In order for baby to sleep in nursery, I invested in a baby monitor to make sure he's alright next door. Well, hope our plan works out to have baby sleeping in nursery himself. 

We also got a playpen and bouncer for the living room. So baby would spend his daytime in the living room downstairs with grandparents (his caretaker when I'm back to work). 

Besides getting the nursery ready, I have packed my hospital bag as well, since week 36. I have 3 categories of stuff in the bag - mommy's, baby's and daddy's. 

Mommy's
- 1 set of discharge clothing (loose top & long pants & hat)
- 1 sarong (not sure if I would use it.. Just prepare)
- 1 jacket
- 2 pairs of socks
- 1 small towel
- Toiletries (toothbrush, toothpaste, facial cleanser, body shampoo & shampoo) 
- 3 maternity pads & 3 disposable panties
- 1 nursing bra (1 size bigger in case engorgement)

Baby's
- 1 set of discharge clothing (overall pajamas, mitten, booties, hat & receiving blanket)
- 1 pc of diaper
- Nappy rash cream
- Hankerchief or napkin

Daddy's
- 1 set of comfy clothing (t-shirt & short pants)
- Toiletries 
- iPad and charger

>> And of course the documents given to us during pre-admission. 
>> Also strap on the car seat in daddy's car beforehand.

We have been very certain since early pregnancy that our birth plan would be natural (without any medical intervention), not even considering epidural. I have backache problem before pregnancy, so I hope if possible to avoid any load to my back. But well, plan is 1 thing, in the real case might be different! I have no idea how pain is labour... Yet!

We attended 2 classes to prepare ourselves for parenthood. 1 is the breastfeeding class organized by the Facebook group - The Breastfeeding Advocates Network (TBAN) founder Gina Yong. It's a 5 hour crash course all about breastfeeding. Since she advocates breastfeeding, her approach is very much "against" formula milk. So against that made us felt a little uncomfortable in the class. Anyway there was much info and open our eyes to what kind of challenges we'll be facing if we choose the breast, and tips to overcome them. 

Another class I signed up is a proper Pre-Natal Class organized by Jenlia Maternal Services and the speaker is a qualified midwife, Jennifer. Since we missed the class they co-organized with SDMC, we went all the way to their centre for a small group session. This class is divided to 2 days; focused in baby care and labour knowledge. So here we were taught all essential knowledge that I think is very important. These are the topics:
Jenlia do have home visits too. RM150/visit to check on baby and mommy's wellbeing 1-2 days after discharge from hospital. We'll might engage their service for this too. Just to be worry-free.

According to EDD 29/3/14, I have approximately 2 weeks+ to go. So we have decided this will be my final week working before taking the 2 months off. By end of the week I would be seeing my gynae and he mentioned if I'm not into labour yet, he prefers I take mc to rest at home while waiting for the final week. 

So this last moments I really need to gather all the emotional preparation to face the big day. To be frank I'm really freaking out by now thinking about the pain, tear and even parenthood. But in the same time I can't wait to meet our son already! Will he look like me, like his daddy or a bit of either of us? How will his personality like? Will he be a Pisces or Aries? Will he look good in all the clothes we got him? Will he like his musical mobile? Wow.. So exciting isn't it. So yah.. All these pain will be worth it for the little one. ☺️
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