Whilst deemed a non-essential service in the present COVID-19 situation, it remains undisputed that prenatal massages are incredibly beneficial for expecting mothers. Anyway, pregnancy is already extremely stressful on the body, what’s there not to like about a much-needed pampering session? Although we can’t quite predict when we will next be able to enjoy a prenatal massage, here are 30 Pre-Natal Massage Options in Singapore for you to start penning down some plans! Never hurts to dream. Disclaimer: Before making any appointments for prenatal massage services, do make sure to check in. with your gynaecologist about whether you are suitable...
10 Confinement Meal Delivery Services in Singapore to Try
For expecting mothers, we have been impressed (by our families or friends) on the importance of confinement meals, and in particular, the benefits of various ingredients that will typically be incorporated into them. If you’ve already engaged a confinement nanny, it would normally be part of your confinement nanny’s duties to cook meals for you. But for those who have no plans to engage one and will be leaning on the support of family to tide through the confinement period, why not consider purchasing a confinement meal package to ease the burden off you and your family’s shoulders? Alternatively, if...
Guide to 15 Confinement Agencies in Singapore: The 2020 Edition
If you’re an expecting mother living in an Asian society, one quintessential feature of your post-delivery recovery would be engaging a confinement nanny, whether a freelancer or one from an agency. Given how taxing childbirth is on a woman’s body, the purpose behind hiring a confinement nanny is really to allow the mother more time and space to recover her strength whilst being supplemented with plenty of healthy and nutritious food. For those who opt for freelance confinement nannies, you’d often hear people telling you to chope your nanny quickly especially if she’s a popular nanny. But if you’re going...
Singapore Maternity Wards: The 2020 Edition
Though a seemingly trivial matter in this COVID-19 situation, it’s a little unfortunate that we’d have to miss out on one of the more “fun” parts of a pregnancy: the maternity tours and free gifts that you’d receive during these tours. For parents who are set on delivering their baby in a hospital, it is likely that these three factors would be at the forefront of your decision on which hospital you want to deliver at: (i) price; (ii) location; and (iii) quality of care. And yes, where your gynaecologist is based at / the hospitals that your gynaecologist would...
Protecting This Child
Being first time parents, we didn’t know what to expect from and during and from a pregnancy. Every pregnancy is different. Even with the knowledge we’ve gained on hand, there’s nothing to say that we’d be 100% ready if we are blessed with another child. As with most couples who are expecting, whenever we were dealt any troubling news, our first port of call was to resort to a simple google search online (which often brought up complex medical terms and potential complications, hence adding more worry to our already furrowed brows). Alternatively, we would browse through various YouTube videos,...