Somehow, it doesn't feel like how everyone makes it out to be.

I'm not jumping for joy...
I'm not taken unaware with a shock...
I'm not itching to go let everyone know...
I'm not worried and afraid of the unknowns ahead...

...if anything, I'm relieved and just somewhat satisfied... for now.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Confinement lady, or no confinement lady?

Among all the things we've been working ahead of schedule for, something like this somehow got left behind. Options were kept open for a while, and just lingered.

After birth, do we spend the 1st month of rest in...
A. my mum's house where there will always be someone at home almost all the time, to attend to meals and baby?
B. her mum's house where there will also be someone at home almost all the time, to attend to meals and baby?
C. our place and get the traditional "confinement lady" in for one month of tending?

First, there was the more pressing need to decide if we'll deliver in PJ, or in Muar where her parents are.
Before we know it, we're at 5 months already, and realise we may be running out of options faster than we realise. Apparently getting a confinement lady is usually done within the first month of discovering a pregnancy as most reputable ones are usually all booked up fast.

Enough of contemplating - we'll go with the confinement lady option as both options A and B will likely put excessive strain on either our parents who may not be at their best to handle round-the-clock attention by then.

We were already late when we tried the two we were first recommended, but finally managed to get one who had to switch with another due to a slight mismatch of delivery timing of her previously booked client. Definitely a relief for now.

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