The preparation process was made easier with many tools and apps which can be easily found online. Therefore, would like to share them here and hopefully mummies or mummies-to-be will find them useful as well!
1. The ultimate pregnancy to-do list by Babycenter
This website and list created by Babycenter gives you a list of items to do during each trimester. It helps pace you through the pregnancy; so that you would not panic at the start and actually just take your time and enjoy the process of being pregnant.
2. Ovia Pregnancy App by Ovuline
This is actually an app which you can download to your phone, it follows and tracks your pregnancy allowing you to know the various symptoms, do's and don'ts and more. It also answers many frequently asked questions at various point of the pregnancy. So I do find this really good! It even have weekly video of one of their staff pregnancy which you follow through, is kinda like having a friend who is also pregnant with you.
In fact, Ovia even have a range of app which begins from trying to conceive to after the child is born. How great right?
We all have Facebook, but not many of us have friends who are pregnant at about the same time as us. So having a support system beyond home is important as we may need to rant sometime. Else it is also good to have a group of people who we can check what is normal what is not with in times of emergency; with your Obgyn is closed over the weekends or public holidays.
I was very lucky to have friends who are pregnant together around the same period as me, in fact the school with I am teaching in have 4 of us who are all preggie around the same period of time; edd from November 2016 to January 2017. Despite that, I still find the Facebook Group very helpful as we see all the different mummys problems and how we all are able to stand together and support each other. Great community spirit!
4. Baby Checklist
Manage to gather a baby checklist of the items to buy with the help of fellow mummys from the mummys group and I excel my list. I also used the list to record the items I brought and note the items which I need to get. You know, pregnancy brain so the need to record everything.
I am sharing my list here for all to download and view! Do feel free to edit the list to your personally liking as this is just what i have prepare for my little Baby S.
5. Supermom Seminar by Supermom
When you become parents, everything goes back to zero, as it is a new unknown ground for all of us. With that being said, it is a lot of learning and reading and understanding, kind of like going back to school all over again.
After knowing that we are expecting baby S, we sign ourselves up for a seminar with Supermom in their August 2016 fair @ Suntec. Attending such seminar prepares you for parenthood; the theory portion and also give you the network to fellow first time parents and also experience parents.
It also give you an idea of the things you need, their prices and the product that are available out there.
There are also other baby fair out there like Baby Market and Baby Land, but what is special about Supermom Fairs is that it always comes with seminar which parents can attend! So definitely a must go for first time parents!
6. Thomson Parent Craft by Thomson Baby
Being a Thomson Medical Mummy, with the First Born Incentives Card, Thomson Parent Craft Center is directly link to the card and therefore one which we will visit, but even if you are not giving birth at Thomson, you can attend the class by Thomson Parent Craft Center. And I will share more about their antenatal class after we are done with them!
So do stay tune to our blog!
Will end this post with this and we hope that this sharing help fellow first time parents! The journey to parenthood is never easy but always rewarding!
Fighting all!
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