Hospital bag
Week 35, and I've got everything ready for the hospital bag. I just need to put them all in a suitcase so that when I deliver (whenever that might be), I don't have to worry about packing and just worry about the contractions. I'm not saying that worrying about the contractions is a good thing, but at least not worrying about packing on top of that would definitely help. The things I've bought recently to pack into my hospital bag are newborn size nappies, nursing bras, breast pads, wheat bags (hot watter bottle replacement), energy bars, honey, energy drink (lucozade), maternity pads, baby clothes. On top of that, I need to pack some CDs, clothes for labour, towel, and washbag containing soap, shampoo, toothbrush & toothpaste. Let me know if any of you think I have missed something essential for this trip to hospital. Oh, and we've also bought shower curtains just in case my water breaks before the labour starts.. heh heh..
QJoen and Cen visit us on Saturday. The main attraction was QJoen cooking us dinner. I was close to feeling disappointed when he called at 4pm saying there's a huge traffic jam and the Blackwall tunnel had been closed. I thought he won't be able to make it. Nevertheless, 2 hours later they arrived at my house.
The dinner was yummy. I finally get to taste the "Gajahmada Noodle soup a-la QJoen" he'd been promising for ages. My God that was very nice. I reckon he should open his own restaurant. He also cooked a special dish for Nagi because he's vegetarian, and that looked yummy too. Actually Nagi's dish looked like a fine-dining type of meal. QJoen, you're welcome anytime you want to cook at my house :D
The next day, Sunday, we were invited to Sumeeta and Roby's house for lunch. Before that we went to Ely Cathedral and had some afternoon tea with scones and clotted cream and extra clotted cream portion. hihihihi... Anything with clotted cream is good. The lunch at their house was also good, and we've got some more labour experience information. I can't get enough of that :D
I'm going to Antenatal Yoga every Monday evening, Childbirth preparation class (with Nagi) every Thursday evening (for another 2 weeks), and Aquanatal (water-aerobic class for expectant mothers) on Friday afternoon. I find the yoga class very relaxing and exciting because I get to hear and chat with other mums-to-be. I don't really talk much on the Aquanatal class because they don't give us time to do that, plus it's pretty embarassing to chat on your swimsuit :P I usually just go to the class, concentrate on the water-aerobic bit led by the midwife, and when the class finishes, I have a round of swim (with the float, because I found myself unable to swim properly after being pregnant!) and then just wash myself and leave. Some of the women chat while taking a shower, but I just take a shower at home. I don't think I'd like to chat while taking a shower anyway.
Me and Nagi went to this Childbirth preparation workshop last Saturday afternoon as part of the Childbirth preparation class. That was very useful and informative. More useful than the class. If you've been to one of those NHS class like we did (2 free-sessions provided by the NHS), this Childbirth preparation class is quite a repetation from what we knew from those NHS classes. I don't think repetation is bad, besides, it's always good to meet other people. The workshop was useful because it concentrated more on the breathing techniques and the positions during different stages of labour.
A not so good news: I just realised that because the baby is not going to be Indonesian, the baby would need a visa to go to Indonesia. Actually I knew that part, but I thought I can just get one of these visa on arrivals for the baby. Turns out that visa on arrival is only valid for 30 days and not extendable! Hence I have to apply for a social visit visa, which valid only 60 days! They'd need a letter from Immigration office in Indonesia to approve any visit longer than 60 days. All this I need to do in a less than a month, after I get the baby's passport. Nagi reckoned the passport for the baby will take approximately 1 week. I don't think I'll have time to get the letter from the Immigration office in Indonesia and then apply for the visa. Besides, the person who has to appeal for the letter from the Immigration office has to reside in Indonesia, which means my mom and dad, naturally, but they'll be here in UK on 20th Jan for a month, and I'm going back to Indonesia with them! I think I'll just forget about the letter and just get the 60 days social visit visa instead. That means reducing my time in Indonesia by 2 weeks. I don't think 2 weeks would matter much. I'll just contact the travel agent after the baby is born and change my itenary. Anyone have better idea?
Blog update: Me and Nagi will now both blog in this chillicrab blog. Hmm.. does that sentence make sense? You'll see different author in each blog post, so I hope it won't be confusing.
QJoen and Cen visit us on Saturday. The main attraction was QJoen cooking us dinner. I was close to feeling disappointed when he called at 4pm saying there's a huge traffic jam and the Blackwall tunnel had been closed. I thought he won't be able to make it. Nevertheless, 2 hours later they arrived at my house.
The dinner was yummy. I finally get to taste the "Gajahmada Noodle soup a-la QJoen" he'd been promising for ages. My God that was very nice. I reckon he should open his own restaurant. He also cooked a special dish for Nagi because he's vegetarian, and that looked yummy too. Actually Nagi's dish looked like a fine-dining type of meal. QJoen, you're welcome anytime you want to cook at my house :D
The next day, Sunday, we were invited to Sumeeta and Roby's house for lunch. Before that we went to Ely Cathedral and had some afternoon tea with scones and clotted cream and extra clotted cream portion. hihihihi... Anything with clotted cream is good. The lunch at their house was also good, and we've got some more labour experience information. I can't get enough of that :D
I'm going to Antenatal Yoga every Monday evening, Childbirth preparation class (with Nagi) every Thursday evening (for another 2 weeks), and Aquanatal (water-aerobic class for expectant mothers) on Friday afternoon. I find the yoga class very relaxing and exciting because I get to hear and chat with other mums-to-be. I don't really talk much on the Aquanatal class because they don't give us time to do that, plus it's pretty embarassing to chat on your swimsuit :P I usually just go to the class, concentrate on the water-aerobic bit led by the midwife, and when the class finishes, I have a round of swim (with the float, because I found myself unable to swim properly after being pregnant!) and then just wash myself and leave. Some of the women chat while taking a shower, but I just take a shower at home. I don't think I'd like to chat while taking a shower anyway.
Me and Nagi went to this Childbirth preparation workshop last Saturday afternoon as part of the Childbirth preparation class. That was very useful and informative. More useful than the class. If you've been to one of those NHS class like we did (2 free-sessions provided by the NHS), this Childbirth preparation class is quite a repetation from what we knew from those NHS classes. I don't think repetation is bad, besides, it's always good to meet other people. The workshop was useful because it concentrated more on the breathing techniques and the positions during different stages of labour.
A not so good news: I just realised that because the baby is not going to be Indonesian, the baby would need a visa to go to Indonesia. Actually I knew that part, but I thought I can just get one of these visa on arrivals for the baby. Turns out that visa on arrival is only valid for 30 days and not extendable! Hence I have to apply for a social visit visa, which valid only 60 days! They'd need a letter from Immigration office in Indonesia to approve any visit longer than 60 days. All this I need to do in a less than a month, after I get the baby's passport. Nagi reckoned the passport for the baby will take approximately 1 week. I don't think I'll have time to get the letter from the Immigration office in Indonesia and then apply for the visa. Besides, the person who has to appeal for the letter from the Immigration office has to reside in Indonesia, which means my mom and dad, naturally, but they'll be here in UK on 20th Jan for a month, and I'm going back to Indonesia with them! I think I'll just forget about the letter and just get the 60 days social visit visa instead. That means reducing my time in Indonesia by 2 weeks. I don't think 2 weeks would matter much. I'll just contact the travel agent after the baby is born and change my itenary. Anyone have better idea?
Blog update: Me and Nagi will now both blog in this chillicrab blog. Hmm.. does that sentence make sense? You'll see different author in each blog post, so I hope it won't be confusing.
posted by Monica | 11:45 AM
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