Mothers Need Pampering Too!

Lil' Rainbow will turn 17 months old soon am I'm proud to say that I still bf her ... Though she REALLY tends to cling on for hours, especially during afternoon naps and wakes up every 2 hours at night .... Eek! 

Find myself having body aches from lying on one side too long and the fact that she tugs at times when she's dozing off or trying to get comfortable.

I had a super duper headache last weekend and could barely open my eyes. 

I literally had to lie down and sleep it off after downing 2 pills. 

Lil' Rainbow was such a darling as she seemed to understand that I was in pain. 

She visited me in the room from time to time, standing by the bedside and called out for me. 

When I looked at her, she smiled and played with her toy, not once climbing onto the bed and wanting to disturb me. 

I had no energy to even sit and kept apologizing to her. 

She went her merry way to find Daddy to play with.

It was the first time ever I've experienced such pain.

I decided to get a traditional massage. 

I was told that since I lay on one side too long, it affected my womb and true enough, when my tummy was massaged, I could feel a slight pain on the left-side. 

She applied subtle pressures at first and slowly worked her way around my tummy. 

After awhile, walla! No more pain!

She told me to rotate sides when I bf and not stay on one position for too long. 

Moreover, since it has been quite some time that I had actually gone for a massage, she told me to get at least monthly massages so that I feel better since I've already developed a severe headache.

For me, getting a full body massage is my way of being pampered and I'm a happy mother already!

Breastpump: Manual vs Electronic

Lil' princess is 14 months old now and she's still breastfeeding ... yeay!

I also need to top-up with formula as I don't pump enough at work.

I make it up to her as I would bf her in the evenings when I'm home and  when she occasionally wakes up in the night ... 

Yes, she still manages to 'climb' into our bed! :)

I'm thankful that the nursing room at work can accommodate 4 people at any one time. 

They have installed proper curtains in the room for more privacy, comfortable sofas and of course, a small fridge for you to store your milk.

I can go there anytime I want, except during lunchtime, as this would be the peak hour for all moms to rush their pumping session.

I know of one mother who has lunch AND pumps at the same time ... she'll only have biscuits or bread for lunch as it would be easier for her to manage the food and pump.

I know of one or two mothers who use the manual pump. 

I do pity them as they take quite a long time to complete their pumping session. 

They would ask me if it's better to use single or double pump, I proposed to them that double pump is faster.

My Medela Swing is handy for me as I use recyclable battery and it is small but I can only pump one breast at a time so it's not quite efficient. 

I am quite the stubborn one as hubby wanted to buy me the double pump but at that point of time when I was still on maternity leave and bf on demand, I said that it wasn't necessary...

If hubby is reading this entry, he'll surely say, told-you-so. :D

Anyhoo, yes, manual pumps are time consuming and for single pumps, suggest you get the double pump if you are a working mom ...

Prince Court Part 3 - Cost of baby delivery

My wife delivered our baby in Prince Court Medical Centre back in June 2011 costing roughly around RM 4.9k (self pay GLC probably double) 

View from the front. Image credit to PCMC FB page

THE VIEW from our room

Stayed 4 days 3 nights since our baby needed medical attention. 

I even asked the cashier 3-4 times on the total bill as it was below our expected budget.

Natural delivery without epidural: 

RM 3k+

Baby Handling Cost: 

RM 1K +

How a standard room looks like.
*Picture credit to PCMC official website

Single Standard Room - RM 150* / per night = RM 450

*Comes with 4 meals Breakfast / Lunch / Tea /Dinner. The food was marvelous too, salmon as lunch and tiramisu as dessert to name a few. For the record you can hardly get a decent room around Bukit Bintang or KLCC area inclusive food with this range or RM 150.00 seriously. 
* Room rate as of 2011.

(Below is their latest room rates)

*Above rates are linked to PCMC website

Miscellaneous pediatrician visit + hearing test bla bla bla: RM 500+

(Our baby was suspected to suffer from a hearing problem on the left ear which needed her to go through some follow up tests. This sort of test is not normally done at normal hospitals this early but being a new parent we just don't want to risk it)

Night view from the room

Dr Paul Tay is THE BEST you can find in the hospital for consultation + charges wise. 

Even internally (I've asked personally) the nurses in PCMC preferred Dr Paul Tay (Their employee delivery are covered by the hospital and they can pick a doctor too. Awesome). 

The charges he estimated prior to delivery (natural) is around 5k or could be more subject to delivery. 

Piece of advise, always ask your doctor for detailed charges like delivery during weekend charges, public holiday, after hours, complication and c-section. 

I know a number of private hospitals are charging each of the thing mentioned above, separately, which will lead to a bill of more than RM 10000+.

I've asked Dr Paul exactly for the above condition, his reply "We can't control when the baby wants to come out unless if it's via c-section, regardless the time and date my charges are the same." 

There and then we are sold with the idea.

The rooms are 1st class and the midwife are excellent too. 

Switching our consultation from Ampang Puteri to PCMC was the BEST DECISION EVER!!! 

Imagine, Ampang Puteri charges nothing less than RM 180.00 regardless with or without medication and most of the time it is more than RM 250+.  

I feel that the docs hardly gave any useful advise / something new. 

Our 4 visits to Ampang Puteri is blown to pieces just by 1 visit to Dr Paul Tay. 

*Lots of parking for visiting family + private room + flexible visiting hours are added benefit. (You can also have visitors till late at night).

The only bad experience is with Pediatrician Dr. Sharmila who appears not professional at all! 

Doing her rounds late and appear messy with long untied hair. 

She was having flu and holding and inspecting babies without a mask which is chargeable at Rm 300+! (True story).

Anyway, we switched to Dr Anthony James (who is really REALLY good!). 

The follow up consultation fees were a bit steep but we were more than happy to go.

For the husbands, here are a few things you can do to calm down or to kill time. 

Lots of beautiful sculptures around + nice architecture too.

*For the ladies, my wife will be responding to your questions if any.

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