Infant Care

We signed up for Cherie Heart infant care service at International Business Park (http://www.cheriehearts-ibp.com.sg/about.html) on May 18, 2012. It is very near our home. It is less than 5 minutes car drive.

We had an early search for the infant care services because year 2012 is a Dragon year and many babies are born in this year. Hence, there will be tight competition no doubts in almost everything.

To our surprise, Cherie Heart is having promotion currently. An usual infant care package is S$1,450 per month. They are giving S$150 off per month, hence, S$1,300 per month.

Infant care service is for (2 months until 18 months) baby. With Singapore government subsidize of S$600 per month for Singaporean, you only need to pay S$700 per month. (Karen is still awaiting for Singapore Citizenship). We will start to send the baby to infant care only after the Chinese New Year 2013 as my mother will be helping us from October to January. Thank you for that !

Cherie Heart infant care operates on Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. , Saturday 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. The timing is pretty generous, I would say.



3rd trimester

Tomorrow will be Karen 3rd trimester. She is so far still enjoying her pregnancy, no morning sickness, no food craving, no severe headache.... so far, she is doing good, she only worries about her belly stretch marks. :)

I would like to share with you the medical bills at Thomson Medical Centre. So far, cash spent S$2,069.79.

Cost is after 7% GST.

Date	Cost	Items
26-Jan-12	$              148.00	First Born Incentive (FBI) membership fee
26-Jan-12	$              266.41	Consultation ($95)
		Ultrasound-Obstetric ($70)
		Urine Dipstrip ($13)
		Blood Test: Antenatal Screen U+Rubella, etc. ($65)
		Prenavit 30's ($6)
17-Feb-12	$              393.85	OSCAR+ FA Package P6 ($409)
		FBI 10% discount ($-40.90)
1-Mar-12	$              812.67	Antenatal Package - Single ($700)
		Betasone 0.1% ($3.50)
		Prenavit 30's ($6)
		Dhaxtra Softgel 350MG 3O'S ($50)
28-Mar-12	$                59.92	Prenavit 30's ($6)
		Dhaxtra Softgel 350MG 3O'S ($50)
		Antenatal Package - Single Follow Up ($0)
14-Apr-12	$              220.95	6 days classes ($229.44)
		FBI 10% discount ($-22.94)
24-Apr-12	$                65.27	Prenavit 30's ($6)
		Dhaxtra Softgel 350MG 3O'S ($55)
		Antenatal Package - Single Follow Up ($0)
22-May-12	$              102.72	Blood Test: Oral Glucose Tolerance Test ($35)
		Prenavit 30's ($6)
		Dhaxtra Softgel 350MG 3O'S ($55)
		Antenatal Package - Single Follow Up ($0)
Sub-Total:	$          2,069.79

At the end, there will be some cost absorbed by our CPF MA account as well as both of our company medical benefits.

Dr. Sim is our gynea. She has good reputation at Thomson Medical Centre.