The final countdown

Felin went for her final check-up on Friday. She did the CTG scan during this final check-up. Cardiotocography or CTG is a test usually done in the third trimester of pregnancy. It is done to see if our baby's heart beats at a normal rate and the test will measure her Braxton Hicks contractions. Braxton Hicks contractions are light contractions that her uterus has in preparation of labour.

I only drove her to NUH for this scan because I have to attend my Army Briefing at the Singapore Red Cross in the afternoon. Dr Su confirmed that our babies will get to see the world on 12th January about 10:30am. We are less than 3 days before the change of our status to parenthood.

I had also cleared all my work on Friday and I will likely stay home till 22nd January. I am going to be fully focused to learn the basics of being the babies caregiver for the first few days and will work light over the next few days before I get back to office. Hope I can have a short break during this period.

On Saturday morning, we had a lengthy discussion about selection of domestic helper and we decided on a Filipino helper called Ann Marie. She is 34 years old with 2 relatively young children. She did not work as a domestic helper before but was in a catering business before. We selected her because she followed up with our call and questions during the interview process.

After that, we went to Loyang Industrial Park to try the famous duck rice. The roasted duck was unfortunately sold out but we ate the roasted chicken instead. Its one of the food that we have been wanting to try and finally we ate the alternative version.

We went back for a short rest and cleaning up the house before Felin gets hungry again. I chopped ginger and made dumplings for her.

We then went to watch our last movie "Night in the Museum 3" together as a couple before the children arrives. We had watched the previous two episode and we decided to watch the third. Not as funny as the previous 2 movies.

I then went back to Parent's place to do my packing in their house and I decided to throw all my Polytechnic and University books. I felt a bit sad to let go all these books and all my memories about these books but I got to make this choice as need to clear more space for the children soon. During the packing today, I did have a good chat with my parents at home.

What a packed and meaningful day. Felin will just be resting tomorrow and catch up with all the sleep she need before the D-Day.