I'll do a little review for the Class A1 suite that I stayed in during my delivery.
It's big and spacious, bigger than some of the hotel room that i have seen, with a bed for me, 2 side tables, 1 cupboard and a sofa for the hubby or anyone who wants to sleep overnight. The attached toilet was spacious too with shower facilities and shower essentials.
It also came with extra bedsheet and blanket, some toiletries and essential stuff for the mother ( maternity pad and extra dressing gown etc). There's also pampers and wet wipes for Phoebe from the nursery. Phoebe was dressed in KKH's clothes and swaddle cloth. The only thing that she wore from home was the mittens. Another plus point, the view from my window was great! we could see the national day rehearsal fireworks.
There's also water dispenser (hot and cold) along the corridor and the nursery was on the same level as the wards. Mothers can request to room in with their babies, if tired, can request to send to nursery.
For us, we requested for Phoebe to room in with us. We only send back to nursery for supplementary feeding as my breastmilk wasnt established during the first few days. The nurses said it will usually take around 3 days before there's letdown of milk. We also had Phoebe with us through the night unless we were too tired. It really takes lots of determination to feed Phoebe in the night and she usually took around 30-45 min for latching (not including the supplementary feeding) and her feeding interval was around 2-3 hrs.
Service wise, there was a lady who came everyday to ask for my meal preference. For traditional mothers like me, there's confinement food on the menu.
The nurses were very knowledgeable and friendly and whenever they changed shift, they will go around to introduce to each of the wards. They also taught me how to latch Phoebe the proper way.
KKH had very good tagging system for identification. I had two tags on me, one is the normal plastic tag with name and IC, the other is a musical tag that will have music when Phoebe is near.
So me, Phoebe and the cot had the same synchronized music tag. When Phoebe was placed near me, there would be music, when Phoebe was placed back in the cot, there would also be music. This was like double assurance.
Medicine wise, for each round, the nurse ask for your name and IC, to prevent medication mix-up.
On the overall, for the comfort and privacy, the bill was worth it.
We had visitors everyday so it was a good choice to go for single bedded.
Cost wise, for my case as it was c sect, my bill came to 7+K, Phoebe's bill came to 1+K (mother and baby are billed separately)
Luckily, I could use around 3K of my medisave to offset.
PreNatal consultation wise, it cost around 100+ for each visit, excluding medicine as I was with The Private Suite.
And now I am in the final week of my confinement.. cant wait to wash my hair! I will definitely miss my family when I shift back to my in-laws place.
Over here, my parents dot on the little one, carrying her when I was busy with other chores. My two sisters will also play with her when they are back from work. My dad even comes home every afternoon during lunch to look at Phoebe.
Hopefully Phoebe will be less fussy when she's back to my in-laws place as I will be handling her myself most of the time.
But I believe, I will be more independent and able to care for her better as time goes by :)
