no kidding.
besides heaving about the extra weight on my belly, more frequent trips to the loo and sleepless nights (caused by regular visits to the toilet every other hour), my face, fingers, calves and feet (toes?) are bloating at a rate faster than the balloon sculptor pumps helium into his balloons. the water retention is a sure sign that terrorliza's making her grand entrance soon, within the next 2 to 4 weeks.
this morning, i had to remove my wedding ring as it was getting itchy and tight. there's still an imprint around my 4th finger and i doubt i'll be wearing my ring till after the baby's delivery. :(
the hub and i also decided that since terrorliza's probably going to be our last baby, we should seriously consider storing her cord blood, just in case. dr lim also reckoned that with medical and scientific research progressing at such a miraculously advanced rate, the future uses of cord blood and stem cells could benefit the family if ever the need arises.
i was tasked to research on this and discovered that there are 2 private and 1 public cord blood banks in singapore: cordlife, stemcord and the singapore cord blood bank. we discounted the public cord blood bank immediately as it was more of a voluntary donation at no cost (which means that we can't use our own child's cord blood should we ever need to). as for the other 2 private cord blood banks, the main difference (for now) is that one is internationally accredited by AABB (formerly known as american association of blood banks) while the other has multiple storage units for the cord blood.
the terms and conditions and procedures were similar and the annual storage fee of S$250 (for up till 21 years) was identical. the hub told me to make the final call. so it was down to the dollars and cents. i spoke to respective representatives from both companies and i finally settled for stemcord, which charged only S$100 less for the initial payment.it's definitely not a cheap investment - we'll probably cough out about 7-8k in total - but it's worth the expenses especially if something horrid really happens and the children's lives are at risk. one can never truly predict what the future has in store for us.
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