Confinement without nanny

I'm a first time mum and delivering in June. For the past few months I thought I have made up my mind not to engage a nanny partly due to space and budget constraints. However, my family members start telling me recently that I should really engage one but for some reason I feel that we can manage without one. Here are some facts to share; do let me know your views! We live in a one bedroom apartment. Husband will be taking paternity leave. Husband has no problem with laundry and housework. Our mothers can drop by a few hours a day. We'll be ordering confinement meals. Based on the above, does it seem ok that we can go without a confinement lady?

Yang Shu Wen

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It should be OK but please make sure you try to go for the lessons at hospital they'll teach you the basics so you know what to do like how to give baby bath, how to properly breastfeed, how to properly carry baby etc. If not then look them up online and be prepared first

it is OK not to have CN, they can be nightmare to u if the one assigned to u is inexperienced and lazy I'm c-sec & 42, handling one 2years old and newborn without any help except hubby(he has to go work🙄) jiayou💪💪💪

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3y ago

csec recovery is not as scary as most articles wrote I didn't take painkiller on day 2 onwards, pain is bearable and personally I find the binder helps. I'm able to move around. most importantly must make sure things are organise, reachable. my hubby will shower 2 LOs after he return from work

Hi Mummy! My friend made it successfully without a confinement Nanny. Your hubby is pretty supportive plus both your mothers are there too to help out. You can do it! :)

seems fine, my cousin help me out for 2 weeks last time, they take care baby in the morning I take care baby in the evening, then comeback home my hubby cooks food

I went through without a confinement nanny too , it's possible . My mum help me about couple of hours everyday and I ordered confinement meals .

same thing for me. 1st baby and edd in october. space constraint i can't have a nanny over. and i can't even get a part time nanny.

You don’t need one if you feel that you don’t need one. Trust your instinct! Enjoy being a mama 🥰

we.live in a studio apartment and will nt be engaging in confinement nanny. I think its fine

Super Mum

Sounds perfectly fine to me:) I did without one too. Husband helped a lot

Super Mum

Sounds ok to me. I did mine without confinement nanny too.

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