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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Hi! I'm in a similar situation as you, except I'm doing csect (in June too), plus I have no help from parents or helper and not engaging nanny. Got postnatal massage package and also confinement meal package. Husband and I are glad we are not getting nanny esp with the worsening covid situation. I'm paranoid about staying with a stranger whose hygiene level I can't be sure of. Nannies are after all not vaccinated and they don't go through the swab tests before deployed to your home. Also, agencies are having delays, freelancer nannies are flying aeroplane these days. That's extra uncertainties to deal with.

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