Expecting · Bump to birth
Feel ready for baby, with the money and leave sorted
See the likely birth bill, your leave and what to do before the due date, so the last weeks are about your baby.
Start here
Read first · 4 minWhere should we start when we are expecting a baby in Singapore?Read the start here guide →16 steps, a few minutes each. Go in order, or jump to the one you need.
- Step 1: When is my baby due, and what comes next?Due date and antenatal timeline
- Step 2: Can I eat this when I’m pregnant?Pregnancy food check
- Step 3: How much cash do we need for the birth?Delivery bill estimator
- Step 4: When do we pay for the pregnancy and birth, and from which pot?Pregnancy cash planner
- Step 5: How much paid leave do we get as a couple?Parental leave planner
- Step 6: What do I need to sort out before baby arrives?Confinement countdown checklist
- Step 7: What baby gear do we need to buy, borrow or skip?Baby gear checklist
- Step 8: What goes in our birth plan?Birth plan builder
- Step 9: How far apart are my contractions?Contraction timer
- Step 10: Which Chinese names go with our surname?Chinese name builder
- Step 11: How much government support will my baby get?Baby Bonus + CDA maximiser
- Step 12: What does a citizen, PR or foreign child get?Citizen, PR or foreigner
- Step 13: Which bank should hold our CDA?CDA bank accounts
- Step 14: MediShield Life or a shield plan?Shield plans
- Step 15: What will our baby's first year cost?First-year baby cost estimator
- Step 16: When is my fertile window this month?Ovulation and fertile window calculator
Also useful at this stage
Expecting guides
Help if money is tight: what can we ask for?
ComCare, KidSTART, fee help for preschool and school, student care, CDC Vouchers and Child Credits: who each is for and how to ask, and what GCR really is.
Born early or twins: bills, grants and leave
Corrected age, NICU bills and MediShield Life, the MediSave Grant and CDA, maternity leave after a hospital stay, infant care leave and how twins count.
Adding another child: support, subsidies and leave
Birth-order support for a new baby, how a bigger family can lower siblings’ preschool fees, and what changes for parental leave, childcare leave and costs.
Printables for expecting
Confinement countdown checklist
A week-by-week list to the due date: confinement help, hospital bag and paperwork. Then register the birth and open the CDA within the official deadlines.
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Hospital bag and admission list
The documents Singapore hospitals ask for at admission and for birth registration. Plus a light packing list for mum, baby and partner, for heat and cold wards.
Use it with: Confinement countdown checklist · What do I need to sort out before baby arrives?
Confinement nanny hiring kit
MOM's Work Permit steps for a Malaysian confinement nanny, interview questions, a duties and hours agreement to sign together, and a handover checklist.
Use it with: Confinement countdown checklist · What do I need to sort out before baby arrives?
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