11th March 2012 , Posted by Yi Lin - No Comments

How To Lose Post-Baby Weight Without Exercising (Really)

During my pregnancy, I attended numerous baby fairs, parenting talks and pre-natal classes and in one of the goodie bags that I came home with, I found a booklet from the Singapore Sports Council, detailing how to lose weight after giving birth. The booklet featured various exercises that a new mum could do while carrying her » Read More

4th February 2012 , Posted by Yi Lin - 2 Comments

Work Around The Clock

Last week, I wrote about my experience returning to the office as a working mum. Two lovely readers left comments on the post. Both shared that they felt guilty about spending time away from their babies and in particular, missing their babies’ “firsts”. I have more thoughts to share on that topic but first, I thought » Read More

31st January 2012 , Posted by Yi Lin - 5 Comments

Work + Life = Balance?

I returned to fulltime work on 1 December last year. Today marks the completion of my first two months as a working mum. Since I know of a few mothers-to-be who would be planning how to utilise their maternity leave entitlement, thought I’d share how my maternity leave plan has worked for me so far. I also » Read More

15th December 2011 , Posted by Yi Lin - 2 Comments

Back To Work

Happy holidays, everyone! While the rest of the office logs out of their user accounts and heads home for the December holiday season, I go back to work! Not that I mind terribly or have been dreading my return to life at the desk. On the contrary, I was kinda looking forward to pitching in again on the » Read More

24th September 2011 , Posted by Mandy - 2 Comments

Back to work…all too soon!!!

BIIIIIG SIIIIIIIGHHHHHHHH…my maternity leave has ended! How on God’s green earth did 16 weeks fly by so quickly??!? On Wednesday, 21 September 2011, I was officially back at work. I was supposed to have been back on Monday, but decided to take 2 days of annual leave to start mid-week instead, so as to » Read More