Thanks for sharing your experience with me, tiggerpooh.Hi,
It is possible to do confinement without CL. However, family support would b impt.
I mean, from your post, u wld be living with your parents. Hence, wld your parents and/or DH b helping out? ie cook for u, take care of d baby 4 u while u rest?
I didnt have a CL, n DH was d one who cooked my confinement meals. My mom wld come over 2 my place in d morn 2 help look after LO while I rest. I only wake up 2 feed my LO or take my meals. My mom will go home after dinner. I will take care of LO @ night or if DH is not too tired he will tell me 2 sleep while he take charge. But since I m breastfeeding, I did most of d night "duties" so DH can rest.
It wld b gd if u could discuss options wif your parents & DH. As expectations may b different n so may lead 2 unhappiness, which u wld wanna avoid while on confinement since new moms tend 2 have mood swings.
Yah... looking for nice confinement food caterer now. Have many research to do now.Hi Ellin,
I don't have a CL too but my aunt helped me with the confinement food - my hubby bought the ingredients beforehand so she can cook.
Will be helpful if your hubby is on leave to take care of you and baby so you can rest well.. my hubby was on leave too- he helped to look after baby, and also boiled water (herbs) for my showers and drinks, change baby diapers, etc..
If no choice then order confinement food is a good idea..
I shall look at the menu at Natal Essentials. Thanks!I did my own confinement for #2. Catered confinement food from Natal Essentials, did everything else myself. Hubby stayed home for the 1st week to help, using his paternal leave. I took my 16 weeks maternity leave for myself, did not share.
To me, it's doable. But then, I'm not bothered about doing housework or washing. I just do whatever needs to be done. Being happy is more important. I had more freedom and felt happier when I did my own confinement.
Thanks, Elm!Hi Ellin,
It is possible to do without a CL. For me, I had a CL but she only does cooking and washing of my baby's clothes. To be honest I wasn't going to hire a CL but I needed someone to cook for me and hubby. My hubby and I were very hands-on with our baby so we didn't need the CL to care for baby at all. In the end, my CL complained very bored working for me
So if you have someone to cook your meals or you order tingkat then no need a CL. Also I hope your hubby is hands-on with the baby so you get to rest as well. If no help from anyone then better you hire a CL so you can relax cause caring for a newborn is not easy.
The answer to your question depends on you and what you believe in. Some people feel the confinement period is very important for recovery from childbirth and some don't.Does any mummies know is it ok not to have confinement food for the first month?
I heard eating wine and ginger dishes will increase the jaundice level of the baby through breastfeed.
I want to breastfeed my baby and my mum also told me don't take too much ginger but my MIL told me can take those fermented rice wine.The answer to your question depends on you and what you believe in. Some people feel the confinement period is very important for recovery from childbirth and some don't.
For me, everything in moderation and also do what is most comfortable for you. If you have people cooking those yummy food for you then why not? Just rest and enjoy those food. But if you have trouble getting those specific foods then just skip them and at least try to eat freshly cooked food.
I took ginger dishes during my confinement but in moderation, so not too much. I didn't take wine as I didn't feel comfortable consuming it because I was breastfeeding my baby.