wingkei, forgot to add, u tell your hubby tat confinement(jamu) massage is different from those aromatherpy massage. jamu is for after delivery women, to release the wind n blood clots in us. esp after those 9mths of no menses.
but if without massage, you can massage urself everyday after delivery! u just need to press and push downwards from your tummy to lower ab. just to get the wind n blood clots out. so really no issue if hubby is against jamu massage... =)
another way to get rid of blood clots, is to eat lotsa black fungus with ginger!! tat's wat we shld eat for the first 2-3weeks of confinement, the very last week, then we start to take tonics like pork trotter's in vinegar, n all those tonics soup. tat's why some confinement is 40days, not 30days... i did mine for 40days.
first 2-3weeks is to clear the dirty stuff inside us, after tat, the tonics we take will be absorb easily. if we start to BU too early, then the impurities will stay inside n will form cysts or other illness as we age.
ur elders or CL(confinement lady) will be able to advise u. my cousin's MIL didnt know, and BU my cousin in the same week, and her menses came so much until she fainted, n admitted to hospital again... anyhow BU can do more harm to no BU!
but after delivery, we can take DOM, rice wine, Wicarnis and Brands Essence of Chkn everyday. this is for strengthing.