The confinement rant

For the Chinese, it is believed that the women need to go through a confinement period of 30 (some people had 40) days. During this period, the women is supposed to build up the constitution of her body after going through labour.

The extreme cases can be without shower, not touching water for this period of time.

I did not follow that much of the "rules", and I'm getting a little frustrated being cooped up in the house. And guess what, this is only the 13th day.

The daily activities are quite routined.

Expressing milk (yes, am like a cow)

Feeding, Changing nappies, napping whenever the baby is sleeping so that I can be awake in the middle of the night for her feeds and sometimes, poop.

The lack of sleep is really getting worse. I'm feeling more tired as days goes by. To think that this is not ending anytime soon, sends shivers down my spine.

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A milestone of my life

It just occurred to me that I have yet to post the news of the arrival of my darling baby girl, Caydence on my blog! No choice, too busy adjusting to the lifestyle of a new mother. Carrying the baby, making milk, pumping milk, feeding, changing nappies, waking up several times in the middle of the night...the list goes on.

It becomes more challenging when I have a wound to nurse, a bulging tummy that I wish it will disappear immediately (of course it refused to budge). Had a couple of massage sessions, hopefully at the end of the day, I will see some results.

Enough said. As a new mother, I proudly present to you the finished piece of work I had been nurturing for the past 38 weeks.

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