Ive never believed in the things to watch during confinement, for simple reasons, they seems and sounds more like 'beliefs' to me, where everyone just follow blindly with no valid reason, rather than medically proven.
Ive went through 12 hours of labour, which means no food and drink for 12 hours. The first thing I really wanted after Emma came out fresh was coke. So, still in the labour ward, minutes after Emma was out, I asked the gynae whether I could drink coke, and he said i could drink anything, just take it slow in case the side effects of epidural came and I start puking. Thereafter, the nurse came with 2 cans of coke! So that's so much for no cold drinks during confinement. Now and then during the month i do take one or two cold drinks whenever i feel like it.
I bath everyday, sometimes during hot days, i bath twice. Gynae said while im breastfeeding, I should be clean cause Im gona carry the baby afterall. Though Ive stopped latching after the first week, I stoll bath daily, with the weather now, how not to bath? And I do still want to carry my baby without her falling sick. The myth behind not bathing is cause olden days they do not have clean water and the river water will cause infection to the wound. With my episotomy wound, and the rashes brought upon by the massage, I have to bath! And i dont bath with the herbal thing, whats the point if bathing was to keep myself clean. Of cause have to bath with clean water. And my gynae added, everyone gets rhumatism when they're old, even men.
No washing of hair. I dont wash my hair everyday now, cause i dont tink its that dirty since I dont go out that often. But I wash about twice a week, and blow dry.
Not going out. The nurse told hubs I can go out, just not to crowded places, if not trap at home will get postnatal blues. After 9 mths of not buying normal clothes to fit the non-pregnant me, I had the extreme urge to go shopping. So yesterday I made a quick trip to taka! Emma and hubs were kinda trap in the carpark waiting for my quick shopping trip. It was quite targeted, went Mango and Zara to quick shop, managed to get normal dresses! Small and extra small size of cause, it does make me feel much better.
Confinement food. Most of the time I do eat confinement food, but at times when I feel like eating normal food, hubs will get for me. So theres really no strong urge to eat non-confinement food, since i can eat it anytime. It makes no sense when in hospital you can eat normal food, and confinement starts when you reach home, isnt that weird.
No touching of tap/cold water. No complain over this, cause it means I dont have to wash the dishes and bottles. But I do help my poor hubby wash them when my mum's gone. If not he'll probably go crazy washing the bottles and my only available pump set that has to be used every 3 hr-ly day and night.
I guess thats about it for confinement?
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