Confinement meal

Honestly, confinement meals are necessary as it can help your body recover faster, produce milk etc. They will also add certain ingredients like ginger or sesame oil to help you remove wind in your body or avoid certain food like chilli and spices (important if you are breastfeeding). To save costs, perhaps you can try cooking your own confinement meals/soup or can opt for a cheaper package or trial meals and cook your own rice and red date tea etc