Confinement without nanny

I'm a first time mum and delivering in June. For the past few months I thought I have made up my mind not to engage a nanny partly due to space and budget constraints. However, my family members start telling me recently that I should really engage one but for some reason I feel that we can manage without one. Here are some facts to share; do let me know your views! We live in a one bedroom apartment. Husband will be taking paternity leave. Husband has no problem with laundry and housework. Our mothers can drop by a few hours a day. We'll be ordering confinement meals. Based on the above, does it seem ok that we can go without a confinement lady?

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the reason for confinement is to let your body recover. for Chinese we believe that it's a major thing s besides recovery it's about nourish our body too. if you have c sect it won't be easy for the first 3 weeks. you got to breastfeed take care etc. if you have natural birth first 2 weeks it will be difficult too. if you want a healthy and strong body do confinement strictly. if you didn't do it properly you won't see the side effects now. but some sees it in 2 year after delivery. some is when their 40s.

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