Confinement practices and attire for delivering in Aug

Question

Hi mummies, would like some advice as I would be delivering soon, what are the must do and dont do confinement practices or attires that must be done? As I am a person that is very scare of hot warm weather and always cant do without fan. Appreciate any advices on the attire that can be worn, if fan or aircon can be used etc, can we eat hong zao mian xian for breakfast for normal delivery and intending to try breastfeeding etc? If not engaging those malay lady to massage can we just buy any tummy blind n tie? And how long and tie for how many days? Do we need to apply anything on tummy before the blinding?#pleasehelp #advicepls

Anonymous · Answer

Don’t air dry your hair after shower, blow dry. Don’t direct the fan directly at you. I personally wear buttoned outfits for breastfeeding. Short sleeves and shorts for day (fan face upwards/away from you), long sleeves and pants for night (aircon). Yes for the meesua. The binder that Malay massage uses is different and it’s more tighter (you cannot do it yourself because it will be loose) than those Velcro binders. They apply massage oil before binding. My massage lady advises to wear as long as I can tahan (at least 8 hours if I can), best is within the first 2 months. Confinement usually is drink red dates tea but plain water (room temp/warm) works best for boosting my supply. For shower you can get herbs from shopee (daifonai) if you are okay to boil and shower, I personally do without it cause it’s too mafan.