My Confinement Lady

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Name: Maggie Yong
Skills: More than 30 years experience of raising children, prepares gourmet home cooked food
Additional Info: Always very particular about cleanliness, has a modern take to confinement myths and has great fashion sense.
Blog: http://www.nainaigang.blogspot.com/

When I was pregnant, people have been asking whether I've hired a confinement lady. I dread the thought of it, having heard so many unpleasant stories about them. Peter and I decided to just get another maid to help around the house. And the confinement lady? - that would be MOM!

I must say, there's no other person in the world that would beat Mom's attentive love and care. Mom would go to the market every morning, buying only the freshest produce. She would prepare various type of delicious home cooked food to keep my appetite and also made sure every meal was well nourished for confinement. And the best part is Mom would allow me to take my bath and wash my hair! Of course, I had to compromise by taking herbal baths.

Mom, you're truly THE BEST! Thank you for everything *hugs*

Breakfast: Toast with sausage & cheese. Side condiments - fried "nin gou"

Lunch/Dinner: "Kai Zhao" (Chicken in rice wine) - a MUST in every meal during a months' confinement

Dinner: Stir fry spinach with pork, ginger and rice wine

A typical dinner set menu

American Breakfast (minus the coffee)

Lunch: Pork with ginger and rice wine

Lunch: Pork Chop with onion sauce + fried rice

Dinner: A VERY VERY tasty pork ribs. Not too sure of its ingredients :)

Dinner: Stir fry papaya with roast pork

Dinner: Papaya soup (many believed this was the remedy behind having abundance of breast milk)

Breakfast: Mee Hoon with pork chop in rice wine soup

Dinner: Steamed tomato with mince pork and brocolli

Supper: Double boiled chicken broth in coconut

Lunch: Fried rice with egg and assorted vegetables