Confinement

1st pic : ariana during confinement

2nd pic : gifts and presents from aunties and uncles

3rd pic : my confinement set by NR (nona roguy)

My confinement was a 44-days at my parents house...mum has saved up her annual leaves so dat she can take care of me during my confinement days...unfortunately, due to her very not understanding boss, her leaves were rejected...it was end of the year..there's gonna b audit...apparently she needs to b there...

I used NR confinement set...y? becoz my mum is an avid user of NR products....n ill b one too...since i was little, we would use the massage oil (minyak mustajab) in case of mosquito bites or bruises....my mum would drink the herb mix (phyto natal...now they hv it in pills) since the year 1993...dats like 17yrs ago...i lurveee some of the products in the set....n some dat i dont like at all...

Review of the confinement set:

1. Uncang cuci herbanika - use dis to clean the 'below' area esp at the stitches as it helps the stitches to heal faster. can also be used in the herbal bath.

2. Minyak Herbanika - dis is to apply all over the body to heat up ur body....remember, heat is very important for healing purposes...straight after delivery, my mum massaged the oil all over my body...i think they put too much turmeric (kunyit) in it as all my confinement clothes turns yellowish..would apply everytime after my bath...bought the 2nd bottle during confinement and still using till today...after finishing dis bottle, im going to put the ginger n lemongrass cream on my tummy....seriously need to slim down =P....

3. Krim Barut - apply the cream b4 wearing barut/bengkung....dis cream is not hot at all...quite ok2...however, i lost the cream when i return to my house after confinement...hence, no more 'baruting'...=D

4. Herbanika Lulur - I really like dis one...to be use as a scrub on ur whole body...again alot of turmeric....hence, dats y i took my bath longer than usual during confinement.....

5. Phyto Natal - Makes u easy to go to poo poo...i discovered dat im quite allergic to doc's medication so i took dis instead...will continue to take dis pills for general health being....everybody can take dis, not limited to mothers only...proven effective for my mum, can get her for testimonials....in fact,i wonder y NR doesnt engage her as the spokesperson...can earn quite alot right =P...

6. Akar Herbanika - its a herbal drink...u can re-use the packets to make a few cups..everybody can take dis, not limited to mothers only.....i dont quite like dis, very lazy to drink....the taste isnt dat bad, juz plain lazy....after ive moved to my house, i stopped drinking dis, think ive lost it somewhere too =P..


My confinement routines :

Herbal bath - my mum would boil a pot of herbal bath using freshly picked leaves (is it daun mengkudu?), lemongrass n uncang herbanika....every morning, i need to wait for somebody to do dis for me, then take the water upstairs (coz its heavy, so i canot lift it by my own)..so, my bath time would be like 11.00++am....

Bertungku - usually dis is done late in the evening n oso not every day...whenever dat we manage to do dis i.e. no disturbance from ariana, mum not working.....sometimes i would fall asleep after only 30mins of 'bertungku'.....its a hot stone put on ur body to provide the heat needed for a body to heal internally....u r advised to do dis for at least 1hour...

Mengurut - there's always obstacles for me to get my massages...for a start, i already contacted one bidan dat stays in the village behind my mum's housing area....after i give birth, suddenly she had an accident, so dis one cancelled....so, i called a bidan from sg.petani...quite far, but my cousin had an experience wit her b4, so might as well go for it....shes good, she shaved my baby's head, taught me how to wear my bengkung.....but theres one main problem wit her : PUNCTUALITY....she has serious problem with time....she promised to come today, we would wait until the evening, n even tomorow, theres just no assurance dat she would show up....i only needed 3 sessions (when my mum gave birth to us, she had a bidan dat would take care of her for a month...nowadays, all the bidan would only do for 3 times....how much things would change huh)so i ended up having my massages in alternate days (selang sehari)....finally, there will be a session of massage called 'simpan batu meriyan' (pls google it if u dont know, too lazy to write it here =P)....we tried to contact the bidan but guess what....she had chicken pox pulak....aiyukk, damn...now we're totally blurred...where to find a replacement....so, in the end, i went back to Kulim, mum got a fon no. from her ofismate about a bidan in Kulim...so i went to her and tadaaaa all the rituals finished, done!

Bengkung - Initial plan was to have a fren's mother to make the binder for me...however, until after ive delivered my baby, she was away in KL...i did borrowed my fren's bengkung, a strap one, okla...but not feeling comfortable with wearing a borrowed one....so, we opt to buy a very long piece of cloth to 'lilit2' around my body....dis is one funny story...the first time i wore the binder, me n hubby tot its just a simple lilit2 (meaning i will pusing2 until the cloth finishes)...then, my bidan came to massage n she was surprised of the way i tie my binder...while she was 'untieing' the bengkung, she was laughing from the dizzyness of having to go round and round and round...turns out theres a method of wearing such a binder....pretty hard to explain tho...i enjoyed wearing my bengkung, wit all the techniques dat u r supposed to use....anyhow, i usually wear it from evening till the next morning due to have to wait for my tungku session first....

Confinement Clothes - pyjamas top n 'kain batik'.....they hv buttons dats easy for me to open n 'sumbat' my baby...

Food - vegetable soup, fish soup, rice wit fenugreek in it...dis is my meal for almost 30 days, lunch n dinner...morning : bread wit jam or kaya....snacks : cream crackers....no wonder i can slim down pretty quickly...but the horror begins when u start to eat other stuff muahahahahaa....

Fingernails - i didnt cut my fingernails for 30 days...hahahhaa...it got very long n yellowish in color, due to all the turmeric in my confinement set....wanted to wait until all the blood finishes but somehow my 'darah nifas' lasted until the 46th day, so cannot wait any longer, badly needed to cut my nails...fyi, i ate using fork n spoon, not wit my hands, so dont be disgusted =P...

Poo poo - I think i got sembelit....i bleed when trying to poo...can feel something tearing me up inside....huhuhu, very painful but i cannot eat doc's medicine to 'cairkan' the poo, somehow was allergic, so opt to use NR instead....my only concern was can my baby resist it? sure, she can....alhamdulillah, shes not affected by the 'jamu'...