Preparing for Confinement (38th week)
First of all, I would like to thank all our dear friends who have been constantly messaging and inquiring about the state of my pregnancy. All your support and thoughts are really appreciated. We feel very blessed. Confinement is a familiar practice carried out by the Asian community and less common in the Western society. At the back of my mind, I always wonder why only we Asians develop all sorts of health problems after delivery, should we decide not to practice confinement and I was at the verge of disregarding the whole customary altogether and do it the Western way. You hardly hear a non-Asian developing problems like swelling or the need to expel wind from the body, etc. Is it due to the way we were brought up? Our foundation and the influence of weather? Whatever it is, I’m fortunate to have a friend, who used to have the same perception as I did. However, she didn’t observe the Chinese confinement post-delivery and it didn’t went that well. Luckily, she is fine now and coping well. Thanks Soo Wei for sharing your invaluable experiences and advice. Rest assured that I will heed your guidance. We’ve got most of the ingredients ready and when the time comes, we just need to get some fresh ginger from the nearby grocery store. Otherwise, we are pretty much prepared or at least Eng is quite geared up, as he would be doing the cooking…so do look forward to some confinement food recipes!
Hope you are ok, and enjoy the process.
Comment by muimui — January 25, 2007 @ 2:13 am