Precious Kitchen: confinement

Confinement Products from Peiling

As the arrival of mei mei is coming soon.. mummy also need to get ready for all the things that need to use during confinement.. as normal... mummy will buy these things from Peiling to use during the confinement.. As for the last two confinement I didnot blog about these.. so I though this round is good time to share about it.. So this is my third time using these products except the rice wine & sesame oil..

these are ginger body shampoo.. ginger hair shampoo... and dry shampoo.. I will use the dry shampoo during the confinement when I really can't tahan with the oily and itchyness..

Sesame oil and rice wine.. first time bought it from them.. but since i got to buy anyhow.. and they have promotion that buy 2 sesame oil free 1.. so I just get it from them also.. I get 3 bottles for each..

Soh Hap Yuen - tradisional used to help to throw away the wind from the body... and Jewel.. will start eating this from the 2nd months or when Soh Hap Yuan finished

this is a 30 days supplements herbs.. designed 1 sacket per day.. got week 1 - week 4.. which they said it is for different function week and week..

I also got the 30 days bath herbs from them.. and 10 days baby bath herbs too.. it is convenient and more clean as the herbs was pack inside a bag.. compare to those tradisional bath herbs..

Other than the products.. I also get their confinement food catering services.. for another 14 days delivery after my confinement lady left.. it is convenient and easy.. as actually it is better to eat confinement food up to around 45 days.. and I don't need to think and trouble to go out to pasar to buy all the ingredients and food.. so far for the past two round I am getting their catering services.. the meals and menu is very good.. as well as the taste too.. and it actually not cheap ingredients they are using.. so I will still think it is quite okay to take it this round too..

if you interested in their products also.. you can visit their website at http://www.moms2b.com/

HOSPITAL BAG

What is in my hospital bag??

Admission letter from doctor
1 set of cloth for mummy - to wear when discharge (of course is with a jacket too)
Socks (to wear after delivery and when check out and go home)
Bengkung to tight my tummy when discharge so easier to walk.. with a fluffy loose tummy is hard to walk around..
1 set of baby clothes - to wear when discharge
mitten and booties for baby
infant cap
receiving blanket
Gift for marcus from mei mei
1 set of cloth for papa
Toiletries (facial wash, tooth brush, creams)
breast pump (to stimulate milk while baby is away from me for check up after delivery)
a thermal cup (so can make some ginger/red dates water to drink at hospital)
Ginger powder/red dates powder to make drinks
Fully charged DSLR camera & fully charged NEX 5 camera
Handphone charger & hanphone
Wallet - with IC

Confinement Herbs

My fridge now is fulled of herbs.. vegi.. meat.. fishes.. kampung ayam.. which need to be used during confinement.. herbs nowadays are very expensive too.. below are the herbs that I got for my confinement:-

Red Dates Water - and this time only i know that red dates water also can be so expensive :P.. we bought for 30 days pack which is price at RM950. For the first 1-10 days, inside there is 5 types of herbs.. then from 11-30 days there are total of 8 types of herbs in the red dates water (which they add in the black bean (need to pre fried) and another two types of herbs) - The price is expensive right?? but, there are few different price range.. it depend on what types if herbs you taking.. for example: the size of the wolf berries, what types of red dates (we got the organic one), and what types of Tung Shen (Tung Sum in Cantonese).. it can be as expensive as RM1500 for 30 days.. crazy right???
30 days herbal soup - everyday also have different type of herbal soup and with different types of functionality.. which the first week soup is for inner cleansing.. then 2 weeks is for reconditioning.. then 3rd weeks is for enhancement.. lastly the 4th weeks is to energising.. the "补" only can start after 10 or 12 days.. so we just got the herbs and follow the remarks and days they put there.. simple and easy.. these herbs cost us RM790
Bao Sheng - this is crazy expensive too.. it got many types and categories.. but for confinement need to use the old bao sheng.. those korea hua qi sheng etc is not appropriate.. this also is to make soup.. (we bought the 9 years old bao sheng if I remember correctly) - the herbal shop help us pack into individual packs for each cooking and put in other ingredients like organic red dates and etc for making the soup - it cost aboutRM1000++
Dang Kui - this is not as expensive as pao sheng.. but also got many types and grade.. i am saliving when thinking about Dang Kui chicken dome soup.. yummy... this cost us about RM300++ for 6 portions and same as the no 3. they pack it with other herbs for us to make soup too..

So now you may ask why all the herbs need to put inside the fridge??? because these herbs for confinement one iswithout/NO the Sulfur and there is no preservative too.. also because of this reason the pricing for these herbs are much higher too!!! so to keep it fresh we got to put it all inside the fridge.. but I also couldn't fit all in.. so the first 1-10 day Red Dates Water herbs I just put at some good air ventilation and cooling place...

Confinement menu

Monday

Breakfast:
Homemade Steamed Buns (Yeah, I made my own )

Lunch: (alternate weeks)
Chicken with Oyster Mushroom Soup / Chicken with black fungus and wine

Dinner
Soup (alternate weeks)
Black Chicken Black Dates Soup / Shallot Pork Ribs Soup
Meat/Protein (choose one)
Turmeric Fried Fish / Sweet and Sour Fish / Ginger Fried Fish
Vegetable
Aubergine / Celery / Loofah
Tofu/Egg
Minced Meat Omelette/Egg FuYong

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Tuesday

Breakfast: (Alternate weeks)
Ginger Chicken Porridge / Peanut Octopus Porridge

Lunch: (alternate weeks)
Ginger Chicken Porridge / Peanut Octopus Porridge
*I purposely arranged for an easy meal cooked in the morning to give my confinement lady time to prepare pickled ginger and papaya. These 2 full moon treats are time consuming to prepare.

Dinner
Soup (alternate weeks)
Kelp and Beans Soup / Burdock Red Bean Soup
Meat/Protein (choose one)
Steamed chicken with Angelica / Fennel and Onion Chicken / Steamed chicken with red dates / Three Cups Chicken
Vegetable
Brocolli / Cauliflower
Tofu/Egg
Tofu with minced meat / Palak tofu

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Wednesday

Breakfast:
Cereal

Lunch: (alternate weeks)
Pork trotter in vinegar / Assam pork trotter

Dinner
Soup (alternate weeks)
ABC Soup / Apple Soup
Meat/Protein (choose one)
Braised Chicken with Mushrooms and Fungus / Braised Chicken with Ginger / Chicken with sesame oil and bencurd stick
Vegetable
Spinach / Sweet Potato Shoots
Tofu/Egg
Steamed Eggs / three cups tofu

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Thursday

Breakfast:
Sausage Eggs

Lunch:
Ginger Egg Fried Rice
Miyeok Guk

Dinner
Soup (alternate weeks)
Black Soy with Pork Ribs Soup /  Pork Stomach Pepper Soup
Meat/Protein (choose one)
Cantonese Steamed Fish /  Hot Bean Paste Steamed Fish /  Mushroom Ginger Steamed Fish
Vegetable
Cabbage / Amaranth (bayam)
Tofu/Egg
Onion / Leek Omelette

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Friday

Breakfast:
Toasts

Lunch: (alternate weeks)
Fish Soup with rice/noodles

Dinner
Soup (alternate weeks)
Chicken Red Dates Soup / Chicken Feet Peanut Soup
Meat/Protein (choose one)
Steamed Bean Paste Pork / Ginger Onion Stir Fried Pork / Turmeric Stir Fried Pork
Vegetable
Long Beans / French beans
Tofu/Egg
Sunny side up eggs / omelette with minced meat gravy

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Saturday

Breakfast:
Dry Tossed Noodles

Lunch: (alternate weeks)
Ginger Steamed Chicken
Blanched vegetables

Dinner
Main meal(choose one)
Hainanese Chicken Rice
Bak Kut Teh
Claypot Chicken Rice
Vegetable
ChoySum / Siew Pak Choy

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Sunday

Breakfast:
French toasts

Lunch: (I wanted something family friendly for Sunday lunch, can be eaten anytime)
Fried noodles
Red Bean soup

Dinner
Soup (alternate weeks)
Lotus Root Soup / Lean Pork Soup with Arrowroot and Octopus
Meat/Protein (choose one)
Fennel Thyme Honey Roasted Chicken / Fermented Beancurd Fried Chicken / Lemongrass Roasted Chicken / Ginger juice fried chicken
Vegetable
Rommaine lettuce / Iceberg lettuce
Tofu/Egg
Silken Tofu / Steamed tofu with enoki and beech mushrooms

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And don't forget to have your daily dose of Chicken Essence for supper. A change of supper to Hasma with Red Dates will be nice. And some dessert like Double Boiled Papaya in Milk every now and then. And drink lots ofRed Dates Tea to replenish liquids and vital nutrients.

CONFINEMENT

I've finally decided the confinement food menu that I'm gonna order from Peiling and faxed over to them already. In the first 14 days, I'm only ordering 1 meat, 1 vege, 1 soup, 1 brown & 1 white rice (enough for lunch & dinner), plus delivery fees, it cost close to RM700. If the quality of food & service are good, I will then order for another 14 days but might slightly change the combination of menu.

Based on my estimation, this whole confinement food catering will cost me around RM1500 for 28 days and on top of that, I'll still need to buy some herbs like Dong Guai, Dong Chung Chou, Pao Sum etc & Kampung Chicken & liquor to make double- boiled herbal soup from 14th day onwards. Not forgetting also the Red Dates, Dong Sum & Kei Zhi to prepare the daily herbal tea to drink.

Well if I can work within a budget of 2 - 2.5k, it is still cheaper than getting a confinement lady isn't it? In my last confinement where my aunty was helping me day care, I've also spent nearly 2k on just buying the raw food, herbs & wine so to me I still think DIY it this time can save me a bomb.