Her name is Jenny

She is a person that put on the effort to take care of pregnant women after giving birth and their baby during this taking care month. She understands and solves those upsetting problems that pregnant women will faces by giving them a recovering postpartum care throughout the confinement month. The better postpartum care the less illness and pain. There are many confinement ladies out there, but each of them has their own ways of dealing with postpartum care. During the month, I just tell myself I need to rest more and leave it to her. I’m not a typical person to deal with. As long as she can take good care of my baby, everything is fine with me. If you ask me to compare my previous confinement lady with the present ones, I should say this present ones is much better in handling my baby needs and my needs too.

Who is she?

She is not the old fashioned confinement lady. I used to call her aunty and my MIL called her Chinese name. I never knew her English name is Jenny until my Calvin boy asks her. And she loves Calvin called her Aunty Jenny. She can speak reasonable English too. She used to work as a house-keeper at Four Season Hotel, Singapore before becoming a confinement lady (She follows her mother’s foot step). Most of the time, she works as a confinement lady at Singapore and she told me just recently her business was at Taiping (Is her hometown too). Last year, she was hired to Australia for 2 months. After taking care of me, she will be going to Sabah meeting another new baby.

How she handles Hebe?

She loves and cares for Hebe. She called her darling all the time. She is soft and patient with her too. Do you know baby do not have to drink water after he or she reaches 6mtnhs? What about you? Do you know this? She told me every baby she takes care of, never drink water and only milk feeding. At first, I don’t trust her and silently, look up at Google. Well, this is something new I learnt from her. She taught me how to flatten baby’s belly button. When Hebe is breast feed, Hebe will have more poo than feeding formula milk. Aunty wakes up every middle of the night to feed and clean Hebe’s poo. Aunty never complains and she still encouraged me to breast feed. She even showed me how to massage Hebe. What I like about her? ~ She always put a smile on her face, no wonder my Calvin boy likes to chit chat with her.

What’s her cooking?

Most of you wanted to know what she cooks for me every day right. So far, I’m enjoying her cooking and looking forward what she will cook for me every single meals. LoL. She never used MSG and salt in her confinement cooking. She will use Chinese wine, sesame oil, soya sauce and black vinegar to make the food tasty. Who said during confinement, we are not allowed to eat vegetables and fruits. With her, I enjoy eating green vegetables like ladies finger, asparagus, broccoli, spinach, Choy sum far, French beans, capsicums and also corns. Fruits? Only red apples after 12th days of confinement. Will post about her cooking very soon.

Aunty Jenny prepare luke warm water with a few slices of ginger for me every morning and evening.

Everytime beside my bed - A mug of dates tea (wolfberries, longan, red and black dates and ginger), "So Hup" pills to relief stomach upset and improve eppetite and my multi vitamin given by the doctor.

 Loves lot of crispy fried shredded ginger on my rice.

 2 dishes + 1 soup. Everytime, I feel very full and never request for tea time anymore. Some of the times, she will prepared red bean soup for me. Or sometimes, I request for only a hot cup of milo or milk. Dinner, aunty Jenny prepared another 2 different dishes with the same soup I have in the afternoon. 

Tonic soup (double boiled chicken with

Yomeishu Dome) every 9.30pm as my supper (This will only prepared after the 12th days)

p/s: today is such a nice date. 11.11.11. Wish you all have a nice weekend!