Archive for February, 2008

Foods to avoid constipation during confinement

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!One of the painful and scariest thing after giving birth is to pass motion.  Bowel movement will cause some pain to the stitching as we need to exert and it will slightly hurts the episiotomy.  Therefore, it is very [...]

Soya bean, soy products are not good for pregnant women

Monday, February 11th, 2008

The food to avoid when pregnant is soy products. Yet, many pregnant moms go out of their way to consume more soya bean drink, eat soya bean cakes and totally adore soy products because they were told that soy will give their babies fair and beautiful complexion.
As with everything, one shouldn’t consume too much [...]

Can pregnant moms eat century eggs?

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

Century eggs are one of those things that many find as delicacy while others find revolting. However, many women, including me find it irresistible during pregnancy. The urge to eat it is so great and yet, I wonder if it is safe? Was it made with lots of chemicals? Since it [...]

Confinement food recipe - tumeric chicken

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Tumeric or kunyit is a herb much favoured for its healing properties. Tumeric is recognised as one of the ingredients in many health supplements. Therefore, those of us who live in the Asia continent is lucky that we can get fresh tumeric or kunyit easily. Otherwise, there are powder tumeric which is [...]

Chinese confinement practices

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Chinese confinement practices are one of those things that our moms and grandmas force it down our throats.  I am the rebellious one who often argued with my mom because I hate all the restrictions.  Things include :
1) No bathing for 12 days after birth
2) No exposing ourselves and we must wrapped ourselves including wear [...]