mommymommymommy
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I have a rough start to my confinement. My baby was underweight and have to be put in special care at kk for 11 days. I didnt expect that to happen and had informed my CL to come on my scheduled discharge date. Thus, I was home alone with the CL for the first 11 days. Fortunately the CL was very nice. Since my baby is in hospital and she only needs to take care of me, she spend her days cleaning the house and preparing the chinese needed for my confinement for me. Luckily she is quite easy going and not caluculative, possibly feel bad that she does not have to take care of my baby. Thus, she do all the ironing, clean the windows and even the toilets, all without us asking her to do. She is also able to spent more time preparing my confinement meals and herbal soup.I need a confinement lady around July 2012. My first one... I need all the help..
Any recommendation? Please share with me your experiences. My email is ne99ne99@yahoo.com
Looking back, although I was worried sick with my baby initially, I was not too bad after all as I have the first 10 days to adjust to my new body, rest, and deal with my breast engorgement and recover before my baby comes home on day 11. And I have time to communicate with my CL and both of us get to know each other better before my baby comes home.
In the end, we extended her service for one more month after she finished the first 28 days as we are comfortable with her. I believe the important thing in a good confinement is for both parties not to be too calculative and to communicate. I'm sure she wouldnt be too happy if we were to deduct her fee just because my baby is not home and she would not be doing all the extra housework that is not part of her CL duty.