Avoid Do

Eating liver Eat more vegetables

Cold food & drinks
Raw food (sushi)
Eating barley
Using sunflower or red
flower oil for cooking
Traveling long distance
Carrying heavy objects
Drink honey to rid
heatiness
Drink warm honey water to
shorten the time of labor
Eat a heavier breakfast,
moderately for lunch, less
for dinner and no supper
Some light exercises every
morning
Get Some massage before
sleep
Have a rest after lunch

Drink 1 bowl of red dates beverage every day for 30 days prior to due date.
It acts as detoxication agent for anesthetics after caesarean delivery.
Other benefits
include:

Prevent hair loss

Expedite the healing process of the
wound
More radiant baby's complexion

Method of preparation:
Make small cuts on 7 - 10 red dates. Soak red dates in a bowl of hot water for an hour.
Steam for 2 hours and consume.

The following process of rejuvenating the womb should be

practiced:
1st to 5th day Cleansing & detoxifying
6th to 10th day Firming of the womb & enhancing chi
11th to 20th Strengthening spine & pelvic
day
21st to 30th Revitalising & building energy

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 day
Do not bathe for the first 12 days. Instead use berbal remedy
for light cleaning.
Avoid eating "cooling' vegetables (eg. brinjals, "kangkung")
during the first 7 days of your confinement.
Avoid eating deep-fried food.
Do not have a fan directly blow towards you. Air-conditioned
room is allowed. Temperature should be between 26 °C to 28
°C.
Do not carry the newborn while standing. Carry the newborn
only while sitting down.

What you need to do while sitting:

Always place a small pillow behind your back while you are sitting either on
the bed or a chair in your car.

Bending one or both knees up from time may help relive discomfort .
What you need to do while lying:
While you are lying on your back placing a pillow under your thighs will give you more
comfort and will help you relax
What you need to do while getting out of bed or into bed:
For getting out of bed first roll on your side, place one hand to support you wound if
necessary and with the help of your other hand try to slowly pull yourself up.

For getting into bed simply reverse the procedure but remember to
support your tummy and the stitches.

What you need to do while laughing, coughing or sneezing:

Always support your tummy while you are laughing / coughing or
sneezing.

If you need to cough something up, the least painful and most
effective way is to "huff" (a short forced breath out through your
mouth, like steaming up a mirror).
Helpful exercises:
Briskly circle your feet, bend forward and backward and stretch your
feet at the ankle for 20 to 30 seconds. This exercise helps maintain
circulation and prevents swelling. Do this exercise as often as
possible and start immediately and continue until you are up and
about.

Lie down with your knees bend. Pull in your tummy and take both knees gently to the

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left then to the right. Bend knees as far as it is comfortable. Repeat several times.

Be patient:
After childbirth, there is going to be a lot of tenderness so the first time you make
love, take it slow and stead, The episiotomies site might not have had the chance
to heal over completely and even if your stitches have long since healed, it can
take literally months for the soreness in the area to clear up. Therefore go slow
and the slower you take it the better.

Experimenting is quite fun:

Even if you are a strict missionary person, you

must experiment because that position is the
worst for creating pressure on the tender area.
Try experimenting in a variety of position which
make intercourse as comfortable as possible,
you never know you might find some positions
that you like and carry on doing it.
Take the advice of your doctor:
It is recommended that you talk warmly and
openly about your sexual needs with your
doctor and take his advice. Be sure to tell your
doctor that you intend to continue and improve
your sexual relationship after birth. If hr advises
you against sexual relationship after birth. If he
advises you against sexual relationship after
birth. If he advises you against sexual
intercourse, always ask "Why?" and "For how
long?".

A few do's and don'ts:

Don't try to be a superwomen: having a baby can be a full-time job, so try to
reduce commitments during your pregnancy. Don't bother too much about
household chore. (If you are at work, make sure you eat nourishing food and don't
tire yourself out. Try to put your feet up during lunch time.).

Do make friends with other couples who are expecting or have just had a baby. This
will help you clear your doubts in any fields and also provide you with some support.
Do take plenty of rest once the baby has arrived. Try to learn the knack of catnapping.
You can ask your husband to bottle-feed the baby at night so that you can take rest a
stretch.

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 It is necessary to know that during pregnancy:
Weigh yourself only once a week to keep the stress of slow
weight loss to a minimum. Losing about a pound per week
is safe.
A woman's waist expands 50 inches
Her skin is stretched by 400%
Her hips widen half a foot
Her fat cell grow to 125% their original size - all 30 billion of them

If you are new to the joy of exercising,

start slowly and increase your intensity
and duration over time. If you exercise
too hard too soon after your delivery,
your vaginal flow may increase. Thus,
increase your exercises gradually
allowing yourself time to build up over a
number of weeks.
When it comes to the abdominal work,
ensure your rectus abdominal muscles
have come back together before going
on to more advanced exercises. (You
can ask you doctor, physiotherapist or
your postnatal exercise teacher to
show you how to check on the
muscles.).

Do make friends with other couples who are expecting or have just had a baby. This
will help you clear your doubts in any fields and also provide you with some support.
Do take plenty of rest once the baby has arrived. Try to learn the knack of catnapping.
You can ask your husband to bottle-feed the baby at night so that you can take rest a
stretch.

It is necessary to know that during pregnancy:

Weigh yourself only once a week to keep the stress of slow
weight loss to a minimum. Losing about a pound per week
is safe.
A woman's waist expands 50 inches
Her skin is stretched by 400%
Her hips widen half a foot
Her fat cell grow to 125% their original size - all 30 billion of them

If you are new to the joy of exercising,

start slowly and increase your intensity
and duration over time. If you exercise

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 When it comes to the abdominal work,
ensure your rectus abdominal muscles
have come back together before going
on to more advanced exercises. (You
can ask you doctor, physiotherapist or
your postnatal exercise teacher to
show you how to check on the
muscles.).

Postnatal Recipe & Menu

BREAKFAST
Diet: Fine Multi Grains, Pork Porridge, Hi-fibre Bread,
Black Sesame Cereal (either1 item)
Take Peiling Herbal Health Formula - 1 sachet
(before or after breakfast)
Suggestion: After main meal, may consume fruits.
Drinks: Herbal Beverage (2 cups per day).

LUNCH
Diet: Ginger Sesame Oil Pig's Liver and/ or Ginger
Yellow Wine Pig's Liver(1st to 7th days).
Advised to finish together with Pig's Liver & the
soup, otherwise finish the soup only.
Vegetable: Gei Chi Minced Meat with Broccoli/ Fried Kai Lan/
Mixed Vegetable/ Braised Mooi Choy
Rice: Chinese Barley Rice - 1 bowl

TEA TIME
Red Bean Soup - 1 bowl
Suggestion: May consume fruits during tea time

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DINNER
Diet: Ginger Sesame Oil Pork Liver, Ginger Yellow
Wine Pork Liver (either 1 item, please
consume until 7 days)
Best to take Pork Liver, otherwise can choose
to eat as following: Sesame Oil fried meat with
Mushroom or Black Mook Yee. Other side
dishes may include fish soup dishes.
Vegetable: Minced Ginger Fried Broccoli, Fried Meat, Gei
Chi Minced Meat with Broccoli, Fried
Cauliflower mixed Vegetable (either 1 item)
Steamed Soup: Peiling Herbal Rejuvenation Soup (1 bowl
when dinner, 1 bowl when night)
Rice: Chinese Barley Rice, alternative Brown RIce

BREAKFAST
Diet: Fine Multi Grains, Pork Porridge, Hi-fibre Bread,
Black Sesame Cereal (either1 item)
Take Peiling Herbal Health Formula - 1 sachet
(before or after breakfast)
Suggestion: After main meal, may consume fruits.
Drinks: Herbal Beverage (6 cups per day).

LUNCH
Diet: Sesame Oil Pork Kidney, Yellow Wine Pork Kidney
(8th to 14th days) (either 1 item)
Advised to finish together with Pig's Kidney& the
soup, otherwise finish the soup only. Other side
dishes may include fish dishes.
Vegetable: Gei Chi Minced Meat with Broccoli, Fried Kai Lan,
Fried Mixed Cauliflower, Braised Mooi Choy (either
1 item)
Rice: Advised best to take Chinese Barley Rice, 1 bowl.

TEA TIME
Red Bean Soup - 1 bowl
Suggestion: May consume fruits during tea time

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DINNER
Diet: Yellow Ginger Fried Minced Meat, Gei Chi
Dom Wine Steamed Chicken, Chicken Yellow
Wine, Yellow Ginger Braised Chicken,
Steamed Fish (either 1 item)
Vegetable: Minced Ginger Fried Broccoli, Fried Meat, Gei
Chi Minced Meat with Broccoli, Fried
Cauliflower mixed Vegetable (either 1 item)
Steamed Soup: Peiling Herbal Rejuvenation Soup (1 bowl
when dinner, 1 bowl when night)
Rice: Chinese Barley Rice, alternative Brown RIce