Should I rename this blog for the next 60 days?

Confinement at 42. What do you think?

After a 3 day stay at the hospital post delivery, I was discharged and returned to home sweet home on the 9th. I was a bit apprehensive going home. First is because I did not get much rest in the hospital, second at home there are the first three kids that equally demands attention and the usual nagging and worry about school work, exams, etc.

But I was wrong. Being home in the solace of your own bedroom, your own pillow, even your own blanket makes the difference in terms of comfort. The kids have been great, helping out in running back and forth from upstairs to downstairs and vice-versa to fetch things for me or for the baby. They can't wait for the baby to grow so that they can play with him. In fact today I saw Zarif trying to wake the baby up so that he can gaze into the brother's eyes. Last Saturday, while napping, I saw Aliah patiently waiting beside the baby and just contented in just looking at him. And Munirah, I think the arrival of the baby seems to have softened Munirah a bit. She is proud of the baby brother and have been making little announcements to her friends, their mothers and even the piano teacher!

I can't say enough on MrM. He is my pillar of strength. What would I do without him? From going to market, finding the haruan, sending kids here and there (tuition, kem solat), teaching the maid how to cook the fish, doing groceries, running errands here and there, cleaned and buried the tembuni (placenta), finding the urut lady, fixing things around the house, entertaining guests, the list goes on and on. By night time he is so dead tired it is a relief to lie down and straighten his back and before you know it he is snoring away. I am sure most husbands are that way, but knowing how he felt as the baby was about to be born, and the surge in emotions that can only be felt by seeing the look on his face, makes me understand MrM's sense of responsibility over me, this baby and the family as a whole.

I felt rather weak the first few days and naturally so since I just had that surgery on Monday. I was not in the mood to eat anything and the steamed ikan haruan is enough to throw you off any other food. So far it has been toast for breakfast, ikan haruan for lunch and dinner, a lot of vegetables and either plain water or Milo for drinks. Tomorrow I must stop drinking anything with sugar or milk and I tell you after indulging for 9 months, this will be so difficult. Rice I can do without, but my cup of Nescafe laced with condensed milk, that is a challenge for me!

Today the makcik urut came. The massage session was really good, this persistent headache since hospital days is gone! I am not sure if it is the massage OR the NR tablets that I have been taking for the past two days. One good thing about this NR tablets is that it eases my constipation. I guess that may have contributed to the headache. The urut will continue for the next 2 days and another session at 40 days.

Been diligently taking Afifah's prescribed Gamat Jelly since Friday. With ikan haruan, gamat, the NR tablets, I hope this will be a good start to the healing process and shedding excess weight. Once I am a bit more confident and stronger, I will pay a visit to Sispa for some fat burning session. And take brisk walks around the block to strengthen my legs and lungs since naik tangga pun still mengah.

Plans are as good as plans unless executed.