I delivered in private hospital. I stay 2N and baby stay 4N.
So far I only make use of my clothing (when leaving hospital) and facial wash. As they provide me a package that consist big water tumbler, towel, toothbrush & paste. I go through emergency c-sect, sanitary pack being provided and special underwear too.
You will not bath in the hospital if you remember that you already enter confinement stage (at least not bath for that first few days) I forgotten thou and screaming the nurse to increase the wind blow for aircond, as I was dizzy after c-sect. And had watermelon from the hospital meal. Ops!

* Bring a jacket (suggest that with hood). For speedy recovery, you are encourage to walk around and jacket is of good use. With hood, incase you may want to cover your head (if really tat pantang). I did that when infront of my mom.

For baby, he only need the clothing when leaving hospital, but bring extra pair of mitten. Baby will be dumpling wrap in hospital towel or so. But their nails grow long and the nurse won't trim it. So let them wear mitten and go home only figure out what to do with that long nails.

Enjoy the moment!

It is not to say alright or not. Is up to individual health strength, but we won't know until reach old. As ppl claim that you will know you did it "wrongly" only when the pain comes when old age.

I asked around to clarify this too before I deliver. As I am a daily hairwash lady and have oily scalp. Some of the advise/experience my friends shared:

- Fren A say can wash daily, but she coat her scalp with baby oil before wash it. <OMG! no way for me.. already oily, add more oil?>
- Fren B wash weekly and she tried dry shampoo but curse it so much. So said the dry shampoo make her hair even more dirty as it end up flakes on her hair. <due to that, I never try since it quite pricy thou>

My mom was a confinement lady and I was under her care during confinement. I fight for "washing" til my dad can't bear my noise and help me fight for my rights to get hair wash. My reward is a weekly hairwash and daily bath.

Daily bath = punishment. As my mom make me bath hot ginger water. She prep a hot tub with face towel and chair in the bathroom. Told me to take my time to pat those "sendi-sendi" with hot ginger water. Total sauna in the bathroom.
After bath, not sure I was wiping bath water or my own sweat. Immediate after bath, 1 cup of hot traditional wine. Several times I almost black out as I am not a great drinker.

Throughout confinement, all water used are cooked water. She even wash my plates with cooked water. Lot of argue and quarrel that time, as I stubbornly brush teeth, wash face and hand using tap water.

This post has been edited by cc980024: Jan 14 2019, 11:52 AM