Budget after 10 days of confinement

I almost reach 10 days of confinement.

How much I have spent?

Herbs - red date 红棗, thomson (500g RM 40), pei kei, blue date, 
black date (500g RM 70, this one i didn't buy) etc, bathing herb, sweet dang gui for mum, 木耳 (RM 7.50 for 300 gm)

To prepare the red date water:

1) Red dates (红枣) (put more about 20 since cheaper, about RM 12 for 500gm)
2) Blue dates ( put 5 or 6 since expensive about RM 40 for 500 gm) (black dates - expensive, didn't buy, RM 70 for 500 gm)
3) Radix Codonopsis pilosula aka DangShen (党参)  ( put about 5 or 6 since expensive about RM 40 for 500 gm)
4) Chinese wolfberry (枸杞) 
5) 2 slices of bentong ginger
6) 2 pieces of Pak kei aka dried astragalus root




Pak kei



RM 170+107

So Ho Wan - RM 22 per packet

Chicken - kampung chicken

2 at RM 35

2 at RM 40

Pork - 

Pai Gui - RM 5 *4 packet = RM 20

Mei You - RM 15 *2 = RM 30

You Ngan = RM 8


Vegetables, onion, big onion etc = RM 100

Bentong Ginger - RM 14 per kg ( so far already consume 5 kg)

Wine - RM 15 ( 10 bottles)

10 days budget:

Herbs = RM 300
Chicken and Pork: RM 150
Vegetable = RM 200
Wine = RM 150
Gas  = RM 29

Total: RM 829 ( If 1 months almost need 3k)

After 12 days, almost everyday need a kampung chicken to boil soup for my wife. Either coconut chicken or dome chicken.

Confinement lady RM 3.5 k
Wife caesarean RM 5.4 k
Food RM 3 k

Total 12k

Not yet count milk powder and diapers.