A 30-day Singaporean Chinese confinement plan in the Hokkien tradition, tuned for recovery after a caesarean. Tap any dish for its recipe; each meal has an alternative. Day 1 is 2026-07-08, starting with dinner.
Every day — applies to all 30 days
Fluids: warm or room-temperature water throughout, plus a cup around each feed. Warm red-date tea in the morning; mild ginger or longan red-date tea before bed.
With lunch & dinner: a portion of well-cooked leafy greens + a carb (rice, mee sua, or sweet potato) for steady feeding energy.
Cooking in the heat: keep ginger and sesame oil moderate, serve soups warm not scalding, and omit rice wine (or cook it off fully while breastfeeding).
The plan
Four phases, thirty days
Tap a dish for the recipe. Each meal shows an “or” alternative you can swap in; an iron tag marks the day’s iron dish.
Week 1
Healing · after a caesarean
Days 1–7 · 8–14 Jul
Caesarean recovery, first few days: gentle on the gut and the wound. Day 1 starts at dinner (8 July) — the day Amelia is likely home. No gas-forming foods yet (sweet potato, broccoli, beans return in Week 2). Ginger, sesame oil and any rice wine stay light and only ease in from around Day 5. Easy-digest protein for wound healing.
Week 1 shopping list
Week 2
Milk supply
Days 8–14 · 15–21 Jul
Dang gui and black vinegar pork trotters come in now that early bleeding has settled.
Week 2 shopping list
Week 3
Strength building
Days 15–21 · 22–28 Jul
Stronger iron dishes for rebuilding — clams, mussels and black-bean pork soups.
Week 3 shopping list
Week 4
Recovery & normalising
Days 22–30 · 29 Jul–6 Aug
Widest variety; a second pork-trotter vinegar is optional.