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Cost of a Confinement Lady in Kuching

Hands holding newborn legs with wording cost of a confinement lady in Kuching.

First of all, I must apologize for being inactive for the past 2 years.

The reason behind this is I am now a mum to a sweet 1-year-old.

I must also say that I missed blogging terribly. But, somehow, my mind becomes blank even though I have a lot to share.

In this post, I am going to share a bit of my life now as a new mum – the cost of a confinement lady in Kuching.

I’ve started to ask around for confinement ladies during my first trimester. Firstly, I asked my friends about the recommendation for a confinement lady in Kuching.

I also search online and forums as well.

And I told myself I must be careful when engaging confinement lady services. Because I’ve heard about some scary sharing from friends and social media on the poor attitude of confinement lady which caused new-mums more headache.

The cost of a confinement lady in Kuching in 2016

Then, my sister shared that my brother-in-law’s relative is a confinement lady.

So, we arranged for a short meeting with the confinement lady and placed my booking fee.

The charges were RM3,800 with an angpao for the confinement lady.

She turned out to be a helpful and kind confinement lady who took good care of me, my baby and my hubby for one whole month.

She also cooks healthy, yummy and nutritious confinement meals for me.

a confinement meal with white rice, egg with ginger, spiced meat and apple slices.
Some of my confinement meals such as rice, spinach with wine, egg with ginger, spiced meat and apple slices.
a confinement meal with white rice, herbal soup, spiced meat and kailan with egg.
Another confinement meal of rice, kai-lan with egg, herbal soup, spiced meat, anchovies and apple slices

From sharing with friends, relatives and another confinement lady, I found out the charges for one whole month of service by a confinement lady range from RM3,800 to RM5,000 with an angpao.

For my confinement lady, the angpao is up to me, there’s no specific amount.

For some other confinement lady, they might put a specific request, for example, RM200.

On a side note, my confinement lady cost is the biggest chunk of our expenses in welcoming our baby.

The cost of a confinement lady in Kuching in 2020

During the Chinese New Year celebration in January 2020, I had the opportunity to visit my previous confinement lady.

And she now charges about RM5,000 for one-month confinement services.

She is still as busy as before with many bookings ahead of delivery and some emergency cases where the new mum urgently needs a confinement lady.

The cost of a day-time confinement lady in Kuching

Besides the full-time confinement lady, there is also day-time confinement lady services in Kuching.

When I was at the Klinik Kesihatan, I met other new mums who shared that they pay half of what I paid for a day-time confinement lady. This means the confinement lady only take care of mummy and baby during the daytime.

For the daytime confinement lady, at night the new parents need to take care of the baby.

As for normal birth and mum who breastfeed her newborn, this should be fine. But, it can be quite tiring especially for mums with cesarean like me. Unless the new father is willing to take care of the baby.

Final thoughts

It seems like confinement lady is a must in today’s motherhood.

With most first-time parents staying on their own away from their own parents, confinement lady becomes even more important.

Within that particular one month, I can tell my confinement lady received quite a number of calls from her prospects.

Some are her repeated customers while some are recommended by her previous customers.

When I saw her received many calls and SMS from her previous customers, I know I had made the right decision to engage her as my confinement lady.

Anyone who’s interested in my previous confinement lady services, feel free to leave a message below this post. Then, I shall send you her contact details.

Alternatively, you might want to consider having your confinement at a confinement centre in Kuching. I wrote about it in another sharing, on the confinement centres in Kuching.

I also share the difference between having your confinement at home versus at the confinement centre. Each with its own benefits.

Hope the above helps.

61 thoughts on “Cost of a Confinement Lady in Kuching”

      1. Hi Farah,
        Thank you for your comment.
        Regarding your enquiry, I contacted my previous confinement lady. Unfortunately, she has no experience taking care of Muslim women during confinement. She also said that she speaks little Bahasa Melayu.
        Hope that you will be able to find a reliable confinement lady for your needs.

  1. Hi Michelle,
    May I Know how to contact the confinement lady you had? I have twin babies due on 9th April 2018.
    Joshua at jln song

    1. Hi Ivy,
      I had just emailed you the contact numbers. Do let me know if you didn’t receive. Thank you for dropping by.

    1. Hi Anna, I had just emailed you the contact numbers of my previous confinement lady. Let me know if you didn’t received.

    1. Hi Cherry, I had just emailed you my previous confinement lady contact numbers. Do let me know if you didn’t received.

  2. Good afternoon, Michelle. Thank you for sharing your experiences as a new mother. I hope you can share your confinement helper’s contact.

    1. Hi Eda,
      Thank you for your comment and apologise for the late reply.
      I’ve sent you the contact details of my previous confinement lady.
      Let me know if you didn’t receive it. Hope this helps.

  3. Hi Sis,
    I would like ask abt ur confinement lady contact. Can share w me? Am asking for my girl. She’s due in July. Thanks in advance

    1. Hi Lee,
      Thank you for your comment. I’ve sent you the contact details.
      Please contact her direct to ask if she still provide the confinement service.
      Hope everything is well with your girl.

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