am half way through my period now. my m-i-l boiled "dong quai" (which is a chinese herb) for me to "heal my womb", as the chinese say. she knows now that whenever i have my periods, i am flat out the first two days from total exhaustion. so i guess it's her way of showing that she's concerned for me as well :)
i have to say, she was really good to me after i had my termination. she cooked specially for me everyday for almost two weeks! bear in my mind that these were separate dishes from the rest of the family, just for me, so she had to cook twice at each meal! and it was all the extremely good stuff to heal my body with. so i guess you can say that i was pampered then.
am really grateful to her for taking the extra time just to nourish me. the only way to repay her is to give her another grandchild. and hopefully soon too.