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Postnatal confinement: A tradition to follow or abandon?

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-07-22 09:27

Seneca (Expat in China)

A Western pregnant woman gets sheltered as much as a Chinese woman does – but I guess the time she spends in confinement, as you so quaintly put it, is limited to a few days or a couple of weeks. No, Western women also don't have to abstain from taking a shower. In fact, I seem to remember many expectant women go to special pregnant women fitness lessons. They do pregnancy exercises to keep their body fit.

Postnatal confinement: A tradition to follow or abandon?

The center provides nutritious food to the new mothers. During the period, the women should rest and eat special food to help them recover. [Photo/chinanews.com]

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