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Postnatal confinement: A tradition to follow or abandon?

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

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Unfortunately, it is an old myth which simply refuses to go away. A woman should not be confined to her bed and kept warm or hot. Another useless tradition is a woman should not wash her hair for one month – hilarious but, unfortunately, very sad.

Postnatal confinement: A tradition to follow or abandon?

A couple watch their newborn on a TV screen at the Heyi Confinement Center in Xiamen, Fujian province. The center takes in only 20 pairs of mothers and babies at a time and charges 48,000 yuan ($7,400) to 198,000 yuan per month.[Provided to China Daily]

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