Doing The Month – Behind the door of Chinese Postnatal Confinement

If one is fortunate, there are many hundreds, perhaps over a thousand months, in one’s life. Of these many months, one month in particular is so special that in China it’s called “the month.”

THE MONTH evokes a wide range of emotions among women in China. Let’s take a closer look at this fascinating collision of ancient tradition and modern creature comforts and provide 3 “Confinement Commandments” for anyone looking to get serious about this stuff.

Chinese postnatal confinement, known as 坐月子...