Pui yuet - confinement nanny

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I have read quite a bit about the Chinese tradition of a one month confinement after giving birth. It sounds like an amazing thing, where the mother and baby are well taken care of.

Is this a thing in the UK too? Is this something that families in the Chinese community do? I love the idea for whenever we have our next baby.

Please share your experiences or knowledge as it would be much appreciated.

@LadyIsabellaWrotham

I’m all in favour of someone else doing all the cooking and cleaning for a month but I’d have thought that extended bed rest post partum was a DVT risk.

Lol you don’t get bed rest it’s the total opposite. Indian and Asian women are more likely to have pphs which is why the tradition exists and why mums are encouraged to eat Iron rich foods while also protecting the baby from infection, but you are encouraged to get up and moving around and breastfeeding as soon as possible.

If you can’t breastfeed though the extra calories aren’t appropriate