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Is the Chinese postpartum tradition of ‘Sitting the Month’ going global?

The Bridge to China

CHAPTER

The Importance of Sitting the Month

Ashley: "The whole tradition of sitting the month, first of all, is about support and care for the mom and the baby" She says it's a time for parents to really bond with their baby. It's through taking care of the baby day and night that the baby learns to trust both the mom and dad and the caretaker. And if you have to get a cut, you don't actually feel the cut because the act of giving birth itself is so painful that Ashley cutting your tissue raw doesn't feel it.

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