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[phaedrus]

I think it is obvious that a woman should rest after giving birth. However, apparently Korean women are different, and require much rest, can't shower much, and face a number of other unique hardships following childbirth.

This is advice I get from people I talk to that know my Korean wife is pregnant.

Korean people actually tell me, and regularly, that Korean women's bodies are different, and require special care after childbirth. Thanks for the advice.

There is also the �� �� �� thing. It is amazing that Western women can cope after childbirth without this magical soup.

I hate to burst the Korean's bubbles, but I'm quite sure all women are the same.

[FUBAR]

Doesn't the mother-in-law move in for the first 6-8 weeks after childbirth as well?

[phaedrus]

[fidel]

My wife tried to go to one of these special recuperation places for a month. Like I said, tried......

[crazylemongirl]

Looking at korean women I wonder how the hell they can give birth as they don't have much in the way of hips (says clg with the western child bearing hips).

I think that the behaviors are basically a reaction to past days where there were high infant/mother mortality rates which really weren't that long ago when you consider how fast korea developed.

[ajuma]

Actually, �� �� �� is probably really good post-partum (after birth!). It's full of iron and nutrients which are essential for women after childbirth. Ok, 3 times a day is a little much, but considering Korea's history, it probably saved a lot of women from anemia.

[dutchman]

I suffered with the mother-in-law for the first child. My wife went to the care center for the second. She could only endure 2 weeks of it though. It's a great idea if only they catered to making the women comfortable instead of sticking with all the old wives tales.

Although...they might be on to something. My wife was back to her pre-pregnancy figure within a month or two of stopping breast feeding. That pissed off all my buddies' wives and my sister-in-laws back home.

[intergalactic]

Koreans tell western women they will need the same. I really enjoyed my post-natal mi-yok-guk soup-fest though.
The care centre we (husband too) stayed in (same place I gave birth) was FANTASTIC - great meals, massages, sauna, yoga classes. I would have stayed for a month if I could have! OK I probably would have been tired of the soup after a week, but the han-bang treatments were divine!
I don't agree with the babies being kept in the nursery there and brought out for scheduled feeds, but we kept our baby with us in our room the whole time. We got the benifits of privacy, bonding as a family, and nurturing for me too all in luxury.
HUSBANDS - DON'T DENY YOUR WIVES THIS GREAT EXPERIENCE unless you aren't allowed to stay too. Then you need to provide all her meals for the first while unless you want the mother-in-law at your house!

[dutchman]

[Harin]

all doubtful evidence set aside, i believe it is important to let your wife rest, eat, and take care of herself in whichever way she prefers best and feels closely matches her need.

[phaedrus]

[Harin]

[intergalactic]

Dutchman, mine was in Jeonju.