My version of Chinese confinement do’s and don’ts, the modern way part 3

Continuation of part 1 and part 2

Another no no during confinement is you can’t touch water. Hm… this is a tricky one. Unless you don’t plan to bath, wash your privates or your delicates and just let it smell, you go ahead and do it. What is the whole purpose of not touching water? It is because touching water, it can sip into your pores and wind can enter to the body. I asked my doctor was it ok to bath and he said you can even swim if you want (i had a C section) The first thing i did when i got home from the hospital is to take a shower. Even though the nurses washed and wipe me (and my private part) c’mon there’s so much blood down there, nothing like having a warm shower cleanses everything. How could you not wash your hands? You need to sanitize yourself cause your taking care of your newborn. Don’t tell me your hands won’t get dirty.

Having said all of the above. You can always use warm water to do your things. Like taking a shower, washing your delicates, your hands etc. Unlike back in the days we have water heater now. Of course way back in China thousand years ago it was very inconvenient, especially in the cold weather. By using warm water you don’t have t be afraid of wind getting into the body. It is belief that using water wind will get into the body regardless if it’s cold or hot. But buy using warm water it minimizes the cause.

I love my warm bubble bath, especially when i was pregnant. Nothing like a warm bath that soothes the body. Of course not too hot, just warm (less than 100F). I’m sorry to say for all those people that went through the whole month of not taking a shower, it’s just disgusting. It’s a hygiene issue not about getting wind in your body. How can you be  unclean while you have to take care of your newborn and on top of that have to breast feed. Common sense has to kick in for some people. To me it just doesn’t make sense. What you can do is hold the shower and wash your private part. Do whatever that’s necessary so that you are clean. We are no longer stuck in the past, there are many ways you can go about this.

This sums it up for my confinement do’s and don’ts, can’t believe it took me 3 post and there were only a few don’ts These are the few main things that i believe that is important. Of course still there are many people out there that have their reasons to follow the traditional ways which is fine. Everyone can have their own version of their do’s and don’ts. For those who are expecting, congrats and take care!