The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother by Marisa Belger, Amely Greeven, Heng Ou

The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother

Marisa Belger, Amely Greeven, Heng Ou

224 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction informative slow-paced

Description

The first 40 days after the birth of a child offer an essential and fleeting period of rest and recovery for the new mother. Based on author Heng Ou's own postpartum experience with zuo yuezi, a set period of "confinement," in which a woman remain...

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