My MCHN told me that Cambodian women stay in bed for 30 days after the birth. The MIL is to come and take care of her and mums feet aren't supposed to touch the floor for this time. (Except toilet) She is also fed good nutritious, warming foods to aid recovery.
Needless to say I am Cambodian after my kids are born....then back to good old traditionless Aussie after that.
Maybe it was vietnamese?? I get confused - we have the most lovely cambodian neighbour who tell us all sorts of cryptic things about children growing like blades of grass....I love him.
My husband is Balinese & traditions vary from village to village. But we are also Hindu, during the pregnancy we shouldnt judge others or say nasty things as the things we say will be bestowed on our unborn child... Also the husband isnt to cut his hair as it is to show other women he is married with a pregnant wife & make him unattractive to others...
The woman is supposed to eat whatever she desires or the baby will be a heavy dribbler..
Once born the mother is deemed dirty/unclean until she stops bleeding & the baby is not to touch the ground for the first 100 days approx...
The father & family do everything to care for the baby & the Mother eats lots of nutrtious foods to make good strong milk so she only rests & feeds baby...
Then every 3 months or so various ceremonies are performed...
When I was PG with Marcus DF and I went out with his work mates for christmass drinks and all the maltesse guys (there was about 4 of them) kept offering me there food, saying that a PG woman needs to eat even if she wasn't hungry it was to help feed bubs, so being me and not wanting to offend any one I would eat until I was full as a goog!
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