I'm a big fan of the board aspecialy the advice section i dont often psto but i thoght i had to in this case.

I'm a person whol do alot of reading on reproductiv ceremonis, customs and traditions, and i had heard of this one before but i had to admite i did not know it was still being practised so i hav to apolagice about that.

And please i have no intention to come down on Asian traditions i'm all for a varaity.

Many cultures ahve had simular traditions where washing or bathing was not alowed or dicuraged after childbirth some belive that awowering after childbirth was a sign of regecting the child and thereby being an unfit mother, others where rooted in that it was a gift from god and thereby a sign of disrespect to clean that of yourself.

In truth from a medical stand point it's important to keep yourself clean after childbirth, becase of the birth a woman is exstreamly seseptabul to all kinds of infections so as long as you keep yourself warm (do not get to cold becase agine your imune system is slightly down) it more then ok to take a shower.

I'm just a guy and i dont know alot about all this, but i remember clearly that when my borthers baby was born first thing she did was to get the nurses help her go take a shower.

That is my take on it any way... i hope i ahve not put any offence towards the Asian traditions if so i deeply apolagice.