I Cooked Chinese Postpartum Cuisine to Hide the Fact That I Didn't Want Kids
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glamour.comDid I actually resent my niece, this perfectly innocent little being? I wondered the next morning, as I hovered over a chicken and ginger congee bubbling fiercely on the stovetop.
The answer to that question may have been in the pot. Indeed, the steam enflamed the burning guilt of my childlessness and failure to be a “good” Taiwanese daughter.
In that sense, cooking for my sister-in-law felt more like penance than a good deed.Known in Chinese as zuo yue zi or “sitting the month” (坐月子), the Chinese postpartum confinement practice is widely considered miserable, .
Because Chinese culture believes new mothers are (which leads to sickness), they are instructed to quarantine at home for 30 days and eat a regimented “warming” diet.
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