Can I bathe during confinement? If I can't, how do I wash my private part? Can I even touch water ?

Can I bathe during confinement? If I can't, how do I wash my private part? Cab I even touch water ?

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Hi there, just sharing my experiences... I am Malay and I had normal delivery for both kids. Sharing my race bcos it's ok in my culture to shower normally during pantang. And bcos both my deliveries are normal, I had no major wounds to cover during shower. However, I was advised to shower not too early in the morning cos 'scared get morning chills' and not to late in the noon (this one not sure why. lol!). So I shower around 9ish right b4 my massage lady comes. I understand from some of my Chinese friends they shower with herbal water for better circulation or something (I might be wrong on this). U can check around ya.. 😊 Overall, most of my friends from other races have green light with showering as it is good for hygiene. So if can shower, means can touch water, I guess? And wash private areas... But 1st week we not encouraged to shower baby cos 'not strong enough'. But I do have some friends that shower their nb cos no one else can help them.

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