Jin Rui, a businesswoman from Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, is not pregnant, nor married, but she has already decided she will lay-in for a month after she gives birth. She strongly believes in the health benefits, and she has strong opinions about why women must be careful not to get cold. "When you're pregnant, not only your stomach stretches, your whole body expands. This leaves sp
ace open between you're joints, and if cold air gets Into the joints, you'll get ill, not immediately, but later in life.” This concept was emphasized by several of the Chinese mothers. This, they said, was the main reason women who have just given birth should not go outside in the wind. "If women really must go out during that month, they must wear lots of clothes Women should still wear thick clothes, a big coat and a hat, even if it's summer, to prevent the cold air from getting into their joints, ”explained Wang Rong, 29, who is from Sichuan Province.
