Open this photo in gallery: In China, there is a custom of postpartum confinement, which typically means spending 30 days resting and recovering, both mentally and physically.Lisa5201/iStockPhoto / Getty Images When our first daughter was born in 2021, the first month at home was an exhausting and exhilarating blur as I learned to care for our baby while healing from the delivery. Like many other parents in Canada, that first month was mostly focused on the baby, not my own mental and physical health. But in other cultures, the rest and recovery of new mothers is a priority. In some...