The lying-in hospitals provided an institutional variation which gave women weeks of bedrest and a respite from household chores.
[citation needed] The use of yue sao, a specialist carer translated in Canada as "postpartum doula",[3] is also very common in China.
These kits may include items like Maternity Pads, Postpartum Underwear, Peri Bottle & more depending on the brand.
Postpartum Kits have become quite popular as a part of hospital bags that expecting parents prepare a few weeks before their due date.
[10] Birth tourism centres operating under the radar in the United States for Chinese women offer "sitting the month".
[citation needed] Outcomes during the postpartum period that have received the most research attention include breastfeeding, greater attendance at postpartum visits, readmissions and emergency room visits, anxiety and depression, oral glucose tolerance testing, hemoglobin A1c testing and contraceptive use.
[12] Evidence suggests that postpartum visits from home/by telephone vs. at the clinic are associated with similar levels of depression or anxiety symptoms up to 1-year post pregnancy.
[citation needed] There is also no reliable evidence that integration of care across multiple types of providers has an impact on depression symptoms or substance use up to 1 year post pregnancy.
Based on a meta-analysis of randomized control trials and nonrandomized comparison studies, peer support is not related to breastfeeding outcomes past 6 months post pregnancy.