Hi Janet, I just wanted to say thank you for all the interesting bits of information you pass on. I really appreciate you. Happy Easter. Eileen On 13-Apr-06, at 12:11 PM, Janice Reynolds wrote: > (this article is very interesting in describing Vietnamese traditional > advice about pregnancy and post-partum diet and care) > > > 09-04-2006 > Piecing together puzzle of pregnancy > by Thu Hang > > http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01TAL090406 > > No one knows when the "regulations" for what Vietnamese women should > and > should not do during pregnancy and after giving birth originated, but > most > Vietnamese women follow them. > > Like many women who are going to become mothers, Chi is very worried > that > she doesn't know what to do after giving birth to her child. > > <snip> > > In many regions, women don't eat shrimp, beef, or some types of fish, > but in > some regions they eat it all. It is said that eating fish in the first > three > month can cause diarrhoea. In general, the basic menu includes lean > meat, > rau ngot soup (a kind of vegetable that is very good for women's health > after giving birth), and chao mong gio, (a kind of gruel made of rice, > young > papaya and pig's trotter). > > According to tradition, a woman will produce more breast milk if she > eats > chao mong gio everyday after giving birth. In order to produce milk, > some > women try to eat as many as three big bowls of chao mong gio each day. > > (see link for full article and other mentions of breastfeeding > traditions) > > Janice Reynolds > > *********************************************** > > To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail > To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) > To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet > All commands go to [log in to unmask] > > The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned > LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) > mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: > http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html > *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html