月子

traditional one-month confinement period following childbirth / puerperium

moon / month / monthly / CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

(noun suffix)

to complete the month of confinement following childbirth / cf 坐月子[zuo4 yue4 zi5]

to convalesce for a month following childbirth, following a special diet, and observing various taboos to protect the body from exposure to the "wind"

morning sickness (in pregnancy)

puerperal fever