一双手在产后妈妈的腹部做按摩，产妇身上盖着白色床单与灰色毛巾，头边是灰色枕头，室内自然光

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What our therapists see in the first weeks at home. No scare-mongering — only what we observe.

The notes themselves are written in Chinese, for Chinese-speaking families in Australia. This page is an English guide to what each one covers; every link opens the Chinese article.

NO. 20 · RECOVERY · 2026.09.18中文

How long does postpartum bleeding (lochia) last? The Australian normal range, and three reasons to get help

Bright red again on a certain day at home, or a clot coming out — normal contraction, or a reason to call someone that day? Drawing on Queensland Health's parent material, the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne, Queensland Ambulance Service clinical guidelines and NSW Health's Chinese leaflet: how Australia views postnatal bleeding, when it stops for most people, what size of clot is common, and which signs cannot wait until tomorrow.

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All Recovery Confinement Baby Australia guide2 notes

07Can you eat that during confinement? Sorting the traditional rules from what you actually need中文No draughts, no washing your hair, nothing cold or raw, no fruit — the confinement list runs into a practical problem in Australia, where the seasons, the housing and the ingredients are all different. Which rules hold up, which are simply carried over, and what that looks like here.NO. 07 · Confinement · 2026.08.29Confinement2026.08.29

04Confinement in Sydney: a centre, or someone at home? Six points of comparison中文There are essentially two routes in Sydney — move into a confinement centre, or have someone come to the house. When the prices are close, the real difference is not the service list but whether you want to move, who else is at home, and who adapts to whom.NO. 04 · Confinement · 2026.08.26Confinement2026.08.26

English titles and summaries here describe the Chinese articles; they are not translations of them, and nothing is claimed here that the article does not say. The notes are general experience shared by our therapists and do not replace the diagnosis or advice of your doctor or midwife.

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