Postpartum confinement refers to a traditional practice following childbirth.[1] Those who practice it typically begin immediately after the birth, and it lasts for a culturally variable length: typically for one month or 30 days[2], up to 40 days, two months or 100 days.[3] This postnatal recuperation can include "traditional health beliefs, taboos, rituals, and proscriptions."[4] The practice used to be known as "lying-in", which, as the term suggests, centres around bed rest. In some cultures it may be connected to taboos concerning impurity after childbirth.