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This photo taken on May 17, 2018 shows new mothers doing yoga exercises under the instruction of an instructor at the Lake Malaren International Postpartum Care Centre in Shanghai. - The setting may resemble a five-star hotel, but this is a "sitting centre" on Shanghai's outskirts where mothers pay up to 70,000 yuan (11,000 USD) a month to stay with their newborns. Chinese culture dictates that mothers confine themselves after giving birth, also known as a "sitting month". (Photo by - / AFP) / China OUT / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: "CHINA-LIFESTYLE-BIRTH-WOMEN-GENDER-CHILDREN-HEALTH" FEATURE BY PETER STEBBINGS (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

This photo taken on May 17, 2018 shows new mothers doing yoga exercises under the instruction of an instructor at the Lake Malaren International Postpartum Care Centre in Shanghai. - The setting may resemble a five-star hotel, but this is a "sitting centre" on Shanghai's outskirts where mothers pay up to 70,000 yuan (11,000 USD) a month to stay with their newborns. Chinese culture dictates that mothers confine themselves after giving birth, also known as a "sitting month". (Photo by - / AFP) / China OUT / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: "CHINA-LIFESTYLE-BIRTH-WOMEN-GENDER-CHILDREN-HEALTH" FEATURE BY PETER STEBBINGS (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
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