For both pregnancy of my son and my daughter, I did not take a bath until the 12th days. I worn globes if I need to touch water for most of the time (sometimes, I forgot). Also, I sat in a bucket of water to wash my bottom everyday. From the 12th days onwards, I washed my body and hair with ginger water every 2 days until the 1st month's over. Then, I just kept using the ginger water until I finished all of them everyday. To me, I could not tell the difference yet but many of the older generation told me that they regretted that they did not follow the old Chinese tradition and they complained of bone hurting now.
花旗太太生活在花旗國,留意時差,你問我未必即時答到。