So because it has a foreign name its not rich influencer nonsense?

> The estimated cost for a pui yuet in Hong Kong ranges from 63,800 Hong Kong dollars (US $8,100) to 268,000 Hong Kong dollars (US $34,100) for 26 to 30 nights for a live-in nanny

This is really spendy even for china.

It’s not called zuo yuezi it’s just yuezi, or a month of confinement postpartum. Zuo just means to do.

Back in the day, my middle-class American family's default was that the maternal grandmother moved in for the first 2 weeks postpartum, and the paternal grandmother moved in for the second 2 weeks. There could be quite a bit of family support above or beyond that, if needed.

As mom described it, the right mentality was not "grandma is here to take charge", but "grandma is temporary help, in your home, and stepping back from things every day as you recover".

A friend's wife did this in Taiwan. It was around $8,000 USD. They had no family support and used a service that essentially was a hotel with round-the-clock care for her and the baby.