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byJulie FishmanDec 20, 2012

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Cultural Differences

While tossing a newborn off the side of a building or burying its placenta may sound wacky to us Westerners, these ancient traditions are the tenets of childbirth and parenting in other areas of the world. Learn about birth rituals far and wide, and thank your lucky stars that you don’t live in Vietnam, where new moms are trapped indoors for a month … with their mother-in-law!

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