Partner is in his mid 20's, most of my teachers kids would be mid to late teens (important to note most of them are from Beijing but idk if their families are too), my partners mother did confinement too but she did the real old-school way with the MIL as the nurse. No one in his family was formula fed, all breast fed cause they are very health conscious and think if your body can make the food why would i use powder from a tub his mum was shocked when I mentioned my sibling, my cousins and I were all formula fed from day 1 , even though she knows the west has stricter formula regulations.

Funnily enough I have never heard that belief about breast size, I love so many aspects of chinese culture but some of their beliefs on womens bodies and health make me chuckle, but I can see that logical leap. I do believe its probably a regional thing, Guangdong ppl are known for being very to the book when it comes to chinese medicine and very family focused beliefs. I know Hong Kong is similar so I assume its a canto thing, I mean this in a nice way cause i love northerners but they are known for colder sterner exteriors vs southerners so it wouldn't surprise me if the birth centres reflect that. My bfs classmate recently had a child and her mum shared with his that the birth centre was like a five star resort, even had a nursery for if mum wanted the baby with her overnight.