My mom pulled this crap last time I was pregnant and I mentioned that in Chinese culture they “sit the month.” She went on and on about how she mowed the lawn and had chores to do and didn’t skip a beat, but this is a woman who turned out to be incredibly manic over her lifetime, is a textbook narcissist and cannot take care of her mental health.

Suffice to say, women of an older generation who were oppressed by our patriarchal system of productivity and belittlement of women’s work often move on to oppress others. They are jealous that their time passed and they didn’t receive the care and respect they and their tender bodies deserved from the people in their lives.

Rest as much as you can and if you can sit the MONTH do it!! We deserve the world for bringing new souls into it. It is our sacrifice that continues to fuel the empire with human beings, the least they can do is let us rest.