*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Lakenia Mahdi has brought the Malaysian practice of belly binding to St. Louis moms who have just given birth — a practice aimed ...

After navigating the new world of pregnancy comes the next phase, postpartum recovery. It's a period where you're split in time, needing to care for your newborn while holding space to care for your ...

Pregnancy and childbirth are certainly no simple and easy feat for our bodies. While growing a human inside us, our bellies expand, we retain more fluid, ligaments are looser, the list goes on for all ...

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Bengkung belly binding is a Malaysian postpartum practice, involving an intricate wrapping and knotting of cloth around the midsection. The 15-yard-long, 10-inch-thick piece of cloth, wrapped from the ...

Mira Rajput posted a picture that was taken 10 days after her son Zain’s birth and revealed that she tried the Bengkung Belly Bind to get back in shape. Mira Rajput took to Instagram stories to share ...