South Korea may have the world’s lowest birthrate, but it is also home to perhaps some of its best postpartum care.

At centers like St. Park, a small, boutique postpartum center, or joriwon, in Seoul, mothers are provided with hotel-like accommodations, facials, massages, child-care classes, and nurses who watch over the babies around the clock.

Some mothers say the centers are the best part of childbirth in South Korea, where fewer people are deciding to have children because of high costs. https://nyti.ms/3SzZyKu

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