Singapore’s $125,000-a-Month Retreats Are Latest Luxury for New Moms

  • Confinement centers blend Asian customs with top-end amenities
  • Market for the facilities seen reaching $18.8 billion by 2029

The care facilities blend Asian techniques for helping mothers recuperate from childbirth with top-end amenities like massages and music therapy.

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Joey Zhang knows many of her clients are wealthy. So rich, in fact, that their homes are often even swankier than Singapore’s five-star Shangri-La Apartments.

But in the weeks immediately following childbirth, the founder of confinement center provider Singjoy says new parents want more than just their familiar posh surroundings.