Postpartum women must continue to eat a balanced diet, just as they did while they were pregnant. Supplementing with iron and folic acid should also be continued for three months following delivery. Breastfeeding mothers need to consume more food and plenty of clean water.

A female domestic worker is called a maid, housemaid, or maidservant. Domestic service was, after agricultural work, the second-largest employment category in England and Wales during the Victorian era. Nowadays, full-time maids are usually found in the wealthiest households in developed Western nations.