Thank you for the link to the other site, as I stated I only found one site with info on the topic, but most of it is based in tradition and probably not written down on the internet.
I would think that it would benefit you more to bathe , we have a lot more illness than before in history. You live in Canada right, not China, so it would probably behove you to bathe a bit more frequently unless you actually have all your family around you to help you take care of your newborn like the rest of the tradition says, because otherwise you will feel awful very quickly after you give birth. I agree with the other members in the fact that our bodies are designed to give birth and heal quickly from it. I was up and at the mall walking around shopping 3 days after my daughter was born and feel that my getting up and around was what was responsible for my healing and getting back into the swing of things quicker.
Side note don't you ever notice that when you have the flu or are sick you usually feel better after you take a nice hot shower and wash all that sick, been laying in bed all day and night feeling off, I would think the same premise applies to giving birth.
I am not in disagreement of tradition and if that is what you desire then you follow it, it is your family not mine and are free to chose whatever method suits you guys best.