My husband is Balinese & traditions vary from village to village. But we are also Hindu, during the pregnancy we shouldnt judge others or say nasty things as the things we say will be bestowed on our unborn child... Also the husband isnt to cut his hair as it is to show other women he is married with a pregnant wife & make him unattractive to others...
The woman is supposed to eat whatever she desires or the baby will be a heavy dribbler..
Once born the mother is deemed dirty/unclean until she stops bleeding & the baby is not to touch the ground for the first 100 days approx...
The father & family do everything to care for the baby & the Mother eats lots of nutrtious foods to make good strong milk so she only rests & feeds baby...
Then every 3 months or so various ceremonies are performed...
When I was PG with Marcus DF and I went out with his work mates for christmass drinks and all the maltesse guys (there was about 4 of them) kept offering me there food, saying that a PG woman needs to eat even if she wasn't hungry it was to help feed bubs, so being me and not wanting to offend any one I would eat until I was full as a goog!
That is also true for Singaporean women. My friend is from Singapore and after giving birth she stayed in bed for 30 days and was fed a vegetable broth everyday which is supposed to be good for milk supply. Her mother and MIL were in charge of keeping the house during that time and mum/bub basically spent the whole time in bed.
To be honest, that might be ok for a few days but I think I'd go nuts staying in bed that long!!
yep one of the women at work is Chinese, and shes not supposed to shower, bathe, anything for a month after the birth (she had big arguments with the family over that one)
Tracey, I hear you! Don't call your child ANYTHING you don't want whilst in utero.
My DS knew he was loved and precious, but also when I was pg I told people who asked "what is it?" that I was having a platypus. DS darts around like mad and also can eat his own bodyweight in food in a single day. And then some, if I'm honest (we've kept tabs, home and Nursery, for our own interest: he has eaten this much!). But he is also gorgeous, clever, strong, precious and adorable. Which doesn't quite make up for the food bill, but never mind.
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