To Do's and Not To Do's when pregnant

Here on Pohnpei, we have certain ways of taking care of a pregnant women. When a women is pregnant, she is to be given a local medicine to drink. The medicine will help cool up the womb so the baby will not be too hot from lack of water. When women got pregnant here, the women often lost her appetite, she do not want to eat even drinking water. So that is why the medicine is made, the believe of all pregnant women do not like to drink water is still going on. There are rules for a pregnant women,
  1. shower before the sun rises 
  2. shower before the sun sets.

these are the things that they are not allowed to do when pregnant,
  1. No walking during night 
  2. No eating while walking 
  3. No walking under the rain 
  4. No wearing of jewelries
  5. No shopping before the baby is born. 
All of these things were often told to a pregnant women.All of these things are believed to be for the health of the pregnant women and her baby. There are also rules given to the husbands, they are to not have a hair cut and shave during pregnancy. This will help reduce the delivery pain. It was also believed that if the needs of the pregnant women are all met before delivery, she will have a painless delivery. So this is why husbands are always at your service when pregnant. Our forefathers believed that if a pregnant women go shopping for the unborn baby, the act of preparing for the arrival of the baby might bring bad luck and baby might might make it. That is why here on Pohnpei, baby shower is done after the delivery. It does not matter how long after the delivery.

During child birth, the soon-to-be-mom is expected not to cry. Even if she felt like crying, she must not show pain. This is cultural, if you show pain you are not a women. Women have to be strong, even during delivery.

**Kalahngan and Thank you for reading, if you want to ask anything, suggestions, add something to this, let me know in the comments below. Or if you see something that is not understandable, let me now.Thank you **

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