Hi Jenny! You look amazing!! Congratulations on baby #2I’m from Nicaragua and my mom as well had a lot of crazy traditions! Lol when I had my first I was told to wear cotton in my ears and beanie when leaving the hospital and to be fully covered! I was also told to have only warm things only! And also the whole getting “wind” for sure was a thing and not getting chilled and wearing warm clothes was important! Lol I wish I would of tried the pot of salt! Though;) xoxo❤️
We have some similar traditions as well in India. All the patients in our post labor ward had cotton plugs in their ears and a scarf around their head and neck. Also they would wear a long piece of cloth wrapped tightly around their waist to avoid their uterus from filling up with air. 🤔 They also do body massages for the baby and the mom for a few weeks at least.
In India newly mom's don't leave their beds about 40 days, she takes full rest, she takes shower each day before taking shower she has to take full body massage by an expert lady ,we follow Ayurvedic rituals so she can heal fast. She isn't allow to come in contact with outside weather, she has to eat fresh non spicy meals. Special sweet snacks is prepared for newly mother called " ghond ke laddu" it works like power punchh to her. She lives her life like a Queen for 40 days😊
That sounds amazing! I'm in the U.S. and spend most of my postpartums alone, if my husband was able to get time off work I had help for a couple of days.
The 40 day “lie in” period is common in many cultures. These cultures tend to have far lower postnatal depression rates..... mothers are not being cared for properly in our culture, and it shows.
In my country a mother and a baby shouldn't leave their house and backyard for 40 days, for a baby it is suppose for her/him to stay healthy, and for a mother not to lose milk. But yeah, it's for a mother and baby to connect and stay together and be healthy overall 😊
Lol. I appreciate you providing your moms perspective and then what a doctor would recommend but let’s be honest we’re all here for moms advice! 😂😂! Moms are the best! Great video!
Love this. I'm Hispanic and some of your traditions are similar to ours. Like going out side and catching the wind. Your suppose to rest for 40 day no lifting nothing heavy because your cervix can fall. And keep your tummy warm and with a girdle to get your waist back.. U can't eat cold food only warm soup and teas and Mexican warm meals. Because cold food will make u make less milk. You can't shower either u will catch the wind. No spicy food or crazy seasoning at all because is bad for the baby. Which almost everyone can agree too. Congratulations on your baby.
@@ambermierez3602 she massages me with it at least twice a day for 3 weeks and I put hot water in a bowl and put it on the toilet and sit in it for 3 weeks too
I like that even that you are a doctor you have much respect for your culture and your mom. Hey they have been around for many hundred of years so I'm pretty sure they know a few things 😊
I showered every other day for 6 weeks. I put on a waist trainer before leaving the hospital. I breastfed both of my babies which helps shrink your uterus back to normal. I started back exercising after 6 weeks and this is the same routine I’m using for baby 3 due October 14th.
It's very interesting to learn of other traditions. I'm from Haiti and a few of the traditions are the same. We do shower though and after a while we we do a vaginal steam with herbs. We do the post partum girdle
We’re Mexican and one of the first thing is to get the belly wrapped. It will help get rid of the inflammation and all the fluids in your belly. Also if you really do have to leave the house then it would be where you double up on clothes and cover your ears and head. We also do the caldo de gallina (chicken and veggie soap). I’m about to have my baby and my mom is coming as soon as I go into labor so it’s going to be interesting to see what we do. I wasn’t anywhere near my mom when I had my first.
That chicken and veggie soup honestly sounds like the best idea! And I'm feeling really convinced to do the belly wrapping as well. I'm really appreciating being able to learn all these traditions! Thank you so much for sharing!
I am West African. In my country, there's the tradition of no going out with baby for 3 full months. Also, you will be fed hot spicy soup after delivery and weeks after. Also, your belly will be bounded very tightly. And there's a daily "bath" you are given by either yr mother, aunt or mother-in-law. The bath is hot water( very hot). You sit on a small chair in the bathroom tub, and the hot water is being splashed on you. This is Followed with belly massage with more hot water!!
Doris Namondo right 😊😊.. and the fact you have to tie your head for month too.. the hot water seems to be a hard thing but it works great .. good traditions 😊
It is also Islamic tradition for the new mother to rest for 40 days postpartum and have the people around her take care of her so she can recover. I love it. It is so amazing to have support as a new mum, being in good company and feeling supported and understood can make a huge decrease in the likelihood of developing postpartum anxiety and depression as well.
I think your mom was right about the pot thing because I have a pooch 8 years postpartum I look like a stick with A beer belly being a black woman who does not have cultural traditional help/ background knowledge really sucks because you miss out on stuff like this
I am amazed how similar these traditions are to Mexican traditions.. I didn’t listen to my mother for my last pregnancy and regretted . Please listen to your mothers she didn’t make things up ❤️
I fight my mom on everything, she always has a supernatural, unreasonable reason for illnesses or discomforts. But the moment I get sick, you better believe I drink the weird potions, rub the strange concoctions and keep my mouth shut!
I’ll be showing my husband this video, he doesn’t believe in these postpartum tradition. We are having our first baby this November, I’m so grateful my mum will be looking after me and imparting these traditions. Please do the breastmilk video. Thank you and congratulations with the birth of your baby ☺️.
Waw, im just coming across this video now and i have learned alot. thank you. im from Namibia a country in Southern Africa and we do things a whole lot different. the minute the baby is born the new mother has to tie her stomach mostly covering her belly to prevent wind this tying goes on for around 9months or more. then every morning your mother has to boil hot water and come bath you. rubbing your back and stomach mostly. this is done twice a day. morning and evening. then twice a day you take hot water with rock salt and sit in the bucket white the steam heals your v-gay. or like in my case i had to take a basen put hot water and add one cup of betadine water solution in then sit, it burns as hell but just three days after giving birth all is healed if you use the water salution. you have to keep your feet, hands, head and whole body coverd till your healed so as to prevent wind. as for us we are not allowed outside until the babies dads family comes over to give the baby their first hair cut (this is done because traditionaly no one (outsiders) is supposed to see the babies hair that he/she was born with). some traditions are pritty wierd but at the send of the day they work. smile. i had fun learning about your culture. im a mum to 3 year old and expecting a little second baby soon.
Monika Eliana sorry for asking such intimate questions. What do u mean by all is healed within 3 days? You stop bleeding and everything. You sit over the basket or in it? What is the difference between the hot water method and the betadine, thanks for replying.
@@blessgirly please dont apologize its okay. What i mean is all my stiches were healed i could walk and site more comfortably. And as for me the hot water with salt that i had to site in didnt help one inch, but actually made my pain so bad i could walk or site because i wasnt healing . But the moment i use betadin in hot water, my stiches were all healed in 3 days. i was still bleeding but there was no more pain.
Hey there! Those traditions aren’t so crazy. African and Caribbean traditions are almost the same. Stay inside, keep belly warm, eat warm foods, refrain from showering for a bit, walk slowly or as little as possible. Scientifically, there has been evidence that these traditions work in the healing process. Moms that didn’t do it have been proven to have a much longer bleeding period and harder postpartum recovery. The only other major thing that we do that you didn’t mention is “tying the stomach” with a blanket or wearing a girdle/now body shaper. Most of these traditions are in place for 40 days.
we are also told...don't bring baby outside ever, do not expose baby skin at all when changing child's clothing or washing them (which is only a cloth bath),
@@tracysevolution they shower just not with direct water on skin contact or it'll be too harsh and risk cooling the body with equates to getting cold which everyone is avoiding basically. There are other west African women stating they do all this plus having a hot bath daily done by an older woman. Guess this person forgot that part.
I think they say not to bathe because in olden times they didn’t have hot water or running water so they had to bathe by getting water by a well which exposes you to wind and you are colder for much longer. They even say not to shower when you are on your period because you’re immune system is lower. But I don’t think you have to do this when you have access to indoor heating and hot shower
I am a Gen X mom of 3, black and born in a America but my ancestry is Southern and Caribbean and "catching the wind" or "letting the cold set it" is definitely a thing for post natal mommy and baby! I am always shocked when I see ppl out so early after childbirth. And, I don't these traditions a crazy at all. I wish I had a tradition that doted on me after childbirth. I stand with Eastern tradition any day!
I am South African Pedi. My grandmother used to place a hot pot of soft porridge or oatmeal on my tummy after I wrap myself in a towel help my tummy shrink back to pre pregnancy.
How exactly do I do this? I heat up oatmeal on a pot; then put a towel on my stomach and place the burning hot pot on my stomach? I’m 4 weeks PP & I wanna loose this tummy
No matter how ridiculous? I draw a line on some … my mom said no shower for a couple of days after , I told her mom my water is filtered I’m taking a shower back in the day they had to carry cold water from the river and do heavy lifting maybe that’s why the tradition of no bathing.
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I loved this video!! I’m an acupuncturist and your mom follows the beautiful traditions I learned in school to a T. I started following you awhile ago because I love learning about western medicine and seeing the lives of you awesome doctors. I believe eastern and western medicine have soo many parallels, eastern just does it more simplistically and rudimentary. I’m a mom of 4, due with our 5th in 4 weeks. Love love love your channel girl!!
Ok I am intrigued! Like most of the comments, I can say that many of these traditions are common in my Hispanic culture. But I have not heard of the rock salt hot pot, could you please tell me what kind of salt is used? I’d love to try this after I have my baby!
What I have learnt from my experience is that always listen to your mother. I did not and suffered from uterine prolapse. And it has caused all the pelvic issues in second pregnancy. So yes, please listen to your moms, even if it seems bizarre
I just delivered my baby 6 days ago. As an Asian, I definitely feeling how you feel about what your mom was saying. The parents and the in-laws can’t come here due to the COVID quarantine, so they keep sending me messages about what to do during the first month of postpartum. Drinking pig feet soup to produce more breast milk; wearing a warm hat (it’s summer and 90 degrees outside now!); don’t brush your teeth; don’t drink or eat cold food; warm or steam fruit before eating them; must eat brown-sugar-boiled egg soup right after delivery; don’t go outside; don’t eat sour food, your teeth will fall........... When I asked why, they just said: that’s the tradition, of you don’t follow, your body will be sick for the rest of your life. 😒🙃
Thank you! Thank you for making this video! I'm due in 2 weeks. I'm firm believer in some traditions are real. I'm from Dominican descent and we have some of the traditions.
Yea, mine too! But with Warm water and not cold and I'm not allowed to have a bath time too just shower lol and I wear a girdle and have a hot water in a bag I forgot what it's called but it helps with postpartum and leave it in for 35 minutes....
Jenny, your mom is right in so many ways. My mother is Romanian and so much of what you said matches with what my mom told me. The "catch the wind" is a real thing. She told me the same thing after both of my pregnancies. Also the one with not going outside is also true (viruses in the air), and the one with eating pork. Why, pork is high is iron, and iron produces blood. The one with the shower is also true. I didn't take a shower for a full week (maybe even a little more) after I gave birth. I washed myself with a wash cloth and warm water. The one with the hot pot is a little different. Ours is where you tightly wrap the belly (and keep it wrapped) for several days (often weeks), to make the uterus retract (and thus shrink the belly). The one with not drinking or eating anything cold is also true. Basically your mother (and mine) is right in many ways. And your 2 week belly shot looks amazing. listen to your mama! Oh, and my mom wouldn't let me do anything either, she did absolutely everything around the house.
My mother in law told me I wasn't allowed to vacuum or sweep for 40 days. It has to do with the movements, she said it's bad on your body after giving birth
@@belennavarrete6892 it's true. No chores whatsoever for a while bc your body is still trying to heal and you need all the energy to do just healing and not get sick. And mothers and mother in laws and family members and friends who comes and help out with us that just gave birth is such a blessing. :)
I don't do vaccines due to having a rare blood type, my immune system is pretty high and my antibodies are already at high numbers, anything introduced into my body, like a vaccine will be bad for me it will make me sick, All my babies have come out healthy and were not sick in the first year, my nieces and nephew's mom; however got those vaccines as well as her babies and they were consistently sick in the first year of life. Be carful and mindful of what you put into your body! Plus breastfeeding is a big must, better way to get strong antibodies into your baby!
My husband is Chinese so this is exactly what I go through post-partem. The only thing I can’t last with is the no showers! 36 weeks today, so I’m right behind you. 😊
This was probably one of the best videos I’ve come across. Thank you for sharing. I wasn’t a believer in these traditions until I experienced a few of my own- on my own. I now love wearing a postpartum girdle to bring everything back in. During my first pregnancy I experienced “catching the wind” at my baby shower, which was probably me just doing too much, but I felt weird and out of myself- so my MIL put a cigarette in my ear to “release” the wind- and I felt new. (Of course I covered my mouth and nose to not inhale the smoke.) I drank only warm tea after my last pregnancy to help with gas/bloating. I only leave my home if I have to. I am now trying out “breast and nipple” care- the theory has is that soap will dry out the milk supply. So I have been using only water to wash the chest area along with internally taking an essential oil by DoTERRA called copaiba. My lifting is very limited as I have a hernia from baby #2. Your traditions are great. I just might pick up a couple. Oh. My mom hated me walking around barefoot- she would say something about it being bad for the uterus. Moms know best right?
I think some people are right when they say in our culture women are not care for probably. I just had my 3rd baby and second c section and I was up and about 3 days later 😏 with 2 other children I had no choice 🤷🏼♂️
Kinda lucky I was up the same day after my c section changing diapers bathing babies and all it hurt but I pushed thru that girl we gotta do what we gotta do
I’m all alone with hubby and a toddler in the house. Had a repeat c section two weeks ago. It’s hard. Especially raised by my father, I don’t know a lot of traditional care for postpartum besides looking up on the internet 😕😟
Can my belly go back my son will turn 2 in January. I got so busy with the shifting and settling new school fr the elder one I just got so caught up.plz help
I just gave birth and had a c section. I had to go thru these also but more lol. Since I had a c section, the hot pot rock salt won’t work, so I skipped that. But they made me wear long clothing at least two layers ( in mind that I live in the desert). Cotton balls inside your ears to prevent
I’m definitely going to try the pot thing I gave birth 5 days ago... us Latina woman are told to lay in bed for 6 weeks, eat caldos de pollo (almost like a chicken noodle soup), teas and to wear shareware
In my culture, if you catch wind your muscles will get tough and painful same with water touching. I think it was because my country is generally cold. We also say ginger has a warm nature which is good for a pregnant /post partum body. If your body gets cold you may inflame and have body aches. Also keeping your body "warm" will help with healing your body.
I am Sotho from South Africa, I have never heard of the salt and hot pot idea I find it very interesting and I personally am going to practice it, a friend of mine who is Portuguese suggested the hot water and hot towel tummy press which is apparently very painful and my trenchold for pain is very low if I may say. So i am definitely trying the hot pot idea and tummy wrap.
I don't really do anything postpartum and I should have at least worn a tummy wrap. I'm 19 and just had my first baby and I gained 16 pounds and I lost more than that. I'm almost a month postpartum
Caribbean culture is also very similar to this. Thanks for sharing. I think this was very helpful and your postpartum belly looks amazing. I'm grateful for your content.
OMG my family are Nigerian and my mum nearly had a heart attack when I had ONE cold drink. Nothing cold at all!🤣. We can’t go out for 40days either and I didn’t do any heavy lifting for 2 months. We can shower and we do stomach binding as well as using SCORCHING HOT water and a flannel to press down on the stomach. I lost 5 inches on my stomach in 7 days! But it hurt like a mother ****** 😖🥵
We’re so lucky to have our moms take care of us with their cultural traditions... I feel like I won’t be able to carry on such traditions with my daughters when they become mothers :(
My mom is not alive in my all pregnancies nobody cares for me except my husband he massaged my body only 3 or 4 times during first 40 days no hot baths nothing I cames from hospital and do all things myself
I'm an Ethiopian-American and my mother says many of the same things, don't go out for 3 months. I have to bind my stomach. There are a lot of similarities glad I found this.
I love this!! Within 2 mins of the video, I was like yesss finally!! I live in Hawai’i and this is a way of life here I love love love that your a Dr and your doing both HONESTLY
We can only eat chicken and herbs soup with white rice and only warm water for one whole month and if we go out in the thirty days we have to cover our heads with a beanie and wear socks. We can’t catch the wind too we can shower but warm water, nothing cold like you said too. But your belly looks great and flat I really thin that hot rocks pot is working!
I live in the Caribbean and we have the same traditions and some more as well lol , no baths, stay inside, hot water for your tummy also they wrap your belly like a mummy in brown cotton. And to be honest i think it works because women who dont practice the traditions always remain with a higher tummy 🤷🏽♀️
My mom did helped me with the hot rock salts on my 2nd baby postpartum. I had a flat tummy about 50 days postpartum. It also so soothing with that roasted rock salt. We bought the rock salt from Asian grocery store and my mom just wrapping it with aluminum foil and roasted in the oven and wrapped it with receiving blanket then she just put it on my tummy. It’s hot so try not to do it by yourself. I’m so lucky to have my mom helping me during my postpartum.
My mom and granny are from the South (Texas, Oklahoma). Baby nor mom is supposed to go outdoors for the first month Belly binding (I had a c-section, so had to wait for doctors approval) Cant lift anything other than the baby NO heels for the first 6 months! My granny would roll over in her grave. No cooking No cleaning You MUST nap when baby naps. Omg they drove me crazy. I had 2 c-sections so I got the extra rules 😔😂😂😂😭😭
I'm from Guatemala and in our culture we also have a "wind" thing so basically you need to keep your lungs as cover as you can so it will help you produce milk 😏👍
My baby will be due in October and my parents are crazy and strict with the chinese postpartum tradition. I won’t be able to go outside except for docs appt, cannot shower or wash my hair and will have to eat “hot” foods to help with the healing. But congrats on your new baby!!!
Smame thing in India about catching the wind.. I had a c section so my mom was a little scared about wrapping my belly or doing the warm compress n but rest most of the things are same.. also no drinking cold water.. only warm water with herbs and no lifting anything heavy or walking too fast covering the whole body head and even mouth and also speaking less.. 😁😁
I had a baby 4 days ago and have showered more times than I count. The warm water feels amazing. I use the Peri bottle at least 8 times a day. I personally think rubbing vodka on my skin would make me buzzed, our skin is a huge absorbable surface. I loves these traditions but they're just that, traditions.
I loved my experience with my traditional aftercare and I will continue to do them to my kids. I have four girls and don’t look or feel a day over 23. I’ve been the same size for more than 14 years.
Lolll my family is Pakistani (so still Asian) and it’s crazy how similar our “postpartum rituals” are lol. Thankfully my mom was raised here so she’s not super strict about any of them (except catching the wind! 😂😂😂 I died when you said that! That’s the exact translation my language uses too) but my in laws are allllll about these weird traditions. With my first born they had my sister in law literally push my hips together to get them to “ join back together” 😂😂 I was dying laughing
Being north African and being born in America, when I had my first son, my mom said no going out for 40 days after delivery. She also told me to bind my belly and drink fruit and buttermilk smoothie everyday for good milk supply. I totally get the not showering thing. My granny used to say stay out of the water when you bleed or you will get the TB. 😳
In Ethiopian culture after giving birth we also are not supposed to shower. I actually took a shower at the hospital and washed my hair, by the time I came back to the room and got in bed I was shivering so bad my teeth were chattering and all the nurses came running in my room. So I guess some of the cultural practices are legit. We also are not supposed to leave the house for 40 days.. but again I went out for walks after 7 days.. belly wrapping is another, drinking an oatmeal drink and eating certain foods as well. Oh and keep socks on your feet because if your feet get cold the cold air will go into your uterus.
My mother in law is trinidadian and have shared similar traditions with me. They also tie a bag of some kind of herb concoction to the baby's foot to prevent sickness, and "bad tings" from harming the baby
My family has never really followed the traditions. They just tell me don’t go outside and if you do then you should cover up, and some do bring hot soups to help out, but my mom doesn’t stay with me. I am 2 weeks postpartum, I’ve already gone out like 4 times. My mom is in Mexico. But even with my other 2 I’ve never been taken care of. Especially with this baby I’ve been getting much less sleep or rest. I’m always scared I’m not going to lose my belly. Or that I won’t heal right, but there’s sometimes no time to even think about that.
OMG I WISH that was my post partum experience lol For our next baby I will be sharing this Vietnamese tradition of taking care of me for weeks with my Mom lol
I am a Jamaican our tradtion is sitting over a pan of hot salt water n shake ur tummy so whatever leave inside it would come out. I didnt do it because I had c section it hard to sit low.
Wow Jenny I wish I would’ve had a friend like u with great advice.In 1998 I had my 3rd kid. I was 23. 24 hours after she was born we went to the mall right from the hospital. I wanted yummy food and her and I needed new clothes ( my reasoning plz don’t judge) Nothing happened we didn’t get sick. I vaccinate so I don’t know if they helped , but she just came along with us everywhere from day 1. I didn’t lift much and I worked out every day. Even the day I was induced maybe that helped. But I wish I would’ve had traditions and rituals and a mom that cared. Thank u for all your knowledge, I will pass it on to my daughters ❤️❤️❤️
Dear...we matched a lot, maybe because I also don't have someone to care me like Jenny.. I instead of taking rest... I started doing all the works right away
Sorry no vaccinations here. My mom always said a women's body is open because she gave birth which allows for germs and viruses to enter I do believe this. I believe that parents traditions really work. Congratulations on your bundle of joy. Peace and Blessings!
jereflowers she lost me at “get your flu vaccine”. 😂😂😂👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼 Let me just pump all this garbage in my body that’s never been tested on pregnant women. #nothanks
This is very informative, I am in Kenya and I will definitely try some of these traditions. Can I use a hot water bottle instead of heating up a cooking pot?
We push so much from delivering that our pores open and takes time to fully recover. washing with just water and catching wind can cause sickness and early arthritis. A lot of rituals and superstition was definitely annoying but centuries or tradition can’t be wrong.
Would love to see more on doing proper kegels. Most women do them wrong and actual worsen incontinence/pelvic floor issues- I was definitely among those!
As a western African the catching wind is real tradition so no going out for the mom for at least 7 days and you have to bundle up in an equatorial weather lol. New moms are only allow to eat hot/wet food ( soup, wet risotto, porridge with palm oil etc). Instead of the rock salt pot, we do the belly wrap right after birth.
Any of you guys have crazy traditions? PLEASE SHARE! So I don’t feel so ridiculous suffering through this alone.
Hi Jenny! You look amazing!! Congratulations on baby #2I’m from Nicaragua and my mom as well had a lot of crazy traditions! Lol when I had my first I was told to wear cotton in my ears and beanie when leaving the hospital and to be fully covered! I was also told to have only warm things only! And also the whole getting “wind” for sure was a thing and not getting chilled and wearing warm clothes was important! Lol I wish I would of tried the pot of salt! Though;) xoxo❤️
Stephany Zuniga it’s amazing how our traditions are almost exactly the same! I wonder where it stems from 🤔
We have some similar traditions as well in India. All the patients in our post labor ward had cotton plugs in their ears and a scarf around their head and neck. Also they would wear a long piece of cloth wrapped tightly around their waist to avoid their uterus from filling up with air. 🤔 They also do body massages for the baby and the mom for a few weeks at least.
Jenny Le India is full of traditions!!!
Believe me, we have tradition for every step we take😂😂😂
What are your thoughts on postpartum blues?
In India newly mom's don't leave their beds about 40 days, she takes full rest, she takes shower each day before taking shower she has to take full body massage by an expert lady ,we follow Ayurvedic rituals so she can heal fast. She isn't allow to come in contact with outside weather, she has to eat fresh non spicy meals. Special sweet snacks is prepared for newly mother called " ghond ke laddu" it works like power punchh to her. She lives her life like a Queen for 40 days😊
I wish wat u said was real to everyone. You are blessed to have such caring family. I am from India but nothing mentioned was done to me :(
In pakistan also
I think I would go crazy if I spent 40 days in bed without nature🙈
If any Indian women feels queen for 40 days but who woke up whole night ??king?🤣🤣
That sounds amazing! I'm in the U.S. and spend most of my postpartums alone, if my husband was able to get time off work I had help for a couple of days.
The 40 day “lie in” period is common in many cultures. These cultures tend to have far lower postnatal depression rates..... mothers are not being cared for properly in our culture, and it shows.
True.
In my country a mother and a baby shouldn't leave their house and backyard for 40 days, for a baby it is suppose for her/him to stay healthy, and for a mother not to lose milk. But yeah, it's for a mother and baby to connect and stay together and be healthy overall 😊
this is so true! Thank you ❤.
Agreed
Exactly.
Lol. I appreciate you providing your moms perspective and then what a doctor would recommend but let’s be honest we’re all here for moms advice! 😂😂! Moms are the best! Great video!
Love this. I'm Hispanic and some of your traditions are similar to ours. Like going out side and catching the wind. Your suppose to rest for 40 day no lifting nothing heavy because your cervix can fall. And keep your tummy warm and with a girdle to get your waist back.. U can't eat cold food only warm soup and teas and Mexican warm meals. Because cold food will make u make less milk. You can't shower either u will catch the wind. No spicy food or crazy seasoning at all because is bad for the baby. Which almost everyone can agree too. Congratulations on your baby.
Oh yes! My mom did say spicy foods might give the baby reflux 😂
Maria Ramos eating spicy food actually does give the baby reflex.
Yes I know.
These are EXACTLYYY like Indian traditions as well.
Maria Ramos yes I’m Latina and you are spot on girl!
My mother in law massages my belly with hot boiling water and towel and it works well, I have 3kids and still looking good with no big belly.
Racheal Ojo she massages first then applies a hot towel? How long dose the massage last and the towel sit on your stomach
@@ambermierez3602 she massages me with it at least twice a day for 3 weeks and I put hot water in a bowl and put it on the toilet and sit in it for 3 weeks too
@@rachealojo6402 yap,my mum did that and we do that too,
How long after having a baby can you massage the belly with hot water
wow you’re so lucky
I like that even that you are a doctor you have much respect for your culture and your mom. Hey they have been around for many hundred of years so I'm pretty sure they know a few things 😊
You dont look like a hot mess you look great. Please do the video on the breast milk stash when youre ready to!
I showered every other day for 6 weeks. I put on a waist trainer before leaving the hospital. I breastfed both of my babies which helps shrink your uterus back to normal. I started back exercising after 6 weeks and this is the same routine I’m using for baby 3 due October 14th.
How’d it go?❤
Not it’s October 14th 4 years later
Being Mexican I definitely know what she means by “catch the wind” thing 😂
Amen as an Ethiopia I understand
Somalis too we do the same thing...we stay indoors for like 40 days after delivery
Im Haitian so I understand the wind
I'm Namibian and I can understand.
I'm Indonesian and I can understand whats mean...wkwk
It's very interesting to learn of other traditions. I'm from Haiti and a few of the traditions are the same. We do shower though and after a while we we do a vaginal steam with herbs. We do the post partum girdle
We’re Mexican and one of the first thing is to get the belly wrapped. It will help get rid of the inflammation and all the fluids in your belly. Also if you really do have to leave the house then it would be where you double up on clothes and cover your ears and head. We also do the caldo de gallina (chicken and veggie soap). I’m about to have my baby and my mom is coming as soon as I go into labor so it’s going to be interesting to see what we do. I wasn’t anywhere near my mom when I had my first.
That chicken and veggie soup honestly sounds like the best idea! And I'm feeling really convinced to do the belly wrapping as well. I'm really appreciating being able to learn all these traditions! Thank you so much for sharing!
I am West African. In my country, there's the tradition of no going out with baby for 3 full months. Also, you will be fed hot spicy soup after delivery and weeks after. Also, your belly will be bounded very tightly. And there's a daily "bath" you are given by either yr mother, aunt or mother-in-law. The bath is hot water( very hot). You sit on a small chair in the bathroom tub, and the hot water is being splashed on you. This is Followed with belly massage with more hot water!!
Doris Namondo right 😊😊.. and the fact you have to tie your head for month too.. the hot water seems to be a hard thing but it works great .. good traditions 😊
Doris Namondo I am east African and we do all the above
I am Indian and we do all same above
Nigerian here and that's our tradition. You MUST take your bath at LEAST once a day
Doris Namondo Iam Nigerian Ibo tribe to be precise and everything you mentioned is our birth culture
It is also Islamic tradition for the new mother to rest for 40 days postpartum and have the people around her take care of her so she can recover. I love it. It is so amazing to have support as a new mum, being in good company and feeling supported and understood can make a huge decrease in the likelihood of developing postpartum anxiety and depression as well.
I think your mom was right about the pot thing because I have a pooch 8 years postpartum I look like a stick with A beer belly being a black woman who does not have cultural traditional help/ background knowledge really sucks because you miss out on stuff like this
I am amazed how similar these traditions are to Mexican traditions.. I didn’t listen to my mother for my last pregnancy and regretted . Please listen to your mothers she didn’t make things up ❤️
When you were laying down and called for your mom I definitely felt that 😂.
I fight my mom on everything, she always has a supernatural, unreasonable reason for illnesses or discomforts. But the moment I get sick, you better believe I drink the weird potions, rub the strange concoctions and keep my mouth shut!
😂😂😂 this is also my life! She doesn’t care that I’m a doctor.
Same here. We are African.
🤣🤣🤣 Ditto... I am indian... I do believe in some of the things... Makes my hubby pull what ever hair are remaining on his head 😅
😂😂😂 you got that right!
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Your so lucky I wish my mom would come and take care of me and baby!!! Your blessed
I’ll be showing my husband this video, he doesn’t believe in these postpartum tradition. We are having our first baby this November, I’m so grateful my mum will be looking after me and imparting these traditions.
Please do the breastmilk video.
Thank you and congratulations with the birth of your baby ☺️.
Waw, im just coming across this video now and i have learned alot. thank you. im from Namibia a country in Southern Africa and we do things a whole lot different. the minute the baby is born the new mother has to tie her stomach mostly covering her belly to prevent wind this tying goes on for around 9months or more. then every morning your mother has to boil hot water and come bath you. rubbing your back and stomach mostly. this is done twice a day. morning and evening. then twice a day you take hot water with rock salt and sit in the bucket white the steam heals your v-gay. or like in my case i had to take a basen put hot water and add one cup of betadine water solution in then sit, it burns as hell but just three days after giving birth all is healed if you use the water salution. you have to keep your feet, hands, head and whole body coverd till your healed so as to prevent wind. as for us we are not allowed outside until the babies dads family comes over to give the baby their first hair cut (this is done because traditionaly no one (outsiders) is supposed to see the babies hair that he/she was born with). some traditions are pritty wierd but at the send of the day they work. smile. i had fun learning about your culture. im a mum to 3 year old and expecting a little second baby soon.
Monika Eliana sorry for asking such intimate questions. What do u mean by all is healed within 3 days? You stop bleeding and everything. You sit over the basket or in it? What is the difference between the hot water method and the betadine, thanks for replying.
@@blessgirly please dont apologize its okay. What i mean is all my stiches were healed i could walk and site more comfortably. And as for me the hot water with salt that i had to site in didnt help one inch, but actually made my pain so bad i could walk or site because i wasnt healing . But the moment i use betadin in hot water, my stiches were all healed in 3 days. i was still bleeding but there was no more pain.
For how long did you sit at a time in hot water and betadine
Hey there! Those traditions aren’t so crazy. African and Caribbean traditions are almost the same. Stay inside, keep belly warm, eat warm foods, refrain from showering for a bit, walk slowly or as little as possible. Scientifically, there has been evidence that these traditions work in the healing process. Moms that didn’t do it have been proven to have a much longer bleeding period and harder postpartum recovery. The only other major thing that we do that you didn’t mention is “tying the stomach” with a blanket or wearing a girdle/now body shaper. Most of these traditions are in place for 40 days.
Krystin Wills why no 🚿? I truly confused
we are also told...don't bring baby outside ever, do not expose baby skin at all when changing child's clothing or washing them (which is only a cloth bath),
Krystin Wills we India’s do the same just few more things
@@tracysevolution they shower just not with direct water on skin contact or it'll be too harsh and risk cooling the body with equates to getting cold which everyone is avoiding basically. There are other west African women stating they do all this plus having a hot bath daily done by an older woman. Guess this person forgot that part.
I think they say not to bathe because in olden times they didn’t have hot water or running water so they had to bathe by getting water by a well which exposes you to wind and you are colder for much longer. They even say not to shower when you are on your period because you’re immune system is lower. But I don’t think you have to do this when you have access to indoor heating and hot shower
I am a Gen X mom of 3, black and born in a America but my ancestry is Southern and Caribbean and "catching the wind" or "letting the cold set it" is definitely a thing for post natal mommy and baby! I am always shocked when I see ppl out so early after childbirth. And, I don't these traditions a crazy at all. I wish I had a tradition that doted on me after childbirth. I stand with Eastern tradition any day!
My family says the same!!!
I’m 27 weeks pregnant this is my second child but I’m open for anything that could help me do better this time around. Thank you for all your videos
I am South African Pedi. My grandmother used to place a hot pot of soft porridge or oatmeal on my tummy after I wrap myself in a towel help my tummy shrink back to pre pregnancy.
How exactly do I do this? I heat up oatmeal on a pot; then put a towel on my stomach and place the burning hot pot on my stomach? I’m 4 weeks PP & I wanna loose this tummy
I LOVE moms and their traditions. No matter how ridiculous it sounds, I always believe my mom 100% 😂
No matter how ridiculous? I draw a line on some … my mom said no shower for a couple of days after , I told her mom my water is filtered I’m taking a shower back in the day they had to carry cold water from the river and do heavy lifting maybe that’s why the tradition of no bathing.
NEW SUBSCRIBER!! I learned so much about my asian culture when my sister in law gave birth to the first baby in our family! Her mother flew in from Taiwan.. and I 👏🏽 learned 👏🏽 so 👏🏽 much 👏🏽
If I have another baby I’m definitely doing the pot thing because you look amazing!!
I loved this video!! I’m an acupuncturist and your mom follows the beautiful traditions I learned in school to a T. I started following you awhile ago because I love learning about western medicine and seeing the lives of you awesome doctors. I believe eastern and western medicine have soo many parallels, eastern just does it more simplistically and rudimentary. I’m a mom of 4, due with our 5th in 4 weeks. Love love love your channel girl!!
Congratulations! 4 more weeks is coming fast!
Ok I am intrigued! Like most of the comments, I can say that many of these traditions are common in my Hispanic culture. But I have not heard of the rock salt hot pot, could you please tell me what kind of salt is used? I’d love to try this after I have my baby!
I am latina. “Catching the wind” means you get a headache that never goes away. Many cultures agree on thos
No water? Nope, got to have my showers, it does not hurt you. I took a shower right after birth and it was wonderful.
What I have learnt from my experience is that always listen to your mother. I did not and suffered from uterine prolapse. And it has caused all the pelvic issues in second pregnancy. So yes, please listen to your moms, even if it seems bizarre
I'm African an we also can't go out cause of the wind
Oh wow, Explain please 🙂
Why is that tho ? 🤔
Well I'm doomed, I ate any and everything since being Prego. Ugh I can't even imagine how fat ima look after.
I just delivered my baby 6 days ago. As an Asian, I definitely feeling how you feel about what your mom was saying. The parents and the in-laws can’t come here due to the COVID quarantine, so they keep sending me messages about what to do during the first month of postpartum. Drinking pig feet soup to produce more breast milk; wearing a warm hat (it’s summer and 90 degrees outside now!); don’t brush your teeth; don’t drink or eat cold food; warm or steam fruit before eating them; must eat brown-sugar-boiled egg soup right after delivery; don’t go outside; don’t eat sour food, your teeth will fall........... When I asked why, they just said: that’s the tradition, of you don’t follow, your body will be sick for the rest of your life. 😒🙃
Thank you! Thank you for making this video! I'm due in 2 weeks. I'm firm believer in some traditions are real. I'm from Dominican descent and we have some of the traditions.
Fellow Dominicana here!! Hey girl hey lol just wanted to show love ❤️
Everything but the no shower😞my culture insists on showing twice
Yea, mine too! But with Warm water and not cold and I'm not allowed to have a bath time too just shower lol and I wear a girdle and have a hot water in a bag I forgot what it's called but it helps with postpartum and leave it in for 35 minutes....
Jenny, your mom is right in so many ways. My mother is Romanian and so much of what you said matches with what my mom told me. The "catch the wind" is a real thing. She told me the same thing after both of my pregnancies. Also the one with not going outside is also true (viruses in the air), and the one with eating pork. Why, pork is high is iron, and iron produces blood. The one with the shower is also true. I didn't take a shower for a full week (maybe even a little more) after I gave birth. I washed myself with a wash cloth and warm water. The one with the hot pot is a little different. Ours is where you tightly wrap the belly (and keep it wrapped) for several days (often weeks), to make the uterus retract (and thus shrink the belly). The one with not drinking or eating anything cold is also true. Basically your mother (and mine) is right in many ways. And your 2 week belly shot looks amazing. listen to your mama! Oh, and my mom wouldn't let me do anything either, she did absolutely everything around the house.
My mother in law told me I wasn't allowed to vacuum or sweep for 40 days. It has to do with the movements, she said it's bad on your body after giving birth
@@belennavarrete6892 it's true. No chores whatsoever for a while bc your body is still trying to heal and you need all the energy to do just healing and not get sick. And mothers and mother in laws and family members and friends who comes and help out with us that just gave birth is such a blessing. :)
Yes!! Please do a video on breastfeeding, pumping and increasing your milk supply!!
I don't do vaccines due to having a rare blood type, my immune system is pretty high and my antibodies are already at high numbers, anything introduced into my body, like a vaccine will be bad for me it will make me sick, All my babies have come out healthy and were not sick in the first year, my nieces and nephew's mom; however got those vaccines as well as her babies and they were consistently sick in the first year of life. Be carful and mindful of what you put into your body! Plus breastfeeding is a big must, better way to get strong antibodies into your baby!
My husband is Chinese so this is exactly what I go through post-partem. The only thing I can’t last with is the no showers! 36 weeks today, so I’m right behind you. 😊
36 weeks!! Congratulations. It’s going to be anytime now 😬 so exciting
Congratulations. You are such a good mommy. God bless you & hubby.
Thank you so much 🥰
This was probably one of the best videos I’ve come across. Thank you for sharing. I wasn’t a believer in these traditions until I experienced a few of my own- on my own. I now love wearing a postpartum girdle to bring everything back in. During my first pregnancy I experienced “catching the wind” at my baby shower, which was probably me just doing too much, but I felt weird and out of myself- so my MIL put a cigarette in my ear to “release” the wind- and I felt new. (Of course I covered my mouth and nose to not inhale the smoke.) I drank only warm tea after my last pregnancy to help with gas/bloating. I only leave my home if I have to. I am now trying out “breast and nipple” care- the theory has is that soap will dry out the milk supply. So I have been using only water to wash the chest area along with internally taking an essential oil by DoTERRA called copaiba. My lifting is very limited as I have a hernia from baby #2.
Your traditions are great. I just might pick up a couple. Oh. My mom hated me walking around barefoot- she would say something about it being bad for the uterus.
Moms know best right?
Hi what's the essential oil exactly for thanks
I'm 2months post baby and I NEED to shower every single day
I’m african American and we have the same traditions.. lol it’s funny how many diff cultures do the same thing.
I'm Hispanic and my mom has always told me the "cathing the wind" thing, she never wants me outside after having my baby.
You look great 2 weeks! Keep doing your traditional things mom says! Good tips Dr Jen!
WOW!!!your belly really flattened youre really blessed, i think that really helped u also breastfeeding helps i loose belly fat you look great🤗😁
Same traditions my grandmother told me after having my son..😊
Pls translate urdu I need this video my big belly after 3month of delevry plz help I don't English
My baby will be here next month and my mom cracked the joke that she's gonna come move in with me for a couple months lol I'm actually ok with that.
I think some people are right when they say in our culture women are not care for probably. I just had my 3rd baby and second c section and I was up and about 3 days later 😏 with 2 other children I had no choice 🤷🏼♂️
Kinda lucky I was up the same day after my c section changing diapers bathing babies and all it hurt but I pushed thru that girl we gotta do what we gotta do
I’m all alone with hubby and a toddler in the house. Had a repeat c section two weeks ago. It’s hard. Especially raised by my father, I don’t know a lot of traditional care for postpartum besides looking up on the internet 😕😟
Can my belly go back my son will turn 2 in January. I got so busy with the shifting and settling new school fr the elder one I just got so caught up.plz help
I just gave birth and had a c section. I had to go thru these also but more lol.
Since I had a c section, the hot pot rock salt won’t work, so I skipped that. But they made me wear long clothing at least two layers ( in mind that I live in the desert). Cotton balls inside your ears to prevent
Hot pot rock salt is not allowed in c section delivery?
@@Mazna.J no
I’m definitely going to try the pot thing I gave birth 5 days ago... us Latina woman are told to lay in bed for 6 weeks, eat caldos de pollo (almost like a chicken noodle soup), teas and to wear shareware
In my culture, if you catch wind your muscles will get tough and painful same with water touching. I think it was because my country is generally cold. We also say ginger has a warm nature which is good for a pregnant /post partum body. If your body gets cold you may inflame and have body aches. Also keeping your body "warm" will help with healing your body.
I am Sotho from South Africa, I have never heard of the salt and hot pot idea I find it very interesting and I personally am going to practice it, a friend of mine who is Portuguese suggested the hot water and hot towel tummy press which is apparently very painful and my trenchold for pain is very low if I may say. So i am definitely trying the hot pot idea and tummy wrap.
When you get a cold and need to blow your nose and sneeze constantly you put the pressure on your belly muscles .
I don't really do anything postpartum and I should have at least worn a tummy wrap. I'm 19 and just had my first baby and I gained 16 pounds and I lost more than that. I'm almost a month postpartum
Caribbean culture is also very similar to this. Thanks for sharing. I think this was very helpful and your postpartum belly looks amazing. I'm grateful for your content.
OMG my family are Nigerian and my mum nearly had a heart attack when I had ONE cold drink. Nothing cold at all!🤣. We can’t go out for 40days either and I didn’t do any heavy lifting for 2 months. We can shower and we do stomach binding as well as using SCORCHING HOT water and a flannel to press down on the stomach. I lost 5 inches on my stomach in 7 days! But it hurt like a mother ****** 😖🥵
Am Kenyan no one told me how hot that water real is...😂😂
We’re so lucky to have our moms take care of us with their cultural traditions... I feel like I won’t be able to carry on such traditions with my daughters when they become mothers :(
I feel that I may not be around altogether 😢
My mom is not alive in my all pregnancies nobody cares for me except my husband he massaged my body only 3 or 4 times during first 40 days no hot baths nothing I cames from hospital and do all things myself
I'm an Ethiopian-American and my mother says many of the same things, don't go out for 3 months. I have to bind my stomach. There are a lot of similarities glad I found this.
I love this!!
Within 2 mins of the video, I was like yesss finally!!
I live in Hawai’i and this is a way of life here
I love love love that your a Dr and your doing both HONESTLY
We laugh at our parents traditions but little do we know they survived and looked great before all the crap we have today 🤔🤷🏾♀️
We can only eat chicken and herbs soup with white rice and only warm water for one whole month and if we go out in the thirty days we have to cover our heads with a beanie and wear socks. We can’t catch the wind too we can shower but warm water, nothing cold like you said too. But your belly looks great and flat I really thin that hot rocks pot is working!
Also we have to use a tummy tightner during day and night too.
The not taking a shower thing is weird you stay in your menstrual after giving birth that must be really uncomfortable 😖
I live in the Caribbean and we have the same traditions and some more as well lol , no baths, stay inside, hot water for your tummy also they wrap your belly like a mummy in brown cotton. And to be honest i think it works because women who dont practice the traditions always remain with a higher tummy 🤷🏽♀️
My mom did helped me with the hot rock salts on my 2nd baby postpartum. I had a flat tummy about 50 days postpartum. It also so soothing with that roasted rock salt. We bought the rock salt from Asian grocery store and my mom just wrapping it with aluminum foil and roasted in the oven and wrapped it with receiving blanket then she just put it on my tummy. It’s hot so try not to do it by yourself. I’m so lucky to have my mom helping me during my postpartum.
What kind of salt is it?
My mom and granny are from the South (Texas, Oklahoma).
Baby nor mom is supposed to go outdoors for the first month
Belly binding (I had a c-section, so had to wait for doctors approval)
Cant lift anything other than the baby
NO heels for the first 6 months! My granny would roll over in her grave.
No cooking
No cleaning
You MUST nap when baby naps.
Omg they drove me crazy. I had 2 c-sections so I got the extra rules 😔😂😂😂😭😭
I'm from Guatemala and in our culture we also have a "wind" thing so basically you need to keep your lungs as cover as you can so it will help you produce milk 😏👍
Hey!! I'm Dominican I have also hear people say this too 😃Latino thing maybe?
My baby will be due in October and my parents are crazy and strict with the chinese postpartum tradition. I won’t be able to go outside except for docs appt, cannot shower or wash my hair and will have to eat “hot” foods to help with the healing. But congrats on your new baby!!!
It s fun and cute to see Vietnamese traditional post partum routine in US!
Similar to us Pakistani’s...my mother didnt let me do anything for 40 days...we call it sawa maheena...
Smame thing in India about catching the wind.. I had a c section so my mom was a little scared about wrapping my belly or doing the warm compress n but rest most of the things are same.. also no drinking cold water.. only warm water with herbs and no lifting anything heavy or walking too fast covering the whole body head and even mouth and also speaking less.. 😁😁
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What herbs did you drink with warm water?
I started taking bath right next day of delivering my baby 😮
monica monu new tooo
I had a baby 4 days ago and have showered more times than I count. The warm water feels amazing. I use the Peri bottle at least 8 times a day. I personally think rubbing vodka on my skin would make me buzzed, our skin is a huge absorbable surface. I loves these traditions but they're just that, traditions.
I showered right after I had my daughter ??
Why am I here....I am not even pregnant...🤔🤔🤔....
Also me: knowledge is power....
😂 LOVE THIS!
Not showering for a week doesn’t sound good 🤭
sitz baths clean the area that needs it
I loved my experience with my traditional aftercare and I will continue to do them to my kids. I have four girls and don’t look or feel a day over 23. I’ve been the same size for more than 14 years.
What was your traditional aftercare like? Where are you from?
Could you please do a video on the hot salt pot on tummy method? How long you need to put the pot on stove, can this be done for belly fat?
Does anyone know how to make the hot pot or what to put in it
Lolll my family is Pakistani (so still Asian) and it’s crazy how similar our “postpartum rituals” are lol. Thankfully my mom was raised here so she’s not super strict about any of them (except catching the wind! 😂😂😂 I died when you said that! That’s the exact translation my language uses too) but my in laws are allllll about these weird traditions. With my first born they had my sister in law literally push my hips together to get them to “ join back together” 😂😂 I was dying laughing
Being north African and being born in America, when I had my first son, my mom said no going out for 40 days after delivery. She also told me to bind my belly and drink fruit and buttermilk smoothie everyday for good milk supply. I totally get the not showering thing. My granny used to say stay out of the water when you bleed or you will get the TB. 😳
In Ethiopian culture after giving birth we also are not supposed to shower. I actually took a shower at the hospital and washed my hair, by the time I came back to the room and got in bed I was shivering so bad my teeth were chattering and all the nurses came running in my room. So I guess some of the cultural practices are legit. We also are not supposed to leave the house for 40 days.. but again I went out for walks after 7 days.. belly wrapping is another, drinking an oatmeal drink and eating certain foods as well. Oh and keep socks on your feet because if your feet get cold the cold air will go into your uterus.
My mother in law is trinidadian and have shared similar traditions with me. They also tie a bag of some kind of herb concoction to the baby's foot to prevent sickness, and "bad tings" from harming the baby
My family has never really followed the traditions. They just tell me don’t go outside and if you do then you should cover up, and some do bring hot soups to help out, but my mom doesn’t stay with me. I am 2 weeks postpartum, I’ve already gone out like 4 times. My mom is in Mexico. But even with my other 2 I’ve never been taken care of. Especially with this baby I’ve been getting much less sleep or rest. I’m always scared I’m not going to lose my belly. Or that I won’t heal right, but there’s sometimes no time to even think about that.
OMG I WISH that was my post partum experience lol For our next baby I will be sharing this Vietnamese tradition of taking care of me for weeks with my Mom lol
Jelisa Smith lolll
Healthy food ,exercise and give some time only can cure your loose belly...nothing else
I am a Jamaican our tradtion is sitting over a pan of hot salt water n shake ur tummy so whatever leave inside it would come out. I didnt do it because I had c section it hard to sit low.
Yes, I did this!
Wow Jenny I wish I would’ve had a friend like u with great advice.In 1998 I had my 3rd kid. I was 23. 24 hours after she was born we went to the mall right from the hospital. I wanted yummy food and her and I needed new clothes ( my reasoning plz don’t judge) Nothing happened we didn’t get sick. I vaccinate so I don’t know if they helped , but she just came along with us everywhere from day 1. I didn’t lift much and I worked out every day. Even the day I was induced maybe that helped. But I wish I would’ve had traditions and rituals and a mom that cared. Thank u for all your knowledge, I will pass it on to my daughters ❤️❤️❤️
Dear...we matched a lot, maybe because I also don't have someone to care me like Jenny.. I instead of taking rest... I started doing all the works right away
Sorry no vaccinations here. My mom always said a women's body is open because she gave birth which allows for germs and viruses to enter I do believe this. I believe that parents traditions really work. Congratulations on your bundle of joy. Peace and Blessings!
jereflowers she lost me at “get your flu vaccine”. 😂😂😂👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼
Let me just pump all this garbage in my body that’s never been tested on pregnant women. #nothanks
Afro Arab here and we do the same! I love it!
This is very informative, I am in Kenya and I will definitely try some of these traditions. Can I use a hot water bottle instead of heating up a cooking pot?
What was the reason not to touch water? You explained the ginger and vodka but the belief behind not touching water ?
🤷🏻♀️ my mom just said don’t touch it because it will get you sick. No scientific evidence
@@drjennale So why dont you? Just hop in and enjoy a nice shower.
My mom said all the same thing that ur mom told u lol and if i did stuff around home my mom would yell at me.
We push so much from delivering that our pores open and takes time to fully recover. washing with just water and catching wind can cause sickness and early arthritis. A lot of rituals and superstition was definitely annoying but centuries or tradition can’t be wrong.
I love it. Yes please a pumping video ❤❤
Your traditions are definitely not crazy!! I love it. My mom is from Trinidad and I see a lot of similarities!!!
Would love to see more on doing proper kegels. Most women do them wrong and actual worsen incontinence/pelvic floor issues- I was definitely among those!
As a western African the catching wind is real tradition so no going out for the mom for at least 7 days and you have to bundle up in an equatorial weather lol. New moms are only allow to eat hot/wet food ( soup, wet risotto, porridge with palm oil etc). Instead of the rock salt pot, we do the belly wrap right after birth.