Dharma Shastra prescribes various measures for a safe pregnancy and the health of the mother and the child.

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For the wife

• Avoid bumpy roads, adventure, exhausting movements, jerky movements, boat rides, carrying heavy objects, and pressure on the stomach.
• Avoid grief, stress, and worries
• Avoid excessive work.
• Do not sleep during the day.
• Do not stay awake at night.
• After Pumsavanam ceremony avoid- physical relationships, pungent and strong drugs, and spices
• After the fifth month, do not take part in religious rituals.
• Do not eat during twilight.
• Do not go near anthills, ash heap, bones, skulls, bathe in deep water, stay in empty rooms, draw on the ground with nails, ash, or charcoal.
• Avoid yawning and stretching of the body.
• Keep the hair always tied.
• Maintain cleanliness and hygiene.
• Do not quarrel, laugh much, or utter inauspicious words.
• Keep the feet dry
• Serve the elders, give alms, and be concerned about the well-being of the husband.
• Always be peaceful and cheerful.

For the husband

• Fulfill wife's all reasonable desires and demands.
• Avoid long-distance travel, bathing in the sea, and hair cut after the third month.
• Do not carry a corpse during cremation.
• After the seventh month, avoid pilgrimages.

Knowledge Bank

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