{"id":1919,"date":"2018-04-11T09:11:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T09:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mumblog.co.uk\/?p=1919"},"modified":"2023-09-15T11:03:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T11:03:57","slug":"unusual-pregnancy-birth-traditions-and-rituals-from-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mumblog.co.uk\/unusual-pregnancy-birth-traditions-and-rituals-from-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Unusual Pregnancy & Birth Traditions and Rituals From Around The World"},"content":{"rendered":"
Here in the UK, we have a few traditions for pregnancy and labour that might seem a little strange to our international neighbours, but are perfectly normal here. The idea of a baby shower before the birth for instance, would seem incredibly unlucky in other countries where they believe that evil spirits may try and harm the baby. Furthermore, our old tradition of dangling a ring over the mother\u2019s bump to determine a baby\u2019s sex based on how the ring swings is still alive and well amongst the over 50 generation, even with all our modern scanning technology. This might seem strange in other cultures who have their own rituals for determining a baby\u2019s sex.<\/p>\n
Once a woman has given birth in the UK, more often than not she is sent home and basically left to it, with very minor support from midwives and health visiting teams. As we explore below, women in many other countries would be appalled by this.<\/p>\n
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Like our old swinging a ring above the baby bump trick, cultures around the world have developed their own unique ways of guessing whether the baby will be a boy, or a girl.<\/p>\n
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In a number of countries around the world, there are powerful beliefs about the role spirits and demons have to play in our lives. Many cultures have rituals that are said to help protect a baby from these evil and mischievous beings.<\/p>\n
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Here in the UK, most women go out of the house within a week or so after giving birth. Some take more time, others take less, but for the vast majority of UK women, the idea of staying in one place for a month or more following the birth would seem a pretty strange concept. However, it\u2019s worth noting that the UK has one of the worst breast-feeding rates in the world, and the lack of post-natal care is undoubtedly a factor.<\/p>\n
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Here in the UK, our main post-natal tradition is a Christening service, where a baby is sprinkled with holy water and dedicated to God. For practicing Christians, this is an important moment in their new baby\u2019s life. For others, this is a traditional way to welcome a new baby into the world and a good excuse to have a party. Around the world, the arrival of the new baby is marked in a number of different ways.<\/p>\n
Here in the UK, we have a few traditions for pregnancy and labour that might seem a little strange to our international neighbours, but are perfectly normal here. The idea of a baby shower before the birth for instance, would seem incredibly unlucky in other countries where they believe that evil spirits may try and harm the baby. Furthermore, our old tradition of dangling a ring over the mother\u2019s bump to determine a baby\u2019s sex based on how the ring swings is still alive and well amongst the over 50 generation, even with all our modern scanning technology. This might <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mumblog.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mumblog.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mumblog.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mumblog.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mumblog.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1919"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mumblog.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3101,"href":"https:\/\/www.mumblog.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919\/revisions\/3101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mumblog.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mumblog.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mumblog.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mumblog.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}