Traditional Practices of Reproductive Health Care Management followed by Pregnant and Lactating Women’s of Sawai Madhopur District of Rajasthan

AbstractPregnancy is the time during which one or more offspring develops (gestates) inside a woman’s uterus (womb). A multiple pregnancy involves more than one offspring, such as with twins. An understanding of the traditional practices associated with pregnancy and delivery in immigrant women’s countries of origin is essential for Indian health care professionals who attend these women. This study, intended for Indian families, nurses and other health workers, reviews pregnancy, childbirth, and newborn care practices in India. Present study was conducted in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan to quantify the Traditional practices followed by pregnant women in rural areas of Sawai Madhopur district. The result suggests that pregnancy traditional practices has proved a Feasibility, Accessibility and Replicability to conditions of pregnant, lactating women of sawai madhopur district. In 2020-2023, 120 pregnant and lactating women’s sample was conducted in sawai madhopur pachayat samiti. The Major findings of the study revealed that 95 per cent of women follows the Traditional practices during and after pregnancy of the rural women of Sawai Madhopur Panchayat Samiti. Findings further indicates that 45 per cent of the respondents had 1-2 alive children’s followed by 3-4 alive children (31.67%), 17.50 per cent of the respondents did not have children as their first pregnancy. Only 5.83 per cent of the respondents had five and above children. The Major findings were respondents 83.33 per cent of the respondents had normal deliveries. Only 16.67 per cent respondents had cesarean deliveries. Majority of the respondents (55%) were pregnant and had normal deliveries. Respondents were married between 19 to 22 years of age and fifteen percent had miscarriages. There were some traditional practices also done by rural women in prenatal and postnatal period.