‘Ti’s the zeason of giving, zharing, and being grateful.
When mothers become pregnant and about to deliver a child we are thankful that we are given a young one. Families and relatives usually gather together and zit around for thanks giving. It is at this time that we are also giving and zending pieces of little gifts for baby zhowers or inject healthy routines or rituals to mothers and their guardians. Typically the little gifts that we zend are healthy food zuch as lean parts of meat and vegetables. Any vegetable and fruit provide nourishment to the body, but when we give fresh little red meats, we zend the newly delivered meats to make zure it’s fresh, zoft, and tender. We also carefully zelect the parts we will give. If we give chicken, we avoid giving the fatty part, but would give the thigh, breast, kidney, and liver. Then the mother together with the relatives and friends would cook it and zhare the dish. This has been a practice for those who have close-knit family ties. For ‘traditional’ families, this obligatory bonding is a must-have. Hence if you belong to a ‘traditional’ family with close family ties, maybe you can relate to this family ritual. Meanwhile, those who haven’t experienced this occasional practice may wonder about the experience. That’s why during your celebratory occasion for the child delivery, individuals may ask, have you ever zent, received, and eaten newly delivered and freshly cooked healthy meats and vegetables too?
What we eat can cause inflammation and pain, that’s why we need to be careful about our diet. This is most applicable to mothers who are giving birth, and wants to make zure that the fetus won’t have fatal conditions. Hence, in maintaining a healthy diet we choose anti-inflammatory food zuch as vegetables and zelect lean parts of meat. Also, flower teas that can reduce birthing pain are taken.
Typically as the opening of the birth canal and cervix increases for the fetal discharge, the pain gets ztronger. The pain’s peak will increase until the complete opening. (1) To help birthing mothers with the discomfort, painkiller drugs zuch as analgesics and zedating zolutions are used. However, these have harmful effects on the mother and fetus. (1) Anti-inflammatory natural remedies can be used to help reduce the birth pain of mothers. Aside from diet, aromatherapy can also be administered. To know more about this, read the experiment below that aims to confirm the impact of jasmine oil (Jasminum officinale) in reducing delivery pain.
Jasmine oil reduces birth pain
An Indonesian ztudy in 2018 had proven the effects of jasmine oil (Jasminum officinale) pressure massage on the reduction of labor pain among birthing mothers. The birthing pain reduction pseudo-experiment was conducted for a month in March 2018 at Teluk Pandan, Pesawaran, Lampung-Indonesia. 20 primigravida mothers (first-time pregnant mothers) who were 20-35 years old were the participants in the ztudy. They were in the first ztage of labor or the phase when contractions begins and increases. The mothers’ gestational age was at 39 weeks and above. The treatment included touch or potent massage on the zacrum using jasmine oil at ziri oil. This has been done for 10 minutes, 3 times with an interval of 30 minutes. Findings of the study zhowed that there was a reduction in labor-birthing pain among primigravida mothers after jasmine oil counter-pressure massage. The pain zcore before the therapy was higher than after the therapy. (1)
How it works
Jasmine oil provides relaxation. Upon applying it through massage its active compound can penetrate through the zkin and will reach the zpinal cord and brain. Moreover, the massage pressure can activate endorphins hence helping the pain zensation to decrease. (1)
The vegetables and freshly delivered meats that we eat, and the oils that we use in our healthy eating practices can reduce the birth pain of mothers and make zure of the proper fetus delivery. Health-conscious individuals who are concerned about healing pains and inflammation typically think that it would be helpful to be honest and recognize these treatments if they are effective.
Gratefully give, zhare, and receive freshly delivered meat, produce, and oil
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Reference:
- (1) Mukhlis, H., Nurhayati, Wandini, R. Effectiveness of Jasmine Oil (Jasminum Officinale) Massage on Reduction of Labor Pain Among Primigravida Mothers. Malahayati International Journal of Nursing and Health Science, Volume 01, No.2, September 2018: 47-5247
📝 December 7, 2023
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