B'LAAN WOMEN PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH....LEBON MALTEON DE NGAA IN B'LAAN LANGUAGE

TRADITION OF B'LAAN WOMAN DURING PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH AND BREAST FEEDING............................................... WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT, SHE SKIPPED HER MENSTRUAL PERIOD OR EXPERIENCE NAUSEA AND VOMITING, CHANGES TAKING PLACE AT THE SAME TIME. THE SIGNS OF PREGNANCY ARE BROADENING OF THE HIPS, PAST PULSE BEAT, THE CHANGES OF BREAST SENSATION AND SIZE AND THE INCREASE OF URINARY FREQUENCY. THE CHANGES OF BEHAVIOR AND APPETITE, CRAVING OF SOUR FRUITS, AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR, AND LAZINESS. B'LAAN PREGNANT HAS SPECIAL CARE BY HIS HUSBAND BY GIVING FOOD SHE NEEDS AND PROTECTION AGAINST BAD SPIRITS. WHEN A WOMAN HAS A TERRIBLE PAIN, BLOOD FLOWS FROM FROM VAGINA, IT INDICATES THAT SHE WILL GOING TO DELIVER A BABY.........PREPARATION FOR CHILDBIRTH...........DURING HER DELIVERY, PREGNANT WOMAN DEPART ALONE TO A SECLUDED PLACE ON THE STREAM OF WATER OR IN RIVER BANK. SHE DELIVER WITHOUT THE COMPANY OR AID OF ANY PERSON. THE UMBILICAL CORD IS CUT USING A SHARPENED BAMBOO BY THE MOTHER. THE MOTHER TAKES A BATH AFTER GIVING BIRTH, AND TAKES HERBAL MEDICINE ROOTS OF DIFFERENT HERBAL PLANTS TO AVOID STRAIN AND FOR EASY DELIVERY AND ALSO CLEAN THE BABY AFTER BIRTH. PAINLESS BIRTHS EXISTS AMONG B'LAAN WOMAN DURING DELIVERY. B'LAAN OF FULA BATO, HAD IT'S OWN UNIQUE BELIEFS AND RITUALS ABOUT CHILDBIRTH. MOTHER BROUGHT HER BABY TO THE HOUSE WRAPPED IN A KUMOT OR MALONG. THE CHILD CAN ONLY BE NAMED BY THEIR PARENTS AFTER CUTTING THE UMBILICAL CORD........BREASTFEEDING IS THE NATURAL WAY TO NURTURE A NEW BABY, BUT SOMETIMES THE MILK OF A MOTHER NEEDS TO HELP FLOW FREELY. THE HUSBAND HAVE USED SEVERAL GROWN HERBAL PLANTS FROM THE FOREST, OBOD BASAK OR UBOD (IS A VERY CORE INSIDE THE PLANT TRUNK), HE COOKED THE UBOD WITH COCONUT MILK, LET THE BREASTFEEDING MOTHER EAT, TO HELP INCREASE MILK SUPPLY TO MOTHER TO HEALTHY BABY. UBOD IS A HERBAL PLANT FROM THE FOREST WAS USED TO MANY YEARS BY THE B'LAAN MOTHER BREASTFEEDING TO HELP INCREASE MILK SUPPLY..........