Doula, Midwifery, and Postnatal Concepts, Treatments, and Practices | Page 9

Thai Traditional Infant Care after Childbirth
Traditionally in Thailand, there’s an extended postpartum rest period for the mother (Yu Duan period), and relatives will assist or play a dominant [ ... ]

Thai Traditional Kao Krachome Postnatal Steaming
Restorative heat therapies, notably hot herbal treatments, are an important aspect of Thai Yu Fai postnatal treatments. Being part of Yu Fai, Thai tra [ ... ]

Kud Thong | Thai Traditional Massage During Childbirth
Kud Thong Massage is a specific type of traditional Thai Massage applied by Thai traditional midwives for pregnant women, but generally not before the [ ... ]

Thai Superstitions Around Pregnancy and Childbirth
In Thailand, Buddhist rites and meditation, animism, but also beliefs in supernatural powers or powers of the universe and superstitions, play an impo [ ... ]

Asian Traditional Midwifery – Postpartum Concept of Regaining Heat
Traditionally in Asia, but also in some other parts of the world, the balance between “hot” and “cold” is an important theme. It affects multi [ ... ]

Traditional vs Contemporary Postpartum Treatments in Thailand
Research in past years has suggested that Yu Fai and other traditional midwifery practices will vanish in Thailand due to modernization, the dominance [ ... ]

Traditional Breast Massage For Lactation in Thailand
It’s believed that Breast Massage in the postpartum period helps relieve breast pains and breast engorgement, decreases breast milk sodium, produces [ ... ]

Thai Dietary Precautions During Pregnancy
Traditionally in Thailand, it’s thought that specific food products should be limited or avoided or — by contrast — being consumed durin [ ... ]

Udaraveshtana | Postpartum Abdominal Binding
Udaraveshtana or Udara Vestana is an Indian Ayurvedic Abdominal Binding treatment procedure which is practiced as a care given in the postpartum confi [ ... ]

Asian Traditional Postpartum Practices and Confinement Period
In most countries of Asia, giving birth is a process that is considered cold. The reason to that is the fact that a woman loses lots of blood during d [ ... ]