LESSON 2:

Filipino Culture,
Values and Practices
in Relation to
Maternal and Child
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Care
 Myths and
Beliefs
related to
Pregnancy
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Pregnancy
● According to Filipino beliefs, how a pregnant
woman acts, the things that happen to her and even
what she thinks can all have a major impact on her
growing baby.
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i.e., a pregnant woman’s food cravings must be fulfilled

promptly or she may suffer a miscarriage.
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Pregnancy
● A pregnant women should not wear anything around
her neck or the baby may get strangled by his umbilical
cord.

● A pregnant woman should also avoid looking at

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anything ugly, scary or blemished, because that could

cause the baby to be born disfigured.
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Birth
● Guests at the birth standing too near the door could
create complications in labor.

● A laboring woman should place squash leaves on her

abdomen and hold onto hard objects to lessen labor
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pains.

● Coconut water can also lessen labor pains.

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Birth
● The mother should avoid touching others while in
labor or her pain may be transferred to them.

● It is common for many people to attend the birth,

particularly female family members.
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Postpartum Care
● Burying the placenta, or afterbirth, as soon as possible
after labor is thought necessary to end labor pains and
bleeding.

● Mother must kept very warm, rest completely and stay

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inside for 30 to 40 days after the birth.

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Postpartum Care
● Burying the placenta, or afterbirth, as soon as possible after
labor is thought necessary to end labor pains and bleeding.
● Mother must kept very warm, rest completely and stay inside
for 30 to 40 days after the birth. ccording to Filipino beliefs, this
helps the mother heal, helps her womb to dry up and ‘keeps
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“cold” or “wind” from getting inside her body.

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Postpartum Care
● She is also given special foods to eat so she can make
the most nourishing milk. Relatives take over the
mother’s work and take care of her while she recovers.
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Infant Care
● Newborn babies are also kept very warm and are
protected from anything that might startle or frighten
them.

● The mother’s first milk, colostrum, is considered dirty

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in Filipino culture, so relatives feed the baby with sugar

water or formula for a few days until the mother’s
regular milk comes in.
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Infant Care
● Some women also believe that their emotions can be
transmitted through breast milk and may avoid feeding
their babies when they are upset or angry.
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A man's best friend... Mmm, can I fit in?...

Did you know that dogs can smell your Did you know that a cat uses its whiskers as
feelings? feelers to determine if a space is too small to
squeeze through?
Dogs can pick up on subtle changes in your
scent, which can help him figure out how Also, cats love to sleep. A fifteen-year-old
you are feeling, such as by smelling your cat has probably spent ten years of its life
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perspiration when you become nervous or sleeping.

fearful.
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“
Clearly, animals know more
than we think, and think a
great deal more than we
know.
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There are more kangaroos than Koalas are even more lazy than
Pandas don’t hibernate.
humans in Australia. cats.

When winter approaches, they It is estimated that more than 50 Koalas don’t have much energy
head lower down their mountain million kangaroos live there. and, when not feasting on leaves,
homes to warmer temperatures, They are Australia’s national they spend their time dozing in
where they continue to chomp symbol and appear on postage the branches. Believe it or not,
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away on bamboo! stamps, coins, and airplanes. they can sleep for up to 18 hours
a day!
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Elephants Pandas Cats

Elephants can sense storms. Pandas don’t hibernate. Cats use their whiskers as feelers to
determine if a space is too small to
squeeze through.

Dogs Kangaroos Koalas

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Dogs can smell your feelings. There are more kangaroos than humans Koalas are even more lazy than cats.
in Australia.
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Did you know that elephants can sense storms?

Elephants may be able to detect a thunderstorm from

hundreds of miles away, and will head towards it, looking for
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water.
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A man's best friend... Mmm, can I fit in?...

Did you know that dogs can smell your Did you know that a cat uses its whiskers as
feelings? feelers to determine if a space is too small to
squeeze through?
Dogs can pick up on subtle changes in your
scent, which can help him figure out how Also, cats love to sleep. A fifteen-year-old
you are feeling, such as by smelling your cat has probably spent ten years of its life
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perspiration when you become nervous or sleeping.

fearful.
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Did you know that elephants can sense storms?

Elephants may be able to detect a thunderstorm from

hundreds of miles away, and will head towards it, looking
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for water.
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A man's best friend... Mmm, can I fit in?...

Did you know that dogs can smell your Did you know that a cat uses its whiskers as
feelings? feelers to determine if a space is too small to
squeeze through?
Dogs can pick up on subtle changes in your
scent, which can help him figure out how Also, cats love to sleep. A fifteen-year-old
you are feeling, such as by smelling your cat has probably spent ten years of its life
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perspiration when you become nervous or sleeping.

fearful.
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Did you know that elephants can sense storms?

Elephants may be able to detect a thunderstorm from hundreds

of miles away, and will head towards it, looking for water.
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