Babies provide us joy and the Igbo traditional postpartum care plays a vital role in welcoming a baby into the family.
It can be difficult for new parents to take care of the infant after delivery.
The Igbo, Yoruba, and Akwa Ibom tribes in Nigeria all have different customs to welcome a new baby into the family, such as “omugwo,” which is the Igbo traditional post partum care, “ojojo omo,” and “umaan” as for Akwaibomites.
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Omugwo is the Igbo traditional postpartum care given to the new mother by an older mother to help guide her.
The benefit of this practise is that it aids the new mother in adjusting to her new position by drawing on the knowledge of the mother (wife or husband).
The mother (of the husband or wife) is in charge of making sure she gets the food she needs during omugwo.
Swedish massage treatments, hot water therapy, and milk production for the baby’s consumption are all aided by this.
Igbo traditional postpartum care is essential for mother and child
The grandmother gives the new mother sitz baths and hot water therapy after childbirth.
In hot water treatment, a cloth is soaked before being used to massage the pregnant woman’s belly.
If the new mother gave birth vaginally, a sitz bath is a requirement so that blood clots in her womb can come out and she can heal internally appropriately.
To help the new mother flush out undesirable blood clots in her body and to help increase breast milk supply, hot foods like pepper soup will be given to her.
Another food choice offered to the new mother is pap, which helps to increase her supply of breast milk.
The Igbo traditional postpartum care is essential for the new mother to get the rest she needs to rebuild her strength.
Although there may be tension between the new mother and the mother of the husband or wife due to ideological differences, the practise of omugwo is still beneficial.
However, it is one that benefits the new mother and fosters closer ties among members of the wider family.
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