1) Ayurveda provides holistic guidelines for conception, pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum care to support the health of both mother and baby. 2) It recommends lifestyle modifications, herbal supplements, and a sattvic diet for each trimester to nourish the fetus and create optimal conditions for development. 3) The emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being of the expectant mother is also emphasized as this influences fetal development and future personality traits of the child.

1. Sreemaatha kutumba chintana yatra
• Dr.Shantala Priyadarshini,M.S.,Msc.
• Professor & HOD
• Government Ayurveda Medical college.
• Arogya Bharati, National Executive member
• Mysore

2. Sanctity of sringeri
Uttam Saanidhya
Sarvottama phala

3. Super progeny (Suprajanan)
beautiful future generation.
• Suprajana, shukrashonita prakruthi,Kala
Garbhashaya Prakruti –A holistic Ayurveda
Yoga National Health Program
• The intra uterine life designs a unique person
known as –Kalagarbhasya prakruthi.
• Experiences, trauma, emotions, diet, lifestyle
….of the expectant lady decides a prakruthi
• Let the baby be by choice not by chance.

4. Ayurveda recommends
• Considerations before conception
• Panchakarma before conception
• Garbhini charya for best baby, safe delivery
• Lifestyle, dos don’t’s –time tested
• Everything for expectant lady, baby to be born.
• Achara rasayana,dhyana
• Complications due to kalagarbhashya avastha.

5. Astavakra,Abhimanyu
Kahola +Sujātā
The fetus heard recitation of
Kahola, whenever
pronounced wrong, it
squirmed in distress &
corrected it.
Cursed to become -8 vakra
Can Fetus be educated ?
Knowledge, thoughts,
emotions ,habits Can
be imbibed by the baby
to be born

6. Designing baby
Ayurveda recommends
•Have a baby by choice not by chance
•Conceive your baby before conception
•Detoxification of the couple planning a family
•The expectant parents should adopt health life style & food habits
•A happy family in a bliss filled atmosphere ensures happy baby.
•Parents are responsible for the unborn child too.
•From the idea conceived to conception, then full term ,delivery are a
state of normal life,
•It needs special care ,it is not a state of disease.

15. Douhrdini -Matrudevo bhav.
Expectant lady drinks alcohol - fetus dies / criminal
Fetal Alcoholic syndrome /anomalies
Ayurveda advises
pregnant ladies should never take
alcohol, drugs, strong medications
any thing harmful to fetus.
Listen to learned ladies also
Excessive salt, alkaline, sour causes
teratogincity.
Pregnant ladies desires to be fulfilled

16. Diet –wholesome –satwik –why ?

17. Expectant lady smokes –fetus dies ?
Low birth weight
Fetal distress
Fetal mortality is higher
• Expectant lady + husband + family smokes
• Alcohol +drugs + broken family

18.  Lead author Nancy Handmaker, a University of New
Mexico clinical psychologist with expertise in
maternal-fetal health says (in a study appearing in the
May issue of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental
Research) "What this tells us is that the earlier you
abstain in a pregnancy, the better the outcome,” ·
Drugs like- cocaine, heroin, methadone, crack
ecstasy, LSD and PCP etc can cause serious harm to a
developing feotus and to the pregnant mother. By
having a drug-free pregnancy, you can help ensure
the safety of your child and avoid long-term
developmental problems including: chronic diarrhea,
irritability, excessive crying, neurological and
behavioral problems, motor development deficits and
lower intelligence and is a sure way to prevent
miscarriage premature labour, and still birth..

19. Crimes increased in India too

20. •Studies have shown that there is an increased risk of many types
of mental health problems including ADD (Attention Deficit
Disorder), ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity),
conduct disorder, alcohol or drug dependence, depression and
psychotic episodes.
•There is also a higher incidence of life threatening pregnancy
complications including hypertension, toxemia, abruptio placenta,
and placenta previa. Smoking accounts for 14% of premature
births. Mothers who smoke 1/2 pack of cigarettes a day during
pregnancy have an increased risk of neuro-developmental
impairment among their children with decreases in childhood
intellectual function as measured in the first four years of life.
•Mothers who smoke one pack a day during pregnancy have an
85% increased risk of having a child with mental retardation.
Be more responsible to have a responsible kid

21. Pregnancy –a state of continued bliss
•It is a time when the expectant mother should see,hear,smell, eat,
feel what nourishes her and her unborn baby.
•It should be a state of balance in the consciousness, mind, body,
behavior, & environment of the expectant mother.
•It should be physically ,mentally ,spiritually relaxing time.
•The expectant mother should be in proximity with nature.
“Many things we need can wait, the child cannot.
Now is the time his bones are being formed, his blood is being
made, his mind is being developed.
To him we cannot say tomorrow, his name is today."
-Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet

22. The mother to be should hear or sing melodious
songs, read sacred books or beautiful literature, not
stressful, wear beautiful, comfortable clothes, adorn
herself with fragrant flowers, ornaments ,be in a happy
serene atmosphere. Being creative engaged in
productive but light activities is highly advocated.
Dr T Mythily - Chief Music Therapist, Apollo
Hospitals: music therapy
Smooth natural delivery. increases chances of giving
birth to children who have better cognition, spatial and
depth perception, grasping of concepts and
mathematical ability & significantly higher APGAR-

23. 1950-pregnant women- 10,000-
birth defects-nausea
10,strains-rats,15-mice,11 breeds-rabbits,2 dogs,3-hamsters,8
primate species, cats, guinea pigs, swine…
effects have been induced only occasionally.
Thalidomide –history ---repeats
Adopt time tested ,evidence based Ayurveda

24. These include foods such as milk, rice, wheat, and ghee (clarified
butter), fresh vegetables, fruits and grains.
Sattvic foods do not cause constipation or indigestion, and they create a
more settled state of mind. These foods help the mother enjoy ideal
health and vitality, and also help with the growth of the baby.
Food which is preserved,colored,pre cooked,fried,frozen, tinned,
charred,junk food should be avoided or minimized.
It should be consumed in a blissful state of mind.
Stress ,anxiety ,fear ,anger negative emotions should be controlled.
Guidelines for an expectant mother
Our food should be our medicine; Our medicine should be our food

25. First trimester
While milk and a light diet is recommended during the first
month; in the second and third months, milk medicated with life-
building herbs such as Vidari, Shatavari (Asparagus),
Yashtimadhu (Licorice) and Brahmi(pennywort) are prescribed
along with honey and ghee. Brahmi helps in calming the nerves
and is also a good prajasthapan (sustainer of pregnancy).
It is a time of hormonal changes so emotions are challenging
Nutritious food which has all 6 tastes is advised.
No salt, sugar ,sour in excess should be consumed.
Physical, mental exertion should be avoided.
Jerky movements, lifting heavy things are best avoided.
Lifestyle should be harmonious, natural and simple.

26. Some Herbs for 1st trimester
Ayurveda recommends herbs to be taken as food.They help calm the
mind,improve mental faculty.And boosts the immune system.
Research published in May's edition of Clinical Endocrinology
shows that from 17 weeks of age, the amount of stress hormone in
the amniotic fluid surrounding the fetus is positively related to that
in the mother's blood. This is the first report of this relationship
noted at such an early stage in pregnancy.
Pennywort Liquorice

27. Second trimester
From the fourth to the seventh month, medicinal supplements such
as Ashwagandha,(winter chery) Kraunch beej and Guduchi
(tinospora cordifolia). Aswagandha and guduchi are given to
strengthen the uterine muscles and also to nourish the embryo. These
also help in the prevention of intrauterine growth retardation.
Medicated ghee is usually advocated to keep the baby nourished.
Ayurveda considers –the eye and other sense organs develop from
the 4th month so diet is more important.
The expectant mother should not see or read horror movies.
It is advised that she should read creative,mythological or pleasant
stories, wear beautiful but loose clothes,adorn herself with fragrant
flowers, jewels,and perfumes of her choice.

28. Some herbs for 2nd trimester
Helps the urino-genital organs in healthy condition.
And nourishes the fetus too.
Wintercherry keeps the lady healthy, happy and relaxed.

29. Celebrate ,welcome the unborn baby
Physically ,mentally ,spiritually nourish the
expectant lady + baby to be born = ?

30. Third trimester
Fat, salt and water should be reduced in the diet from the seventh
month onwards. Rice gruel with ghee is a recommended diet.
Small amounts of basil can be taken as anti-spasmodic.
Herbs such as Gokshura and Sariba, which are mild diuretics and
urinary antiseptics, can also be taken.
Regular ,simple and not vigorous exercises should be done all
through pregnancy under the guidance of a qualified Yoga expert.
Excessive physical and mental exertion should be avoided always.
Mentally the lady is prepared for child birth.
Prayers are essential or meditation to keep calm,blissful ,which
ensures easy and safe delivery.

31. Some herbs for 3rd trimester
Nourishes both.Helps avoid pregnancy problems.
Rich in anti oxidants ,nutrients that are necessary.
All through pregnancy the mother gets calming herbs which nourish

34. Mother the mother
Postpartum care
For mother and baby
•Fatigue –of childbirth
•Anxiety –due to caring for neonate
•Mental exhaustion due to transition into motherhood
•Physically challenging -responsibilities
What infants are fed creates ,nourishes very important factor

35. • Emotional stability
• Patriotic
• Cheerful ,kind, considerate, co operative
• Satwa in excess,rajas and tamas in balance
• Swasth, samarth
• Deergayu
• Yogi ? Rishi ? Swasth ?

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Who have contributed to create awareness
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Who helped me to feel, think adequately
and correctly
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Who stood by me silently but strongly,
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