How it helps your unborn baby
Garbh Sanskar can be traced back to ancient Hindu texts and Vedas as early as 1500-500 BC. It also finds reference in the Mahabharata which was written roughly around 400 BC. It also forms an important part of the ancient Ayurvedic principles.
Garbh Sanskar involves a traditional diet planning, yoga, music, and behavioural suggestions that help create a positive atmosphere around the mother.
Mothers who have followed it say that their babies are able cross the initial milestones such as speaking, crawling, walking earlier than other babies and show extraordinary development. Others say that their baby's have better sleeping patterns and are generally quite healthy compared to other babies. Here are other ways in which it helps your unborn baby:
- Caress and talk to your baby. Even the father should take turns in familiarising the baby with his voice. It might sound like an odd thing to do, but can go a long way in developing the bond between the parents and the baby
- Staying positive is very important. Avoid stresses and bad thoughts
- Talk to your baby about something different every day. Modulate your voice and tell them how happy you are to have him or her in your life and how you just cannot wait to hold your baby
- A holiday in a scenic place might also help you relax. Consider a vacation if you are finding it hard to relax mentally. Babymoons are gaining a lot of popularity these days and for a good reason!
Helps in the baby'sgrowth and development:Science says that a baby's brain develops upto 60 per cent while in the womb and an unborn baby can respond to the outside influences that he is subjected to such as light, music and other movements. So when the mother thinks positive and stays happy, she helps in circulating good hormones in her body, which deeply impact the well-being of her baby.
Helps keep the baby calm and stay positive:Listening to good music increases positivity and gives a lot of good vibes to your unborn baby as well. Science has said time and again that a foetus can hear the mother'svoice when in the womb and if the mother says positive things to the baby, it will affect his mental and physical development as well.
Strengthens the bond:Nothing can calm a baby more than his mother's voice! When the baby listens to music and or stories read out by the mother, he is more calm and at peace and establishes bond with the mother before birth.
Helps develop the baby'sbrain:The music of the fulte, veena and vedas that you listen as part of Garbh Sanskar helps in the faster development of baby'sbrain as well. Don't you remember how Abhimanyu learns to penetrate the Chakravyuh after he listened his father Arjun tell his mother about the technique when he was still in the womb? Sadly she slept before Abhimanyu could learn the whole trick!