Many scientific studies have now shown that if a mother is stressed, anxious or depressed while pregnant, her child is at increased risk for having a range of diseases like ADHD, conduct disorder and impaired cognitive development, including emotional problems. Thus it is important to keep a healthy body with a healthy and peaceful mind during natal and prenatal stage (Cameron, A.J. et al., 2003).
Women’s health during the reproductive or fertile years (between the ages of 15 and 49 years) is relevant not only to women themselves but it also impacts on the health and development of the next generation. Pregnancy and childbearing are especially risky for women who have high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, tobacco use, obesity, which are the very common resultant of modern lifestyle. These factors contribute to poor reproductive outcomes for both mother and infant and are direct causes of other health problems for women. Another main cause is malnutrition and especially anemia which make various complications during pregnancy. More than half a million maternal deaths occur every year and, of these, 99% happen in developing countries (Chaturvedi, D.K. et al., 2013).
However, there is nothing inevitable about these deaths. In industrialized countries, there are on average nine maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, whereas this figure can be as high as 1000 or more per 100 000 live births in the most disadvantaged countries. In settings where high fertility is the norm, women face such risks with each pregnancy. With the appropriate care, maternal mortality is in fact a very rare event (Chaturvedi, D.K. et al., 2013a); (Chaturvedi, D.K. et al., 2013b); (Saeed, S. et al., 2018).
On account of modernization and urbanization, different kinds of changes in our lifestyle are the main cause of most of the gynecological disorders and infertility is also one of them. Infertility has become a very challenging problem for working class ladies as well as common housewives. Many lifestyle factors such as the age at which to start a family, nutrition, weight, exercise, psychological stress, environmental and occupational exposures, can have substantial effects on fertility. Other lifestyle factors such as cigarette smoking, illicit drug use, and alcohol and caffeine consumption can negatively influence fertility (Gunavathi, C., et al., 2014).
All these factors are associated with a range of poor pregnancy outcomes, including reduced fertility, an increased risk of pregnancy complications and impaired infant and child development. It has been estimated that the number of infertile people in the world may be as high as 15%, particularly in industrialized nations (Jain, G. et al., 2017); (Saeed, S. et al., 2021).
Figure 1. Garbhasth Gayatri Mantra, a Rhythmic group of Syllabels for pregnant ladies to protect the womb
Pain and Its Own World
Studies have shown that the mantra chanting, meditation, Pranayama, Yoga and other practices are much useful for all the humans of different age groups, especially to females and aged persons. For females, pregnant ladies are specially getting immense benefit for themselves as well as for their baby in their womb (Kim., K. J. et al., 2019).
Scientific experiments are being conducted with help of different sensors and latest electronic gadgets to record the benefits of Yajna, mantra and meditation over these issues (Pl. refer Fig. 2 and Fig. 3).
Figure 3. (A World of Pain”, National Geographic Magazine, vol. 1, issue-1, pp. 32-57, (January 2020))