Our Mother’s Program runs hand in hand with our Early Childhood Development Centre. Pregnant or Mothers with young children attend classes such as

• Prenatal Care & Diet
• Prenatal gentle exercise Class
• Baby Development understanding
• Playgroup for Mums & Tots

Why? It is to start raising the young babies with understanding rather than old wives tales passed down from grandmothers.

• We have had a case of near death for a young mother who just gave birth as she did not seek medical attention after her childbirth because of her family custom of not leaving the house for 13 days after birth
• Long Labours with tearing from not knowing when to push their baby out in labour
• Babies left on their backs for 1 year, not being held upright or unsupported in that time. The grandmother’s tale was that babies are to be left on their back and when they are ready they will sit from that position, if they don’t do that they are ‘backwards’ There is no understanding about flat head syndrome, weak neck muscles and that sometimes motor delays are a sign of more serious genetic or neurological disorders, such as cerebral palsy. A child’s motor development needs to be monitored in case of a more serious matter,

Education in classes for young Mums helps for the future. Knowing babies are in good health and reaching their milestones leads to better education in their earlier years. The most common health issue with women in Nepal is because of pregnancy, childbirth or difficult labour and delivery, in some women these muscles weaken. As woman age and with a natural loss of the hormone estrogen, her uterus can drop into the vaginal canal, causing the condition known as a prolapsed uterus. Mother’s programs educate women that can alleviate future issues.