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BELIEFS REGARDING CHILD BEARING AND DEATHS
German American women beliefs that, pregnancy has no relation with being part of a
family. This is because, many of them live far from their family or partner due to personal or
professional reasons. Hence, many of them prefer to be a single mother and in order nto lighten
the financial burden they want to cover their pregnancy as well as delivery related expenses by
health insurances (Ainsworth, 2014).
As per childbearing beliefs and practices of Scandinavian Americans, it can be said that
they believe that there is no fixed or stipulated age of giving birth to a child. Due the
advancement of science, it has become possible to become parents at any age. Hence the
Scandinavian mothers think that it is good to be pregnant at the age of forty or above (Ainsworth,
2014)..
One of the instances of the traditional childbearing beliefs is that, Ireland Americans
women who are pregnant are not permitted to enter graveyards. As violation of this restriction
may result into the birth of a weak baby. Ireland Americans women believe that the burning of
animal products like horse’s hooves, fish eyes, and cat feces will produce a stench which will in
turn assist in the birth of the baby by contracting the womb (Ainsworth, 2014)..
Some Italian Americans believe that, a woman should tell about her pregnancy only after
the trimester and once the pregnant woman starts telling everybody about her pregnancy she
should not miss a single person she knows. Failing of this may hamper the speaking power of the
child (Raphael-Leff, 2018).
As per the childbearing beliefs and practices of Middle East, it can be said that, Middle
East women believe that they should not tell anyone about the name of the baby they have
thought of, in their mind (Raphael-Leff, 2018).

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