Are you pregnant or planning to have a child in near future? Then this article is for you. Apart from taking the modern medical guidelines into consideration, Vaastu can also help the would be mothers bear a healthy child.
Couples planning their progeny can use a Northwest (Moon) room as the first option or a Southeast (Venus) room as a second option until the onset of pregnancy.
Mother can then move into a Northeast (Jupiter) room as is explained later.
The place of the primary element Agni or Fire is the Southeast of an area. This author does not recommend a lady to live in a southeast room after the onset of pregnancy. It is a known medical fact that heat has a great implication in pregnancy. Anything that raises the lady’s core body temperature can amplify congenital anomalies, mostly during the first three months, when all main organs of the foetus are forming.
Electrical and Electronic Gadgets
Normally, a lady’s basal body warmth is higher during pregnancy. It is, therefore, advisable for the ladies to keep herself away from the electrical gadgets like computer, TV. This way, she can avoid increasing her internal temperature to a dangerous level without even being aware of it. Normally, a woman dissipates body heat through her skin and breathing. The foetus that is growing has normally a temperature, which is a little more than the mother’s and dissipates its heat across the placenta and through the mother’s blood stream. Foetal damage can occur if the mother or the foetus does not cool down quickly after the temperature of the core rises.
Certain studies have revealed manifold increase of miscarriages in women using computers. Computers produce unusually high levels of extremely low frequency magnetic fields. The Southeast sector of the building and the Southeast sector of a room are places to be avoided by pregnant women at least for the first three months. Medical science tells us that by the end of the fourth month, almost all the major organs of the foetus are formed. The brain stem and the limbs are formed and begin to mature. This period, commonly known as embryo-genesis, can cause organ-specific damage. However, brain development continues throughout the period of the pregnancy. Therefore, there is really no safe period for strong intense bursts or continuous doses of electro-magnetic frequencies during the months of pregnancy.
Thermal Heat
Research on the effects of thermal and non-thermal electro-magnetic fields has shown reported 50 percent miscarriages in pregnant women who slept in electrically heated waterbeds. Thermal heat is, therefore, another factor that affects pregnancy. When the Eastern part of the earth is heated, its Western part remains cold. Consequently, thermal electricity generated by the Sun travels over the surface of the earth from East to West. Therefore, pregnant ladies can avoid sleeping with their heads to the east instead they can sleep facing south as natural polarity of the body is maintained and health of both the mother and the foetus is taken care of.
Beneficial Ultra Violet Rays
A pregnant lady can sleep in a Northeast room. Vastu refers to the Northeast as Easanya or Devamoola, thereby indicating it is a very important spiritually elevated zone. It is a fact that the Sun rays can be split into 7 plus 2 colours. We speak of the Paramasayika mandala for human habitation (manushyalaya). This plan divides each side into 9 parts. Beginning from ultra-violet ray in the first part on the Eastern side corresponding to Northeast, the Sun’s beneficial rays further split into violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red and infra-red in the last part corresponding to the South-east. Ultra-violet and the cold colours of the spectrum are said to have a soothing effect on the body and hence, the Northeast room is recommended for the mothers.
Since blue has a cooling and has a astringent effect, a night lamp giving soft blue light in the room during night, is suggested. The other two colours violet and indigo which also gives cooling effect can also be alternated during the entire period of pregnancy. In case of pains, indigo can be an effective anaesthetic and can induce insensibility. Violet is said to be good for bone growth, maintaining the potassium and sodium balance of the body. Expectant mothers who regularly meditate will be happy to know what Leonardo Da Vinci has to say: “The power of meditation can be ten times greater under violet light… â€. To put it simply, violet is an inspiring and spiritual colour. Ultra violet ray, which is the head of the cold colours and is said to normalize all metabolism and glandular activities can also be used with the advantage.