Introduction
B ack in the old days, people got married very young and started a family at an early age. Today, the same decisions in life are taken after meticulous planning and weighing of pros and cons by the modern generation. Starting a family in the late teens or early twenties seems incomprehensible, and our grandparents' decisions often seem incredulous, though no less admired. With the prevalence of the nuclear family structure, both partners are career-oriented with a defined set of goals; they split chores, bills and finances. My husband Manish and I both work and have our roles divided. The responsibilities for our six-year-old son Sayaan are also divided. The upper- and middle-class families today strive to secure their future and build a better home for parenthood. Self-reliant, this generation takes on bigger roles earlier in life and works hard to realize its dreams and aspirations. The desire to start a family comes up only after the couple believes they are in a financially secure and stable stage in their careers. An unplanned pregnancy, in such cases, comes as a surprise. The lifestyle adaptations an unplanned pregnancy leads to unaddressed to can cause nervousness and worry leading stress between the couple. Having no contingency plan could challenging and pressurizing the couple, leading to drastic strain their existing relationship, mentally and physically decisions at times. It is important to note the increased prevalence of single parenting. Having a good communication and support system in such situations becomes essential for helping the couple sail through this situation without harming their relationship. Parenthood is an important phase in a couple's relationship, which can be a roller-coaster ride. People coming from various classes face this situation, but not all resort to termination of the pregnancy if it is unplanned. People who are working for a daily wage often work hard to make ends meet and bring up their children, who then grow up to make their parents proud in some way or the other. Let us take the example of Rajan and Savita, a young couple who had recently moved to Delhi from a small town in Uttar Pradesh for better job opportunities. Rajan and Savita soon started working at a call centre. They lived in a rented accommodation which had water and electricity issues. They planned to save up enough to move to a better accommodation after a year or so. Seven months after moving to the big city, Savita realized she was pregnant. After breaking the news to Rajan, they sat down to discuss this change. They didn't have enough money saved up to move to a better place to raise a child and were worried about the health expenses coming up. They decided to talk to their friends and seek advice. Their friends helped them find a better accommodation. The steps they took of sitting down and discussing the change and seeking a support system worked out in their favour. It is always better if you plan and discuss so that stress and other factors do not affect your life. There are cases where couples do not have enough support and then the only difference is that the struggle is greater. We do remark, often, that the lives and times of our grandparents and parents were much simpler. Living in a joint family, all work and finances were usually divided between men of the household, while most of the women stayed home to attend to domestic chores. They cooked, cleaned and raised children, content and at peace, with minimal extraneous concerns on a different level-only that the family had three square meals and children received a good education. It seems plausible then, that they had so many children before their 30s and did not go through the same stress of trying to provide for their child which a nuclear family set-up often entails. For example, Kanika, a journalist, was living with her joint family during her first pregnancy in Delhi. She appreciated the fact that she had so many people around her during the many changes she went through. She felt the support from her in-laws and relatives in the form of their pampering, spoilt-for-choice and assistance with preparations for her coming baby, made it all a memorable experience. She admits that the same cannot be said about her second pregnancy, by which time she was living in a nuclear set-up in a different city.
About The Book
Celebrate the joys of motherhood with yoga Keeping in mind the fast-paced lives and unhealthy habits of nuclear families, Bollywood's most celebrated yoga guru, Payal Gidwani Tiwari, brings to the fore the importance of preparing the body and mind for parenthood. Gidwani utilizes the age-old knowledge of yoga to provide essential advice and workouts for the pre-pregnancy to post-natal journey Own the Bump is a complete guide on how to use the power of yoga to welcome your bundle of joy and stay fit at the same time.
About The Author
Payal Gidwani Tiwari is one of the most famous fitness and yoga experts in Bollywood and the author of Body Goddess: The Complete Guide on Yoga for Women and From XL to XS (which sold more than 75,000 copies across the country). She answered a spiritual call by turning to yoga and soon became one of its leading experts, helping a clientele which includes Sridevi, Boney Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji. Payal was appointed as the fitness expert for Pond's Femina Miss India 2013 to train and guide the finalists in achieving the perfect body through yoga and distinguished fitness regimes. Payal won the Most Popular Book Award for Body Goddess at the Raymond Crossword Book Awards 2016-17.
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Yoga for Children (12)
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