IN BURSA , ANKARA , MERSİN
In Mersin , Bursa and Ankara just like In the more traditional parts of Anatolia , women used to give birth at home in their villages with the help of midwives , and the majority of practices carried out during childbirth were believed to make the whole process easier . Some of these practices were ;
• Unfastening the woman ’ s hair ,
• Opening locked doors , chests and windows ,
• Feeding birds ,
• A woman who had earlier had an easy labor would rub the back of the pregnant woman ,
• Shooting in the air ,
• Putting the woman on someone ’ s back and shaking her ,
• Making the woman jump down from a high place ,
• Making the woman lie down on a piece of cloth and rocking her .
After birth :
• The child ’ s umbilical cord and placenta ,
• Accouchement ,
• The idea of the mother-snatcher or baby-snatcher ,
• The forty-day threshold ,
• The forty-day precautions Emir SAL .