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Abstract
Pregnancy and childbirth are major life events in a woman’s life. They bring lots of joy in the family as well as many changes in the woman’s physical, physiological and emotional status. The objective of study was to assess the expressed practices adopted by mothers during postnatal period. Also to assess the reasons for expressed practices adopted by mothers during postnatal period. The study adopted a non-experimental approach using exploratory survey design. The tool and techniques used for data collection was semi structured interview schedule and interviewing technique. The content validity of the tool was established by experts from the field of obstetrics and gynecological nursing or medical surgical nursing, mental health nursing and child health nursing. The study was conducted at MMIMS&R Hospital, Mullana, Ambala and General Hospital of Ambala city, India. Convenience sampling technique was used to collect data from 100 postnatal mothers. The data was collected during the month of April 2014. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics. Demographic Variables revealed that (46%) were in the age group of 24-29 years, majority (78%) was Hindu and (47%) had completed their high school. Majority (98%) of mothers was homemaker and (44%) had monthly income 5000110000. Majority (80%) of mothers was from rural areas and most (60%) mothers had 1 child. Majority (93%) of mothers eat more green leafy vegetables for their better health. Majority (94%) of mothers change their undergarments daily to maintain personal hygiene. Majority (96%) of mothers avoid standing long periods of time to prevent pressure on the stitches or on the legs. All (100%) of mothers avoid sex for period of six weeks because they are advised by the health workers. Majority (95%) of the mothers will go for follow ups for their better future health in future. Majority of the postnatal mothers had healthy practices and their reasons behind them for adopting these practices were also good.