Posters displaying various positions to comfortably deliver a baby, body movements and exercises to perform during different stages of pregnancy are plastered across a room on the ground floor of Area Hospital, Nampally. One of the charts titled ‘Antenatal Exercises’ exhibits the right way to stretch, do butterfly pose, and how to squat using a chair.
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, a Health Education Room had been opened at this State-run hospital in Hyderabad a few months ago. Now, demand for the service is picking up.
Apart from exercises, the pregnant women are explained various aspects to be considered during birth planning — deciding the hospital for delivery, attendants to accompany them, mode of transportation in case the expecting woman has to be rushed to a hospital for childbirth, expenses in various stages of pregnancy and during delivery, and requirement of blood in case of an emergency.
