Pregnancy and Labor
From Halachipedia
Cemetery
Kvater at a Bris
- Common practice is that a pregnant woman who is showing should not serve as the kvater at a bris.[3]
Fasting
see Fast Days: Pregnant or Nursing Women
Inducing Labor
- One should not induce labor unnecessarily, or simply for convenience. It is permissible if it is necessary for medical purposes. One should consult with a rabbi.[4]
Links
- The Expectant Mother on Halachically Speaking
Sources
- ↑ Minchat Yitzchak 10:42:2, Halichot Bat Yisrael 13:18
- ↑ Rabbi Yisroel Belsky and Rav Pinchas Sheinburg (Yad Lyoledet 15:25). Chazon Ovadia v. 1 p. 313 is lenient for a pregnant woman to go to the cemetery (based on Roke'ach 366, Birkei Yosef 343, Yavetz 2:177). He writes it is only a chumra of some women that they don't go to the cemetery when they are pregnant but they would go to the cemetery for a Yehrzeit so that they don't feel left out. As a proof he cites the Piskei Trumat Hadeshen 132.
- ↑ Halachically Speaking
- ↑ Rav Moshe Feinstein in Igrot Moshe YD 2:94 writes that one should not induce labor because doing so is putting oneself into danger. One should wait for Hashem to bring the baby at its proper time. However, if there's a concern for the medical care of the baby or mother by delaying one can induce labor. Taharat Habayit v. 2 p. 54 agrees and cites Shevet Halevi YD 6:128 and Mishna Halachot 9:184 who also write this. Rabbi Eli Mansour writes the same as wellc.
