QUESTION:

I am nine months pregnant, and my husband and I have been doing Lamaze classes to prepare for the birth of our baby.  Part of the Lamaze method includes pressure massage and massage of the abdomen.  I have been told, though, that it is forbidden by halakhah for my husband to do this because I will be in niddah at that time.  Some people have even told me that I can’t hold my husband’s hand during childbirth for this reason.  Is this true?

ANSWER:

It is wonderful to hear that you are expecting a baby!  B’sha’ah tovah u’mutzlachat!

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