RE: For some reason (I do not know why), the mother was not supposed to go to the church for the baptism. Tatjana, et al, The monther did not go to church then because she was not 'purified/cleansed' from childbirth, and could not go into the church until she was. This usually occurred 6 weeks after the baby's birth, when her body returned to 'normal'.... sort of a thing left over from before christianity with the same thinking that the monthlies made a woman 'unclean'.... Interesting, isn't it! My aunt, who had her children in the late '30's said that this was active thinking even then. Anettka