women during surya grahanexpecting mothers are advised to not have any meal or even a glass of water during the entire duration of the eclipse but following this type of diet can be harmful and dehydrate the mother it can even cause symptoms such as a headache dizziness and acidityone of the most commonly observed precautions is to not step out during the eclipse this particularly extends to expecting mothers as it is believed that the harmful rays of the sun can cause the baby to be born deformed or with a cleft in some families momstobe are not even advised to step outside the room again there is no scientific evidence behind thisit is also commonly believed that once the eclipse gets over people should take a bath to get rid of the toxins pregnant women are advised to take a bath especially to get rid of any kind of negative energy or rays which might be absorbed it is important to remember that these myths and harmful effects do not have any scientific backing to date