Happy mother’s day! This fruit flower basket was arranged by a friend caregiver Novel and made one of my clients so happy. Mothers are indepensable, essential workers and special. They make everyone happy. They give life.They should be given more benefits than any other profession. Love them unconditionally for without them, there will be lessContinue reading “A fruit basket for Mother’s day”
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Soups to prevent flu and influenza
Mothers and babies must up intake of whole foods rich in Vitamin C and zinc to prevent flu and influenza. Here are 5 ways to prevent the cold and flu with nutrition. Hydration – The outdoor air is drier in cold weather, and our heated homes are dry. Staying hydrated in the winter keeps mucous membranes soft andContinue reading “Soups to prevent flu and influenza”
Motherhood , healing , signs and symptoms and aging
What are important body signals that can be problematic 20 years from now? Senses Sense of smell and taste can predict neurodegenerative health issues. I do not want to use disease since health issues can still be prevented if we are proactive. With health knowledge now readily available in the internet, we can have anContinue reading “Motherhood , healing , signs and symptoms and aging”
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Alter Thyroid Levels in Pregnancy and May Affect Fetal Brain Development
A new study led by biologist R. Thomas Zoeller of the University of Massachusetts Amherst provides “the strongest evidence to date” that endocrine disrupting chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) found in flame retardant cloth, paint, adhesives and electrical transformers, can interfere with thyroid hormone action in pregnant women and may travel across the placentaContinue reading “Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Alter Thyroid Levels in Pregnancy and May Affect Fetal Brain Development”
Pain and depression, childbirth pain and mothering
Mothers like me who had a home birth and mothers who had surgical birth experienced pain in different ways. When I was teaching childbirth, I shared my stories but each mother can create their own memories during childbirth. What is important is the support system. I was blessed to be with nurse midwives. Learning moreContinue reading “Pain and depression, childbirth pain and mothering”
The Newborn after Birth
Newborns feel, remember and are influenced by their experiences. During the first few weeks of life, they need mother’s milk (if possible), warmth and sleep. When travelling, mothers before us have worn a sling to carry baby around in which rocks the newborn to sleep. Sleeping with their mothers helps newborn babies to regulate theirContinue reading “The Newborn after Birth”
Feeding with Mother’s Milk
Most mothers around the world agree that: The mother’s heartbeat is the baby’s lullaby music. The mother’s milk has sleep inducing benefits. The mother’s milk is not dropable like a bottle and is easy to carry around. The mother’s milk stores the baby’s milk at just the right temperature. The mother’s milk is readily availableContinue reading “Feeding with Mother’s Milk”
Stay at home mothers as business owners and network marketers
Stay-at-home mothers, mothers working in high-tech, and mothers juggling a corporate job and raising children all met last night Los Gatos to help bring new sales consultants to the business. You will hear many stories how they find satisfaction in building their own business with lost cost of entry, less than $1000. A business woman toldContinue reading “Stay at home mothers as business owners and network marketers”
Sons who are close to their moms are stronger
Freud warned about the unresolved Oedipal complex in boys: Sons who couldn’t break free from a smothering mother’s clutches were doomed to be sexually confused — or even homosexual. Even Dr. Benjamin Spock, the pediatric guru of the 1950s and 1960s, advised that mama’s boys might grow up “precocious, with feminine interests.” But now, authorContinue reading “Sons who are close to their moms are stronger”
Male newborns of mothers with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)
Male sex is a well-known risk factor for unfavorable perinatal outcomes. Fetal sex has been considered only occasionally in diabetic pregnancy. The study concluded that in the group of women with GDM, perinatal outcomes in pregnancies of male newborns differ in only 2 of 16 evaluated variables: an increased frequency of CS and neonatal hypoglycemia.Continue reading “Male newborns of mothers with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)”