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Breastfeed Your Baby

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Are you a new mom? Do you know the importance of nursing your young?

Here are the basic advantages of breastfeeding to nursing moms:

 

  1. Gives a kind of natural immunization against several diseases.
  2. Baby will have less stomach trouble since mother’s milk is easy to digest and absorb.
  3. No problem in preparing breast milk. It is always at the right temperature and free.
  4. Helps you avoid certain risks to your own health like bleeding after birth and breast and ovarian cancer.
  5. Makes it less likely that you will become pregnant too soon.

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What you should do:

  1. Breast-feed you child exclusively from birth to six months of age. This means you should give your child no other drink or food, and you should let the child feed frequently and for unrestricted periods.
  2. You can continue breast-feeding for as long as your baby wants to, that is, well into the second year of life.
  3. To increase breast milk, feed your baby often. For your own nutrition, eat a variety of foods every day. Eat more meat, fish, eggs, milk, vegetables and fruit.
  4. Start giving other foods when the baby is four to six months. The baby needs additional foods for rapid growth and development.

Source: WHO

GT: Health Goal for 2011

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I’m making this goal list briefly.

a. eat when necessary and not on a whim (read: temptation). I don’t want any more pounds added to 150-160 lbs.

b. sleep early to avoid food cravings and trim down. I’m sure you’ve heard or read how lack of sleep may promote weight gain.

c. last but not the least, exercise. I’m including walking and maybe dancing to the list of possible activities that would help me lose weight. 🙂

My list says it all. How about you what is your health resolution or goal this year? You can share it with us at Girls Talk. GT is hosted by Marce K.

Still thankful

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I just wrote a thank you post last week enumerating among other things the blessings we received this year including good health. But a few days after I wrote my thank you note, I accompany my husband to the hospital after he complained of heaviness in the chest and uneasiness due to high blood pressure.

At the hospital, staff from the emergency room took his BP and ECG (electrocardiogram) test to determine if there is irregularity in his breathing or if he has a heart condition. It took only five minutes or less for the ECG to complete. It was fast. But waiting for the result took us almost an hour.

It was chilly in the ER and I couldn’t stand it. I dash to the nearest comfort room located on the same floor to relieve myself. After urinating I readily wash my hands with liquid soap and water. But they don’t have paper towels or hand dryers to dry off  hands. I wish they have one installed in every CR. It’s a good thing I have ample tissue paper with me.

When I returned hubby is still seated in the same place I left him. He was waiting for me to share the good news that his ECG test is okay. Hubby returned to the hospital the following day for a complete blood work up (that include CBC, RBC, cholesterol, etc.) and then ultrasound for his kidneys and gall bladder as per instruction of our doctor. Both tests showed normal results. Hubby is set to see our doctor for his next checkup this week.