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Negativity is a Magnet

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Tue, 3 Dec 2013 00:29:00 -0800

I apologize for writing such negative topic today. After not writing for the long time now I am here to share this not so good information. Forgive me for I only want to share my experience and how it affects my health as well.

As of the moment I am in an employment status which no one will like to be in my shoes. It's hard and frustrating and all the processes seemed telling me to give up. Knowing myself I won't giving up. Aside from the detailed fact that I want to proved something, I took this as a new challenge on the all new chapter of my life. But the worst part of being in this situation was that having a colleague with an extreme negative vibes. His words of discouragement was so powerful. His statements full of negativity and even his face and facial reactions were full of negative vibes. Good thing I am tough that cannot be much affected of his utterances. Whenever he vents out negativism I do my favorite frustration healing defense mechanism, my guilty pleasure . Shopping at Zalora. In this way I am not going to have an enemy because I need not to argue. Not be affected because I won't listen and I am occupied and the best part is I am enjoying. Negativity is a magnet so might as well avoid being with negative people.

Undergone a Diet Counseling

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Tue, 6 Aug 2013 00:48:00 -0700

I am aware of diet counseling but not to the extent that I thought I will once going to be a patient of a dietician. Yes! It never crossed my mind even when I am still young and studying nursing. Even on my first pregnancy. It just happened this year to my second pregnancy. I am in a bit confuse on how my body works inside that I have to suffer such while I am not doing more than the usual on my first pregnancy and I am even more active in household chores while this second pregnancy starts. Really until today I am writing this post I am wondering how and why. The only thing that I though it was manifested is through stress. Been in a lot of stress when second pregnancy starts , during around first and second trimester but other than that as I mentioned I have more than activities and exercise this time.
Anyway, as I undergone a thorough diet counseling, I've got to learn a lot of things about nutrition and the proper diet. Before I am only eating five times a day but now it turned to be six times but with the smaller quantity. Also I learned to be more aware on calories, protein, fats and carbohydrates intake on each meal I have to eat. It isn't that hard to maintain. It only composes of self control. It also need not to hurt the household budget, just be familiar with foods and it's vitamin contents.
I just realize it isn't bad once in a while consult a dietician. Not most of what we read and see over the internet and books can give us the proper understanding of dieting.

Rainy Season Illneses

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:56:00 -0700

It's time of the year that classes starts same as rainy season. Here in the Philippines how ironic schedules that children need to bear rain and floods in going to school. That's the way it is more than a decade and I don't know when the government want to make some schedule change.
Got no chances of avoiding illnesses accompanied by rain and floods. All we have to do is to be prepared and took extra care for prevention.
As a new mom, it saddened me the fact that there will come a time that I need to be paranoid if classes starts because of this scenario. That's why, if only I can and if its possible (with husband's approval) I am rooting of a homeschooling study based for my kids. This is to ensure their safety. Well my daughter is just 18 months old and thinking this early about schooling is I know some kinda weird. But still I am preparing husband that sooner or later I will insists to have his blessing on what I planned after all maybe if the time comes that it is about our daughter's turn to go to school maybe he's convinced.

(PUPP)Pruritic Urticarial Papules and Plaques of Pregnancy

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:30:00 -0700

This maybe sound too scientifically but in layman's term this is just an itchy bumpy rash. Annoying but benign that usually develops on the abdomen near the umbilical area and spreads to the thighs and extremities.When worst comes into worsts itching can become very severe and spread to the rest of the body but good thing not in the face. Acne most of the time attacks the face of a pregnant woman and this is due to hormonal changes. But despite this rashes it has no risk to your pregnancy. The thing that makes it a risks is because of the urge of the pregnant woman to maintain a clean skin that is tempt to use products unsafe for the baby.

What Causes PUPP?
No one really knows. Even doctors don't have a concrete explanation about it. It was not correlated with the increased level of hormones that usually takes place in a pregnant woman. But theory says that fetal cells invade the mother's skin during pregnancy reason for it to develop PUPP. Another theory says that it is genetic and can be traced through the father's side. PUPPP usually appears in the third trimester and disappears after childbirth.

What to do with PUPP?
Basically nothing. Just make yourself comfort. Take a bath several times. Put some cold compress to soothe a feeling. Oatmeal or baking soda bath. And for not to worsen the condition wear gloves if you can't resists in scratching.

Accept it there were certain situations that makes us discomfort yet no one can explains. That's how complex a humans body. But despite conditions like these, let's just look at the brighter side. Like for an instance, this is one way of helping our baby inside soothe their feeling inside since we cannot barely touch them and the consequences for them to be pampered is in ours, their moms.

Doctor Jason Rose's Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Treatment Without Surgery

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:20:00 -0700

The very painful, often chronic wrist pain, more commonly known as in medical circles as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.The treatment which I read from one of the patients who declare treated from CTS mentioned it cures most peoples CTS in only three days, which is extremely quick and uses only a series of simple techniques developed by a renowned surgeon.

If you wish to learn more about this amazing Natural Carpal Treatment then it is well worth reading about Dr Rose's highly effective method which is the only product on the markettoday that guarantees results. Which is remerkable considering that even surgery is not guaranteed.

If you have in the past or are still experiencing the pain and discomfort associated with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and have gone to the trouble of researching the various ways of how to treat Carpal Tunnel naturally, then you will undoubtable have come to the conclusion before discovering this remarkable treatment.

As you may already be aware, the fact that even the best surgeon in the world may not be able to guarantee a cure your Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is an frightening statistic and even after they have carried out your a big sum of money procedure the pain often returns within just a few weeks. This is often because even though the pain that you are suffering comes from your wrist area, it's often the case that the root problem actually stems from somewhere else.

Therefore, rather than wasting money on painful and invasive surgery that statistics prove that you may be throwing your money down the drain, it may well be worth considering a proven, natural therapy that reallly works and works very fast indeed.

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Boston Marathon Bombing

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:51:00 -0700

When I browse on my fb account, I read posts about Boston. I got curious and checked on the web what about it. I was so shocked finding it out about the marathon bombing. I can't believe that these things happens. How come and why. The deadly bombing at the Boston Marathon killed at least three and in addition to the deaths, more than 130 people were injured including up to 10 with amputated limbs.The White House Officials told Fox News they believed it is an act of terrorism. Two explosions tore through the finish line of the world-famous race just before 3 p.m. April 15, 2013. It is the 238th annual Patriot's Day, commemorating the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. The official stressed that it was unclear whether a foreign entity like Al Qaeda was behind it or whether it was home-grown terrorism, prompting the president’s caution in characterizing the bombing. Wall Street Journal reported that five undetonated explosive devices were found in the Boston area, and authorities were guarding a person of interest at a local hospital, according to a New York Post report confirmed by Fox News.

Authorities in New York, meanwhile, are deploying counter-terrorism vehicles around landmark sites in Manhattan, including prominent hotels, according to the New York City Police Department.

Nearly 25,000 people, including runners from around the world, competed in Boston's celebrated 26.2-mile race, attracting huge throngs of onlookers, especially near the finish line. As part of President Obama's speech he vows for a full weight of justice for those responsible for incident.

BodyTite or Radiofrequency Procedure

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Fri, 5 Apr 2013 19:47:00 -0700

Nowadays having a body beautiful is more and more affordable than before. Not literally that cheap anyway but as it is more convenient than the usual. Because of the expanding and growing technology and also the results of uneven diet, a lot were looking for remedies in widening waist lines and bulky arms and legs. More and more people are going in for liposuction surgery because of the remarkable body contouring possible through this. Minimally invasive liposuction treatment is more popular now since it is safer and more effective. BodyTite liposuction is a minimally invasive, radiofrequency assisted procedure that ensures remarkable fat removal and skin tightening to provide a slimmer and toned look.The BodyTite procedure is safe and comfortable and is offered at reputable plastic surgery facilities.This liposuction treatment is carried out under local anaesthesia. Radiofrequency assisted liposuction is unique in that it treats only the body parts with excess fat, leaving the surrounding cells unharmed.

BodyTite can be used to remove surplus fat from the face, neck, chin, arms, abdomen, love handles, hips, thighs, knees and buttocks. Surgical trauma is reduced because of the preheating of the treatment area and gentle fat removal. Features such as skin temperature monitoring and limit control features prevent thermal hot spots and over treatment. Downtime is minimal, and patients are not required to stay overnight.

Bone Related Illnesses

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Sat, 9 Jun 2012 01:28:00 -0700

Mom is not getting any younger. Though she look younger than her age but that was just physical. Because she groomed very well. Nevertheless she was not that healthy as she groomed. She had undergone many major operations and now the latest is she having two therapy. The latest about her health today is this condition called Cervical Spondylosis or most common known as Arthritis of the Neck. It becomes increasingly more common as people age. Other than that she also have a closed fracture on her left lower arm.
To sum it up, the recent illnesses of mom were all concern of her bones. This means that she didn't took enough calcium when she were younger.
Now she knows the importance of taking calcium which is now she entreatingly telling us to do.

Shingles or Kulebra

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Mon, 9 Apr 2012 04:36:00 -0700

Herpes zoster (or simply zoster), commonly known as shingles and also known as zona, in Tagalog called Kulebra, is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a limited area on one side of the body, often in a stripe. The initial infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes the acute (short-lived) illness chickenpox which generally occurs in children and young people. Once an episode of chickenpox has resolved, the virus is not eliminated from the body but can go on to cause shingles—an illness with very different symptoms—often many years after the initial infection.

Hubby just recently got infected. It took a month that we (baby and I) did not slept with him. He has been in a quarantine. Simply because we don't want to get infected especially the baby. Thank God before our summer escapade he was healed. He undergone antiviral which was extremely expensive having 10 tablets a day for seven days, the cream for blister and the solutions for wound cleaning. I ain't complaining since it is needed to be cured, what I am just highlighting is that, it is so expensive to have a disease. Extremely expensive that we better took care of ourselves very well. Good thing hubby have a healthy skin. Easy to pamper and to cure. After he got infected it even did no leave any scar on his skin. His skin reacts good to the ointment and petroleum jelly. I did not know what to do if I will acquire the same disease for I have the worst skin ever. That's why I took care of it. It didn't reacts good to any topical ointment. Maybe because I don't eat vegetables. Same reason why my wounds isn't heals good and make scars. As per wikipedia's definition, herpes zoster or shingles is from virus varicella zoster which acquired firs when we were a child. In layman's term a revival of the same virus as we had chicken pox and now resulting to a second stage skin disease. How did hubby have it, as posted, he has the virus when he had a chicken pox when he was still a kid. It just reactivated and turn out to be another skin disease now. What causes it to reactivated?What are the symptoms? How it started? Period of communicability? How to treat? This were the questions that I will write as my hubby experienced it.

What causes it to reactivated?
>>compromised or weak immune system
>>stress
>>lack of sleep/rest
I admit hubby is not healthy anymore. Since he entered the BPO, his habits changed to unhealthy lifestyle. He did not go to gym anymore like what he used to. Not eat vegies (I admit my fault cause I don't cook nor choose to eat one) and he's feeling stressed about the business renovation for he wanted to get back to work once it has been settled.

What are the symptoms? How it started?
>> it simply started in a pimple like itchy blister. It was taken for granted for the first appearance for we only saw it as a simple back rashes. Not until it immediately became worst on the next day as we hurriedly went to a Dermatologist.

Period of communicability?
>>A person can no longer spread the herpes zoster virus once the rash lesions crust over.

How to treat?
>> there is no cure for herpes zoster, basically what hubby had just certain medicines (known as antivirals) that shorten the length and severity of his condition. There is also a vaccine that can prevent herpes zoster in the future.

Hip Replacement

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:13:00 -0700

Maybe not everyone is aware of this treatment that this exists but I tell you yes it did! First, what, how, why and when do this hip replacement being process to a patient.

Hip replacement India is one of the countries expert in the said procedure.This isn't a simple operation plus the fact that it is really uncomfortable after operation. So might as well take care of every parts of your body and never assume nor take for granted the pain that being felt. Always consult your physician. Hip Surgery in India is proven to its quality service and operations. Aside from it's more economical than other country wherein the procedure is the same, yet the quality was not being compromised.

Hip replacement is a surgical procedure in which the hip joint is replaced by a prosthetic implant. Hip replacement surgery can be performed as a total replacement or half replacement.There are lots of causes why to undergo this operation. This is a major and sensitive operation. I include some major risk factors why it is being performed.

Blood Clots

> blood clots in the legs are the most common risks associated with hip replacement

Infection

> this is a recurring infection from an operation on the pelvis. The severity of infection my lead to hip replacement.

Excessive Bleeding and Fractures

> vehicular accidents that cannot be preventive and worst cases including fractures, severe type that necessary to undergo this operation.

Dislocation

> this is the simplest way and sometimes mistakenly taking for granted especially to elders whom overlooked the pain as arthritis or gout. A simple slip on the floor may cause a surgery.

Fruit that Helps Prevent Cancer

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:19:00 -0700

Nowadays it so easy to acquire diseases. There lots of risk factors that might cause a person to get sick. Not only plain and simple curable diseases but as well as the critical ones. In lieu of this people tend to look for preventive measures in an affordable, accessible and importantly herbal ways. As I watched the news the other day, this fruit was discovered in Mt. Banahaw Quezon Philippines that has rich in phytochemicals which help prevent Cancer. It was just a plain and wild fruit actually can be found anywhere. The citizen who found this out made series of tests and even asks for help of a local government to fund for his studies about the wild fruit. Fortunately the fruit is useful and proven and tested by the Bureau of Food and Drugs and releases to public that it is safe and effective eating that wild fruit.

FYI the fruits name is wild raspberry or in tagalog it's sapinit.

Vitmin C Act as a Toxic

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Wed, 7 Dec 2011 20:35:00 -0800

How come vitamin C became a toxic to humans? Impossible right?! Since most doctors prescribes vitamin C to any one at any age. Did healthcare practitioners prescribing toxic to people?

Of coarse not. Vitamin C is an essential vitamins for the body. But for some reason it will turn to be a toxic if it was taken with soft -shell food such as shrimps/prawns which has higher concentration potassium arsenic compounds. A chemical reaction occurs and the original non-toxic elements of vitamin c change to toxic elements.

A woman suddenly died unexpectedly with signs of bleeding from her ears, nose, mouth & eyes.
After a preliminary autopsy it was diagnosed that death was due to arsenic poisoning.
Where did the arsenic come from?

The police launched an in-depth and extensive investigation. A medical school professor was invited to come to solve the case.
The professor carefully looked at the contents. In less than half an hour, the mystery was solved.
The professor said: 'The deceased did not commit suicide and neither was she murdered, she died of accidental death due to ignorance!'
Everyone was puzzled, why accidental death?
The professor said: 'The arsenic was produced in the stomach of the deceased.' The deceased used to take 'Vitamin C' everyday, which in itself is not a problem.
The problem was that she ate a large portion of shrimp/prawn during dinner. Eating shrimp/prawn is not the problem that's why nothing happened to her family even though they had the same shrimp/prawn. However at the same time the deceased also took 'vitamin C', that is where the problem was!

Researchers at the University of Chicago in the United States , found through experiments, food such as soft-shell contain much higher concentration of five
potassium arsenic compounds.

Such fresh food by itself has no toxic effects on the human body.

However, in taking 'vitamin C', chemical reaction occurs and the original non-toxic elements change to toxic elements.

Arsenic poisoning has magma role and can cause paralysis to the small blood vessels. Therefore, a person who dies of arsenic poisoning will show signs of bleeding from the ears, nose, mouth & eyes. Thus as a precautionary measure,

DO NOT eat shrimp/prawn when taking 'vitamin C'.

Almost in the Risk of Placenta Previa

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:34:00 -0800

One of the complications in pregnancy is Placenta Previa.When I was on my third trimester, my doctor requested for the final ultrasound. This is to check for the fetal position, the amniotic and the placenta. It's almost week before my due and I really felt nervous as I saw my ultrasound report. Though the request issued and I undergone 3 days before it will be read by my doctor, as a healthcare provider, I understand what was written in my result. I actually felt that my blood pressure increases as I found that my placenta is on grade 2.

In reading the results it was written as grade 0,1, 2 and 3.

Grade 0

    Late 1st trimester-early 2nd trimester

    Uniform moderate echogenicity

    Smooth chorionic plate without indentations

Grade 1

    Mid 2nd trimester –early 3rd trimester (~18-29 wks)

    Subtle indentations of chorionic plate

    Small, diffuse calcifications (hyperechoic) randomly dispersed in placenta

Grade 2

    Late 3rd trimester (~30 wks to delivery)

    Larger indentations along chorionic plate

    Larger calcifications in a “dot-dash” configuration along the basilar plate

Grade 3

    39 wks – post dates

    Complete indentations of chorionic plate through to the basilar plate creating “cotyledons” (portions of placenta separated by the indentations)

    More irregular calcification with significant shadowing

    May signify placental dysmaturity which can cause IUGR

    Associated with smoking, chronic hypertension, SLE, diabetes

Obviously these explanation of placenta grade will not be written in the ultrasound result. Because your obstetrician was the one going to read it for you. So upon seeing it, if your not in an allied medicine field or a type of person who rely everything to your doctor to explain everything this will not going to make you panic especially for first time moms. What does this mean?
Grade 0 and 1 is good. The baby can be deliver via vagina. Grade 2 and 3 is already an indication to have a caesarean section delivery.

Then again I am one of the little percentage who wants to know every little detail especially on my laboratories. And the effect, it made my blood pressure soar a little bit higher which is not a good idea before I gave birth a week from then.

Sometimes I wish I known a few so as I will not be affected. But at the end of the day I am thankful still though it made me panic at least I know what to expect.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Tendonitis or Hands Paresthesia

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 04:13:00 -0700

On my third trimester, I suddenly felt this tingling and numbness feeling on my right hand. In fact as I type this post my right hand were not doing well still. I already mentioned this to my doctor and she only advised me to have a stress ball to squeeze from time to time. It's been a month or so that I felt this. I just have to manage it by exercising yet no single seconds that the numbness fades nor the tingling sensation. It was as if a dead hand when I try to grasp things I can but it needs support. I am a little bit of worried but as I prioritize today is me giving birth. So far I can tolerate the feeling but I know sooner after I give birth , I will focus on treating this.AS I look for my own medication, I tried to look online what is exactly I am suffering to. Providing the symptoms I am feeling, I found to categorized it as a carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis or Hands Paresthesia.

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Numbness, tingling pain, and weakness in the thumb, index and middle fingers as a result of irritation of the median nerve being irritated at the wrist.

Tendonitis

Hand tendonitis symptoms occur when the tendon, the tissue that connects the hand's muscles to its many bones, becomes inflamed. Tendonitis often occurs due to overuse, although the tendons can become inflamed after an injury. Any tendon in the body can develop tendonitis, but the hand and wrist are particularly prone to the condition because they are so often used.

Hands Paresthesia

Vitamin B12 deficiency and severe conditions of multiple sclerosis are some of the conditions which may cause the tingling sensation. A person experiencing a heart attack also experiences paresthesia in the hands.There are several other conditions which will cause such symptoms. Some of these are low levels of thyroid, any form of diabetes, stroke, migranes, Sjogren’s syndrome and the Guillain Barre Syndrome. The use of certain medications is also known to cause this condition. Antihistamines and drugs that are used to treat migraines often cause these symptoms.

Neither the three condition I don't want to suffer. Especially I know it will limits my bonding with my baby when she arrives. As for today I will use home remedies, like ice pack, stress ball or exercise just to ease temporarily the numbness and tingling.

Weekend Blog Follower Caravan # 26 – GFC

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:51:00 -0700

Yey! I am so happy knowing another wbfc on GFC! Now I am posting under my health blog. This has been long in the blogosphere yet left unknown. Maybe because I rarely post and also that whenever I blog hop, I mistakenly uses my first blog's url to leave footprints.

I am also hoping for nth time to be one of the lucky winners of this week’s WBFC– thanks to Chika Bits and Dens Online!

Practicing Ge-Lai

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:46:00 -0700

I am not a Chinese nor any blood inherited from them. I just want to try this thing I have read year 2009. I know some were facts and some were just traditions. Still I am taking consideration in doing this after giving birth.

I still remember 2009, I am working at Aegis People Support. I was being seated beside a pregnant tenured employee who happened to read a blog of Giselle Sanchez from Pep.com website. Since it was prohibited in the office, so she hides it from time to time. Then I've got the guts to ask what is she reading about. She said a tips after giving birth. She was 8 months pregnant during that time. I admit it didn't interests me, not until I got pregnant this year and remembers her. Here is what Ge-lai about. The blog was written by Ms. Sanchez.

Ge-lai, is a post-partum care that has been practiced for centuries in China and up to now by the traditional Chinese. And why? There are many advantages. I have an 80-year-old Chinese lady friend who has had six children, but she looks like she is 50 years old and as strong as a 40-year- old lady. Mrs. Dy has no veins in her hands, no wrinkles, never had cosmetic surgery nor botox. Take note, she is 80 years old. She told me her secret was her practices after giving birth: Ge-lai. Let me go over some of them for our future mothers who wish to reap the benefits.

    1.    No bath for a month!

    The Chinese believe that when you give birth, all your pores open up because of the extreme pressure and exhaustion.You also accumulate a lot of “cold” in your body such that bathing brings in more “cold” even if you take a bath with warm water, especially your head.

    2. After a month of NO bath ge-lai expert will assist you took bath with matching different herbal boiled leaves .

    3. Then a 9 days uterus massage to lift back to its normal position and a rewarding bathing pass and again have a final massage.

    Advantages of the one-month bath abstinence: faster recovery, better resistance to sickness like colds, fever, “binat”, and more time for your baby and to breastfeed.

    Abstaining from taking a bath also abstains you from going out, which gives you a mandatory one-month rest, which you badly need after giving birth.

    4. Twice a day, sit on boiled guava leaves. You have to be naked when you do this, okay. If you’re wearing a panty, it won’t work.Seriously speaking, the steam of the guava leaves will hasten the healing of your wounds down under and will make your uterus contract faster (breastfeeding will also hasten this).

    5. Eat lapu-lapu, cook in soup with ginger to heal the stitches in your belly (for caesarian operations) and stitches in your pep_   (for normal delivery). I actually researched on why this works. Apparently, lapu-lapu is rich with omega 3 fish oil , which is enhances tissue repair in our bodies.

    6. Drink Seravallo wine. This is made from the bark of a tree in Brazil which is very rich in Iron. Broken sleep patterns from breastfeeding or taking care of the baby makes you lose a lot of iron in your body. Seravallo replenishes your iron. It is safe for nursing mothers because it is more of a medicinal tonic than a wine.

    7. Eat soups with lots of ginger and drink hot chocolate with native egg. Again this is to eliminate the “cold” in your body. Chocolate is warm. Sweets are warm. And ginger is the warmest.

    8. After giving birth and on your first four weeks after birth, wear a binder or a girdle even when you go to sleep.

    9. If you can, breastfeed. It will be great for your baby and for yourself too.

    For your baby: It will strengthen your baby’s immune system. . No colic that is very common among infants. Colic is excessive crying and irritability in infants because of stomach or intestinal discomfort caused by air spasm or inflammation. This happens when infants are given formula in a bottle because they get to suck some air when sucking milk.

    For the mom: Massively reduces the uterus inflammation and brings back the uterus size to normal.

    It also reduces birth weight and gets you back to your normal weight in one week. It makes you lose 500 calories per feeding which means you do not need to work out so much and you can eat whatever you want since you get to lose it anyway.

    Disadvantages: You will be the slave of your child or the breast pump every two hours, if not, your breast will explode of breast milk. Well, it won’t really explode but it will feel like it—it’s called engorgement.

    You will be the U.F.M., the Ultimate Feeding Machine of your child. You feel helpless and you won’t get to do anything else, even write a blog entry!

    But things will normalize in a month and you will learn to do other things around your breastfeeding schedule, and you will be proud that the Ultimate Feeding Machine is the Ultimate Sacrifice a mother can make for her child. And the word sacrifice is an understatement!

See the advantages?! That's why I am so tempted to try this so. :)

How Diet Can Help My Baby

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Sat, 8 Oct 2011 07:04:00 -0700

Just right in time I am on a prescribed diet. So as I wanted to share this to everyone. If you are pregnant or trying to get pregnant, that should give you extra of a cause to lose weight. Whereas simply being chubby carries health problems, there are additionally problems for the infant when you find yourself overweight. When you are attempting to get pregnant, you need to observe diets. However, if you are already pregnant, you should talk to your doctor as a result of losing weight may additionally hurt the baby.While your weight might be putting issues in your bones, muscular tissues and veins, you must also think about what the additional weight shall be doing to your unborn baby.

The primary problem is that will be prone to further problems throughout the pregnancy, particularly in the course of the later stages. There are also dangers of needing a c-section relatively than having the ability to have the newborn naturally, which has issues in itself; there is a cause why doctors desire the natural birth.It can be very tough to see whether or not the baby is rising healthily while carrying it since the ultrasounds could not be capable to see clearly through the fat. You can miss out on finding out about pure birth defects or whether there are any risks of your child being born with a disability. That is typically an important part of the being pregnant to search out out whether the child may have the perfect chance of survival and a high quality of life.

There can even be more danger of developing infections when carrying the newborn and when giving birth. Immune system will be much decrease and physique might be affected by the surplus weight already; it'll all be weakened by carrying a baby.It'll acquire weight while going by means of being pregnant and that is healthy for a lot of women. Nevertheless, in case a person already chubby, you should not gain as a lot as you'll when you were at a healthy weight degree to begin with. In fact, in case you are overweight, you must refrain from gaining greater than 10 pounds.

I Owe 5 Pounds

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Sun, 2 Oct 2011 22:09:00 -0700

Glad that I met my current OB who seemed to be a friend. She's doctor with passion on her profession. I've met a lot of medical practitioners whom truly knowledgeable with their specializations but I rarely met those with passion to be called. Enjoys the everyday duties though how monotonic it seems to. Doing the same thing everyday over and over again. She really is concern of the mother's health, the baby's health and the father's responsibility, the expenses. She provides everything what to expect. Though I am in a medical field as well and I know some of what she was telling, it's still good to heard facts from her with the hubby as we act as students learning he basics.

First day of this month I had my pre-natal check up with hubby also a first meeting for Ferry and Paul with the beautiful OB I am boasting to them. While inside the cubicle with the OB, the couple didn't bother themselves going out of the doctor's office. So they heard everything what the jolly doctor told me. It's just two weeks the last time we met but I gained 7 pounds. Now I owe her 5 pounds she said. And even shared it to Ferry to remind me that I must control my weight within 3 weeks before delivery. I am only allowed 2 pounds to gain every time we have a consultation. After my sugar problem, now it's weight gain. Anyway I can make all of these! I know I can and I must! :D

I Passed My OGTT

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:26:00 -0700

I felt depressed after the result of my Oral Glucose Challenge Test last month. That means I have to control my favorite food intake which is most composed of sweets. I also have to lessen my rice consumption. All those I need to lessen were my favorites. I felt like I have nothing to eat then. And since my eldest naughty brother just came home from work abroad, he brought different kind of chocolates that I love, which I am envy to death when he's goofing around and being so devilish teasing me that I can't taste one. Gladly after two weeks I survive it all. He's meanness and the sweet tooth. I set to my mind that I don' like sweets anymore because my baby don't like it. A little of motivation and support from hubby I managed to make my sugar test to normal. Last Saturday I had the laboratory test which is the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test and gave me a good result. After fasting for a total of fifteen hours , I(10 hours fasting and 4 hours testing) at least the suffering has its good result. But that doesn't mean I can go back to my favorites, Still I need to control myself especially now that I am on my eight weeks. My beautiful OB advised me to loose some weight or at least moderately eat so I am not going to gain more weight also the baby inside of me and just enough for the baby so I can easily deliver her via normal spontaneous delivery. I am afraid but more of an excitement. I wish tomorrow is already November :).

Don't you wanna dance

Oh My Sugar!

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 07:53:00 -0700

I am guilty! Guilty of being addicted to sugar and sweets. Prior pregnancy I really love sweets. Good thing I a person loves adventures and extraneous activities. Resulted that excessive sugar is being formed into energy that I wastes every time. Also because of that activities I am not becoming a diabetic patient. Too much sugar intake is being compensated by my activities too. But now that I am pregnant everything has changed. Heavy activities has been lessen. But still my intake is the the same as what I have prior pregnancy. Obviously it will cause differently to my body. Last August 17, I had to undergo a laboratory exam called Oral Glucose Challenge Test. It was requested by my OB as a requirement in determining if I may progress a diabetes related to pregnancy. She said every woman at the age of 25 and above are required to have this kind of laboratory test because in this age of a pregnant women more suspected of having a Gestational Diabetes. And my laboratory tests result.. I failed.. The normal values of glucose for pregnant women is 70 to 140 mg/dl and my result was 182 mg/dl. So obviously I have to do something about it. I want to blame this condition to my brother who recently arrived home and brought so many chocolates. Just right in time I am on my third trimester. hehehe

What happened if Pregnant Mom have a GD?

It is more likely to deliver a unusual bigger size infant that may also resulted of having a caesarian delivery. Infant will be obese or later on will be affected of this too much glucose and prone of having diabetes too.

To mom, after delivery is still glucose will not be compensated well, she will be at risk having a Diabetes Mellitus type 2. That means it is now needs to be maintained.

I Fired my OB

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 07:04:00 -0700

That was just a joke of coarse.. Hehehe But literally I commit now to a new OB. My former OB seemed to be clue less on what I am pertaining to when it comes to my pregnancy. She is nice but most of the time she acts as if she didn't know what I am talking about. Heller! We're both in a medical field. One very simple and funny example was a Doppler. It is the instrument used to hear the baby's heartbeat aside from using stethoscope and OMG she ask me "what is it look like?.. Ta dah! In a split seconds I decided not to see her again. For a month I content myself having a monitoring through the health center. Also avail for the free pregnancy vaccines. Practicality wise, vaccines in my OB cost much but has the same content when you went to the health centers. So I am pretty sure that I am safe and made the right decision in a month. Now the search is over, finally a good friend suggested me her older sisters OB followed up by Ate Niko, I decided to scheduled a meeting with her last Saturday. No doubt she's good and accommodating. Our perceptions {somehow few knowledge} met halfway so its a mutual understanding. LOL. I will be meeting her again on the 13th of August.

She said upon reading my last ultrasound and laboratories that my baby is fine, he (it's a boy) is so big than usual so she advised then to stop drinking my usual pregnancy milk and changed my multivitamins to specific vitamins. She don't want me to have a hard time delivering my baby via normal spontaneous delivery. I'll be a very obedient patient Doc!Thanks for the good start.

Blighted Ovum

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:01:00 -0700

I have a friend currently suffering these situation I am going to post. I was so sad since yesterday I found about this thing. They have been trying to conceived for two years and my friend had a twice miscarriage now this third scenario makes her feel in deep vain. The couple really praying to have a baby. I wish this time my good friend overcome these trials. I know she can! My prayers is with them. I just want to be thankful to them and I am so flattered that among our big group of friends the couple did told to me first the situation prior to their parents and friends where they were now. All through the miles they preferred to share it to me. Basically means for me that they trusted and took me as a real friend. I will always be thankful to these couple for sharing me the good things and the triumphs of their life throughout the years not physically being together.

Blighted Ovum is a type of pregnancy loss. Usually it was called as missed abortion or a silent miscarriage. The fertilized egg (ovum) implants in the uterus (womb), but for some reason a baby does not develop. It can happen to anyone.. It usually happens accidentally. The cause of these pregnancy is still unknown. It's thought to be an accident of nature. After the egg was fertilized b the sperm the cells begin dividing. Some cells develop into the embryo, and others develop into the placenta and membranes. In this case the cells that would have become the embryo fail (probably because a mistake happened during fertilization, and there are too many or too few chromosomes), but the cells that become the placenta and membranes keep developing, so the pregnancy sac continues to grow inside the uterus and the placenta starts to form.

The woman body will not going to recognized that the baby is not developing. The usual pregnancy symptoms can be felt and the presumptive signs. This will only be found out on the first ultrasound.

This is how the Blighted ovum ultrasound looks at 12 weeks

A normal 12 week ultrasound

A blighted ovum condition may be treated by a dilatation & curettage (D&C) or local term as raspa. Or it maybe expelled by the body naturally if the woman feel pain and experienced bleeding. Normally women suffer blighted ovum had a successful pregnancy after.

Happiness

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Mon, 4 Jul 2011 03:41:00 -0700

Done with my ultrasound last Friday. It was my 21sth week. My OB said I need (she recommends) to have an ultrasound on my 20th since I was complaining of a feeling that something was not normal within my uterus. Seems like my baby is keep on staying on the lower part and I am afraid that I maybe in any risk. We postponed the ultrasound on exactly the 20th week for we want to know and possible to be more visible to visualized the gender in the 21st week. We were exaggeratedly excited. Though Huny didn't have enough and good sleep for two consecutive days, he managed to be still awake and lively to see our baby in the ultrasound monitor. We were both happy checking on him/her inside.

At first, Huny wanted a 3D or 4D ultrasound but I refused cause it only costs too much for us.We were on a tight budget since we're gonna spend for our wedding next month. We only wanted to be sure of the baby's safety and that can also be checked using the regular ultrasound, no need to spend more. We can see the baby when it come out.

As the ultrasound goes, we saw the fetus inside. He is moving, waving his hands as if he knows he/she has been viewed. He smiled. That was so amazing! Huny and I can't control our smile and reaction while undergoing ultrasound. When it's about to view the fetus gender, he/she moves his legs hiding something as if he know what the Ultrasonologist plan. Unfortunately we didn't able to check for the gender. And our baby didn't want to move his/her legs anymore. What he consistently moves was his hands on his/her face. Diverting our attention to his/her actions. Though were sort of disappointed yet were still happy seeing him/her. We didn't went home disappointed much for he/she was showing some talent even inside the womb. =)

20th

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:54:00 -0700

I'm so excited,
And i just can't hide it,
I'm about to lose control
And i think i like it.
I'm so excited,
And i just can't hide it,
And i know, i know, i know, i know
I know i want you, want you.

Singing in the tune of I'm so Excited by the Pointer Sisters. This is because yesterday was my 20th week or 5 months. I am halfway to my journey to motherhood.I can feel baby move inside as it was called quickening. It's not a paranoid feeling anymore. It's not the stomach wave such as called in medical term as peristalsis, not that I am hungry or any stomach ache but for real!It's for real that I can feel my baby now. Huny and I were so tempted to have an ultrasound to know our baby's gender but as for today we prefer not to. On the 30th of this month I'll be having my next ultrasound to see for our baby.

How does the 20th week fetus looks inside?

Our baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. He's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel — the length of a banana. (For the first 20 weeks, when a baby's legs are curled up against his torso and hard to measure, measurements are taken from the top of his head to his bottom — the "crown to rump" measurement. After 20 weeks, he's measured from head to toe.)

He's swallowing more these days, which is good practice for his digestive system. He's also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion. This gooey substance will accumulate in his bowels, and you'll see it in his first soiled diaper.

Worried

noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Kharen) — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 04:16:00 -0700

Upon observation with the kids I am with everyday, they were really scary. Scary in a way that parents can't even control their toddlers for his/her wants. They said that we have a different era today. That kids were fast paced and easy to adapt with the environment. It scares me in a way and even ask myself what about my baby soon? They said it depends on the way parents brought them up, on the movies their parents allow them to watch or on the environment where they lived. Seems the Erick-Erickson's developmental stage were outdated anymore. It gives me a feeling of worries as early as today. Especially cases that I observed here in our community. She's only 1 year old but know bad expressions and bad words.Though she can't complete a word yet. I know how her mom and grandparents were strict about the movie the baby watched and to the people they let their baby to play with. So why it was still like that?.Another is Huny's nephew, her sister is a strict mom to her kid, actually I like it how she guides her son.But working away for only two week has a lot of changes to his son's attitude.It's more wild, hard to disciplined, extreme tantrums and using words which is so unlikely for a 3 year old.Even her sister and his mom having headache with that 3 year old toddler.

I don't have plans of being stay at home mom for good. I know that sooner when I give birth, I will prepare myself to look for a job. I will not be with her all the time.Our baby will be with mom and a nanny. That's our plan to help each other provide a better future for our family. I have no doubts how mom took care and disciplined kids. She's strict but she's kind.I can say she's perfect as a mom. Still I am afraid that it is different from a daughter to a grandchild. Grand mom usually were more less strict, easy to give in just to see grandchild's precious smile. As early as today I am briefing mom hat I don't want a brat kid. That I want her to guide the baby like the way her rules applied to us when we're young. My worries starts today as I see kids around.