by Dr Rekha | Jul 30, 2016 | On the Lighter Side
Must: Have a good house help before delivery.
Must: Have an elder person at home mother, mother in law, aunt, sister anybody for 6 weeks or at least first 15 days.
Must: Have a Ghodiya (indian hammock style crib) for baby. Babies sleep best in it.
Must: Eat well and try to sleep well.
by Dr Rekha | Jul 30, 2016 | Expecting Mothers, New Moms
1. Keep as much help around you that you can afford.
This is the best part about living in India.you can get a lady to massage you,another for the baby,one to cook and clean for you and another to do your ironing.
Make sure you train them to stand in for one another in case of absenteeism and have multiple helps for different chores so that if one doesn’t turn up only one job will suffer.
2. Pamper your househelps so they find it difficult to find a job as good as yours.
That is the trick. Be nice to them and sensitive to their problems. They will not leave you if you are open and friendly with them.
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by Dr Rekha | Jul 29, 2016 | Expecting Mothers
Try to eat or drink every 2-3 hours
Try to eat something with carbohydrates and a little fat at bed time so that the food carries you through till the morning like an indian mithai, pastry, cake, kulfi
Use a toothpaste with mild mouthwash
1st thing in the morning before brushing your teeth just eat something, it may be a dry toast a biscuit and then brush your teeth.
Try to be busy in some activity or other so your mind is off your nausea. It helps. Potting plants, learning something new like music, singing.
Mint leaves, ginger in any form & citric foods secede morning sickness
by Dr Rekha | Jul 22, 2016 | Expecting Mothers, Featured
It is 12 weeks duration from first day of last menstrual cycle
Each pregnancy is unique. You cannot even compare your own pregnancies to one another let alone any one else’s pregnancy. So don’t bother to compare notes except for leisure.
Myth
It is not okay if I am not vomiting at all.
Truth
All pregnancies do not have to be filmy where I vomit and your mother knows you are pregnant
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by Dr Rekha | Jul 15, 2016 | Expecting Mothers
In pregnancy
- It is okay to feel like going back to bed as soon as you wake up
- It is okay to crave for some difficult to get exotic food, have your husband drive you all the way for it and once you are served say that you just don’t feel like eating it.
- It is okay to just eat or want to eat just one thing day after day in the 1st
- It is okay to feel nauseous with the sight of food that you once loved
- It is okay to feel nauseous at smell of certain foods.
- It is okay sometimes to doubt yourself whether you took the right decision about getting pregnant
- It is okay to continue doing all physical activity you did before pregnancy except impact and contact sports.
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