With today’s modern world that we lived in, most women have almost or some of us have totally forgotten about personal caring of ourselves after our monthly menses. Blood discharge is a form of blood let by our women reproductive organ monthly and we tend to assume that each female would go through this process monthly and there is nothing ... Read More »
Diet Intake of raw fruit and vegetable juices was done 3-4 times a week to regulate the availability of vitamins and minerals to support the pregnancy. As often as possible, try to eat 5 or 6 more servings of fruits and vegetables daily. A rule of thumb to get the best nutrition is to vary the colours of the fruits ... Read More »
Ayurveda describes that for a good crop cultivation- proper season to grow, fertile ground, water, good quality seed and sunshine are essential preparation. Similarly, a healthy female reproductive system, proper maternal nutrition, normal menstruation cycle, healthy sperm and ovum are prerequisite for a healthy conception and a healthy child. Thus to have a safe and healthy pregnancy – pregnancy should ... Read More »
Baby massage has been a long tradition practise in India. From the day my grandson was born, he was given an oil massage before his bath daily. As a newborn a cleansing massage is done with a soft wheat dough ball (size of a table tennis ball). For the wheat dough – I have used buckwheat flour.(atta flour that I ... Read More »
Post Natal Depression – need to distinguish from baby blue where mother feels little over whelmed, unsure of themselves. Common cause of PND is lack of family support , mother’s experience as a child of feeling neglected, hormonal issues that caused irritable insomnia, feel that you don’t love you baby. Post Partum Haemorrhaging – It may happend within 24 hours ... Read More »
Hyperemesis Gravidarum – excess vomiting due to hormonal changes. Seen normally in the 1st trimester. When this happends, we would need to keep the mother to be well hydrated. Placenta Praevia – abnormal location of the placenta Localised lesions( from polyps, erosion, cancer) PET – Pre-eclampsia toxaemia – an elevation of the expectant mother’s blood pressure. Common in women over ... Read More »
Early to sleep, early to rise. Our body mechanism works with the day and night. We should wake up before sunrise that is around 6am and sleep around 10-1030pm. It is hard with modern living and working lifestyle to achieve this and thus it is a question of setting your own priority in life. Younger generations would only sleep at ... Read More »
Our lifetime from the day we are conceived is a relationship. We are related to our food, air we breathe in, our parents, our spouse, our friends, our environment, our feelings and our bank account. Thus life is a series of changes and these changes are in relationship with one another. Love is clarity to a good relationship and when ... Read More »
Our tridsoha elements (Vata, Pitta and Kapha) governs all our catabolic, anabolic and metabolism activities in our human body. To set a balance for our body to be balance, understanding our vikruthi that I had mentioned earlier – act as a guideline fundamental for each person to understand and observe as a general awareness within the environment you live in. Read More »
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