LOVE YOURSELF BABY DIVA
TREAT YOURSELF
BABY DIVA
"ON THE STREET" CAM
MOTHERS MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS
BABY DIVA
"ON THE STREET" CAM
MOTHERS MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS
Baby Diva sponsored in-part by Abbott Nutrition
Maternal and Infant Health
The past decade has seen significant reductions in the number of infants born with neural tube defects (NTDs) and expansion of screening of newborns for metabolic and other heritable disorders. Mandatory folic acid fortification of cereal grain products labeled as enriched in the United States beginning in 1998 contributed to a 36% reduction in NTDs from 1996 to 2006 and prevented an estimated 10,000 NTD-affected pregnancies in the past decade, resulting in a savings of $4.7 billion in direct costs.
Children, I come back today
To tell you a story of the long dark way
That I had to climb, that I had to know
In order that the race might live and grow.
Look at my face — dark as the night —
Yet shining like the sun with love's true light
I am the child they stole from the sand
three hundred years ago in Africa's land.
I am the dark girl who crossed the wide sea
Carrying in my body the seed of the free.
I am the woman who worked in the field
Bringing the cotton and the corn to yield.
I am the one who labored as a slave,
Beaten and mistreated for the work I gave —
Children sold away from me, husband sold, too.
No safety , no love, no respect was I due.
Ok ladies where do you start? First, run you a hot bubble bath and put on your favorite Barry White or Luther Vandross CD, dim the lights, and pour yourself a glass of wine--enjoy!
Did you know that.....
As many as 80% of first time mothers experience postpartum blues. Symptoms often start 2 days after the birth as the hormones of pregnancy suddenly drop and they are adjusting to taking care of a new baby with constant demands. Most mothers will have periods of elation and joy, followed by despondency and depression. These drastic mood swings are much easier to manage if mom realizes they are based on hormonal shifts and fatigue. But some mothers might feel that having symptoms mean they are not good mothers or that they shouldn't have been mothers.
Most mothers with postpartum blues will not need medication, but may benefit from other therapies such as herbs and acupuncture. Typically postpartum blues will resolve within about 2 -3 weeks after birth. The best way for moms
to manage is first and foremost - rest.
#1. Shop with a Girlfriend
#2. Go to the Gym
#3. Read your best Magazines
#4. Go to the Spa for Message
#5. A long walk with best Friend
Breastfeeding is Easy...
The reality is that
breastfeeding isn't always easy. Even though breastfeeding is medically best for most babies, it's not always possible.
Three hundred years in the deepest South:
But God put a song and a prayer in my mouth .
God put a dream like steel in my soul.
Now, through my children, I'm reaching the goal.
Now, through my children, young and free,
I realize the blessings deed to me.
I couldn't read then. I couldn't write.
I had nothing, back there in the night.
Sometimes, the valley was filled with tears,
But I kept trudging on through the lonely years.
Sometimes, the road was hot with the sun,
But I had to keep on till my work was done:
I had to keep on! No stopping for me —
I was the seed of the coming Free.
I nourished the dream that nothing could smother
Deep in my breast — the Negro mother.
I had only hope then, but now through you,
Dark ones of today, my dreams must come true:
All you dark children in the world out there,
Remember my sweat, my pain, my despair.
Remember my years, heavy with sorrow —
And make of those years a torch for tomorrow.Make of my pass a road to the light
Out of the darkness, the ignorance, the night.
Lift high my banner out of the dust.
Stand like free men supporting my trust.
Believe in the right, let none push you back.
Remember the whip and the slaver's track.
Remember how the strong in struggle and strife
Still bar you the way, and deny you life —
But march ever forward, breaking down bars.
Look ever upward at the sun and the stars.
Oh, my dark children, may my dreams and my prayers
Impel you forever up the great stairs —
For I will be with you till no white brother
Dares keep down the children of the Negro Mother.
The Negro Mother by Langston Hughes
