Three Ways To Bless Your Friend Who's A Mother

It's no secret that mothers really are superheroes. Without the love of a caring mother, many people wouldn't be able to survive. The job of a mother can be such a thankless one. Additionally, it can involve a lot of long, sleepless nights. Knowing this, it's always helpful to get creative and find ways to show your mom friends that you're thinking of them and rooting for them. Consider these three ways you can bless your friend who's a mother.

1. Gifts 

Consider thoughtful gifts that can really help her in practical ways. In many cases, moms just need their hands free of children. An indoor baby swing for toddler is an amazing solution to occupy the little ones while she gets things done. It's also nice to consider what she needs for her own sanity. Gift her with a manicure and pedicure at the local spa. If you don't have money, offer your time. You can babysit for a few hours while she runs errands, goes to the mall or sits in the car to get some quiet time.

2. Food

A girl has to eat and feed her family. You can help in a major way by providing a few groceries and a prepared meal. It doesn't have to take a lot of time from your schedule. You can choose to order entrees from a local restaurant and surprise her with the food to feed her family for the next few days. When a woman doesn't have to spend a ton of time in the kitchen, it frees up her time to do other things like relax. Purchase a few pre-packaged meals as well. A frozen lasagna, garlic bread and a pre-packaged salad can easily satisfy the family for dinner time without breaking a sweat.

3. Coffee Break 

Sometimes, moms just want to surround themselves with adults. If they're chasing runny noses and speaking in baby talk all day, it can be hard to remember what regular life was life. Help your friend get out of the rut by ordering her favorite drink from the local coffee shop and surprising her with some adult conversation. Also, this is an opportunity for you to help out. If she needs some extra help with the laundry or managing the children's naptimes, this is where you can swoop in and save the day.

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Teas To Avoid During Pregnancy: Learn How To Prevent Problems During Pregnancy

Tea drinking has been a natural part of the tradition throughout the world. Tea consuming is an ancient habit. But to drink or not to drink during pregnancy, that is the question.

To drink or not to drink during pregnancy, that is the question.

Here is some information that hopefully will help you with your decision making around something a pregnant woman needs.

Green Tea and Pregnancy is a common and very relevant topic for expectant mothers and women who are thinking of conceiving. If you love your green tea like  most do, you will have to make a decision about whether to drink green tea during pregnancy, be it in moderation or not at all.

Most practitioners will tell you to err on the side of caution and to avoid caffeine or cut back on your caffeine intake to a "moderate level". The definition of moderate varies anywhere between 150mg - 300 mg.

But that again can be somewhat misleading. How much caffeine is in a cup depends on the type of tea and the strength of the brew. Flushing out the first brew will eliminate some of the caffeine content so that may help somewhat. If you are in any way concerned, eliminate caffeine from your diet while you're pregnant. If it's hard to do it cold turkey, cut down on it slowly

First and foremost, Green Tea contains caffeine, so keeping that in mind, consumption should be limited accordingly during pregnancy.

How does green tea affect my pregnancy and baby?

l  Caffeine is a stimulant and diuretic:

As a stimulant, it increases your blood pressure and heart rate, which is not recommended during pregnancy. As a diuretic, it increases the frequency of urination which may cause reduction in your body fluid levels leading to dehydration.

l  Caffeine crosses the placenta to your baby:

As an adult, your body may be able to handle the caffeine you consume, but your baby's metabolism is in the growing stages and it can be difficult for the fetus to metabolize the caffeine.

l  Caffeine causes infertility

Some studies have shown the link between high levels of caffeine consumption and infertility.

l  Caffeine causes birth defects

Studies on animals have shown that caffeine causes birth defects, increased risk of low-birth weight and preterm delivery. However, the studies are inconclusive.

l  EGCG may reduce folate levels

Green Tea Pregnancy Research has also shown that high levels of Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG) that active compound found in green tea may reduce folate levels.

The study showed that women who drink high levels of green tea during conception and pregnancy many place the fetus at risk for neural tube disorders. Neural tube defects such as spina bifida are usually associated with folic acid deficiency.

In fact herbal tea, such as Chamomile tea, sage tea, parsley tea, teas with aloe, coltsfoot, juniper berries, pennyroyal, buckthorn bark, comfrey, labrador tea, sassafras, duck roots, lobelia and senna leaves should be avoided during pregnancy.

Chamomile tea has been popular for use as a soothing tea. This tea can be helpful in relieving upset stomachs and sleeping disorders. It sounds like something a pregnant woman needs. Sleeping problems and nausea frequently affect women during pregnancy which could result in the conclusion that this tea is good during pregnancy. But, this is not the whole story.

The herb chamomile is part of the Aster family. The FDA has included it on a list of herbs generally regarded as safe. There is one word of caution if you are allergic to ragweed, daisy flowers or plants in the Aster family, you should avoid chamomile whether or not you are pregnant!

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Pain of Losing Your Baby

I felt so sad when I heard the news of a newborn baby being stolen from a lying-in clinic. The baby was taken from the Mom by a nurse in scrub uniform for an alleged new-born screening test. But the said nurse didn’t returned again and the CCTV confirmed that she kidnapped the baby. It would so hurting for parents especially the Mom who has just hold her baby for a short time. Even though the news has been countrywide I haven’t heard any good development and the kidnapper is still at large which means that she can still repeat the crime all over again. 

I was thinking that babies’ face are vague when they’re born so after few months or years they will not be recognizable by even their parents that it would need paternity test to identify the real identity if ever the baby would be recovered. Being a Mom myself this thought is so painful and few women could bear this kind of dilemma. It will actually drive a Mom crazy if she will not be consoled and guided. You need a lot of strength to conquer this kind of situation. For me only God can interfere with situations like this and parents victimized by this kind of problem should pray hard and seek help from Him.

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Random Preggyness Tag

Got this tag from Tita Beng of My Quiet Zone. Actually I just liked it when I read this on her blog. I've been preggy three times and I always want to relive those moments when I had my angels in my womb, it was one of the most perfect and blessed Moments In My Life - having them inside me feeling their presence all over me. Thanks Tita Beng!

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Moms Who Played Along: Mai Yen Eds Vannie Fun.Fierce.Fab Dez Wheng, A Fil-Am Journey, Ailecgee, Moments of My Life

Preggy Facts:

1. Who did you first inform about your pregnancy and how? ::: Hubby.
2. Maximum weight? ::: 7.9 lbs.
3. Cravings? ::: Pineapple, Apple, Corn and Sinigang na Bangus
4. Aversions? ::: Disliked Corned Beef!
5. Morning Sickness? :::Hubby suffered it lol!

D Day Facts:

1 Number of Kids/Deliveries?:::3
2 NSD or CS? ::: CS
3 Girl or Boy? ::: 2 girls and 1 boy
4 AOG (age of gestation) on Birth ::: 40-41 weeks
5 How long in labor? ::: None even on my first baby whom my O.B. tried to deliver normally, guess I'm lucky enough to feel just like a slight dysmenorrhea!

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Passing this tag to beautiful Mommies JennyR, Emzkie, Cecile, Geng, Maricel and all Moms out there!

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Website For Moms

Being a mother can be defined also as having a full-time job. The only difference in comparison with a real job is that instead of getting money for the work done you’ll get love and gratitude. I will never exchange my position with anyone even if being a mom requires a lot of patience, hard work and a lot of sacrifices. The happiness that we felt being loved and cared for by our children can never be replaced by material things in this world. Motherhood and parenting is a career that knows no limit and boundaries.

No matter how we tried to be an ideal mother and friend to our kids we can never be perfect, we can just be an understanding and caring moms for our kids. We must enjoy our moments with our children with joy and confidence. A little sharing with other moms can also help us develop ourselves in exploring ideas, thinking ways of having family fun, easy management of our home and learn some tips on keeping up a strong marriage. If you want to know all of these visit AMothersMInute.com, an online magazine that tackles all about being a mom, a site where we can all share ideas and tips on managing household like taking care of ourselves first so we can be a loving, joyful and confident moms to our kids. We know that the best children are those that were dearly loved by their parents. Letting them know that we love them is a great key to their success in life.

Here in A Mother’s Minute Site they suggests ways of having bonding moments with our kids and turning dull moments into an educational family fun activities. Mothers can do that very easily, we can think of interesting games and activities to make our time with our kids memorable and very special. I’ve come to love this site and will visit it more frequently as it inspires me to know that there’s a place where moms can get the most out of every circumstances to show her family the best love that she can give.

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