So the part about visiting the NICU during your 2nd trimester when pregnant, with twins, I skipped over in my twin book reading. I totally underestimated the power of twins on your body’s hormones and outcomes. Especially in my case, because I have to take Lovenox shots to thin my blood due to having Lupas … Read more
This is my personal experience with ovarian cysts. Before facing surgery for an orange-sized ovarian cyst, which eventually grew coconut sized, on one of my ovaries, along with having many other smaller cysts on the other ovary, I wanted to try some natural remedies. My doctor gave me a window of opportunity between a miscarriage … Read more
Eventhough it has been several weeks since the shooting in Aurora, Colorado, leaving 12 dead and over 70 wounded within minutes, we still feel the shock and great sadness within our hearts. This tragedy is now noted as the largest mass shooting in U.S. history. It’s events like this that have me struggle with God’s mercy. Especially now, … Read more
Do you like curry? I wasn’t a fan of curry when I first started trying it. However, I was first introduced to the world of curry through red curry stew. It wasn’t until I discovered green curry via some Thai food in Ireland that my love of curry world opened. If you haven’t added curry … Read more
Playing is one of the best things you and your baby can do together. Play is how babies develop a sense of themselves and their place in the world. Here are a few tips for fun games you can play with your baby. Shake the rattle Fill empty water bottles with interesting and colorful “objects” … Read more
Do you like curry? Do you like cauliflower? I wasn’t a fan of cauliflower until I discovered this way of roasting it to eat. Now I cook and serve it monthly! The reason why I started eating more curry and cauliflower, in addition to some other diet additions, was that I had developed ovarian cysts … Read more
Sent by a friend: In an evening class at Stanford the last lecture was on the mind-body connection – the relationship between stress and disease. The speaker (head of psychiatry at Stanford) said, among other things, that one of the best things that a man could do for his health is to be married to … Read more
Today, rescuers in Turkey pulled a 2 week year old baby, along with her mother, both still alive, from the debris and rubble, some 47 hours after the massive earthquake hit. This touched our hearts and hopes for others being found. The rescuers started applauding as the baby was removed from the rubble and wrapped … Read more
An added comment from our supporting Neurologist, Dr. Steve Kirk It used to be argued that the plasticity of the human brain diminished to essentially zero, in other words became completely set, by the time we were adults. This theory has been absolutely turned on its head by the progressive, continuous research of neuroscientists … Read more
As we adventure into the beginning of our blog, we want to dedicate our very first post to the people in Norway but especially the parents and children in Norway affected by this recent tragedy. Our hearts are heavy for them. As moms, we can’t even begin to imagine what they are going through but … Read more