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Pregnancy Mystified: Flor
Anencephaly is a rare, irreversible congenital condition wherein a part of the baby’s skull and brain do not form during the first trimester of pregnancy. It is a neural tube defect (NTD) that results from the neural tube not closing in the first three or so weeks after conception (neural tubes normally close between Day 23 to 26 following conception). Approximately 1 in every 1,000 pregnancies is diagnosed with anencephaly, often leading to miscarriage.
READ the POSTWhat’s Your Financial Parenting Style?
Teaching our kids financial literacy is one of the best ways we can prepare them for adulthood. Our Financial Parenting Style Quiz can help guide you on what you are like when teaching your children finance basics, responsibility over money and expenses, and maybe also give you a few ideas on how you can be more financially savvy!
Mind Your Mind
It is no secret that moms have a lot on their minds at all times. Many a meme has been created on how moms have to multi-think while they multi-task, and it leads to the ever famous mom brain. That’s why it is important for moms to be able to recognise this, to stop, reflect, and learn how to mind their minds.
READ the POSTMMPPSG: Dear NICU Nurse
I met my baby 16 hours after birth, and it took everything that I had not to dissolve into a blubbering mess when you, NICU Nurse, wheeled me in front of the incubator. I felt too many things at the same time— exhaustion from that morning’s two-months-too-early surprise birth; gratitude that my baby is here, and I am too; longing, painful longing, to hold my baby in my arms. All these emotions made me feel weak, but I soon learned that there is no room for weakness in the NICU because strength dissipates from each bassinet where a fighting baby survives and thrives.
READ the POSTSmall Steps: Simple Switches You Can Make to Your Grocery List Toward a Healthier Diet
It all starts with the grocery list. You will eat what you buy, and if you buy healthy then you will eat healthy. Yes, this can still be a challenge, but here are some easy switches you can make as early as your next run to the supermarket.
READ the POSTBaby Love: Breastfeeding and Baby Skin Care
MommyMundo and #BabyDovePH know that many new mommies feel this way! It is that understanding that keeps them bringing back Baby Love events that focus on breastfeeding and baby skin care! This past March 13, 2020, Ms. Abby Yabut, a certified lactation counselor, busted breastfeeding myths that persist to this day; and Dra. Krissy Dim-Jamora, the Director of the Philippine Dermatological Society Board of Directors, shared important information on keeping our babies’ skin healthy.
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We are with you every step of the way, giving you a variety of information, events and activities which address every stage of motherhood.
