My Prayer for lent

Father I come to you and bow down to you.
Please send your Holy Spirit and renew my faith.
Cleanse me from my sins and purify me Lord.
I ask forgiveness for all of the sins that I have done
in thoughts, in deeds and in words.
Please forgive me Lord.

I entrust everything to you and so my worries.
Lead me to my purpose Lord.
I open up myself to you and accept me as your child.
I need your presence Lord and fill my empty heart.
Strengthen my faith father and teach me to trust in you and your purpose.
Thank you Lord. Amen!

How did I know that I have enough breast milk?

I am a full time mom with my first baby. I wanted to feed him with full breast milk because it was said to be the best milk that a baby could ever have and no formula milk could equate. When I tried to feed my baby, I found out that he was oftentimes irritable. He used to sway my nipple then cried loudly. He slept for 30 min and was crying when he woke up and he spent much time in crying. When we have a monthly check up with my babies' Pediatrician I opened up my problem and she said "your baby might not be satisfied with your milk supply". He checked my babies' weight  and it was 29 kg that was a decrease of  2 kg from his birth. The doctor said "your baby should at least increased his weight 20 grams a day in a week". She advised me to do the following:

What to do if you do not have enough breast milk?
1. Have enough rest.
2. Drink soups at least once during a meal.

3. You can also take food supplement as Natalac or Fenugreek or teas. You can find many nursing supplements at Healthy Options Store located at Abreeza Mall Davao.
After a week we went back to the doctor and indeed he gained 2 kg.

After a month my baby was growing and his milk demand was increasing. If I didn't take, soups or nursing tea or took twice or thrice of the Fenugreek tablet I found him irritable. We went back to the doctor and his weight decreased. The doctor said " you might have a small breast that only stored small amount of milk and were not able to supply the milk demand of your baby, then I advised  you needed to do the mixed feeding.
I stopped drinking the tea because I have hyper acidity. I continued taking 1 tablet of Fenugreek a day and it helped to full my breast with milk. I also drink soups with potatoes and have taken a body massage for breast milk improvement and I am keen of  my diet for my baby to utmost enjoy benefits of breast milk .Even if I do mixed feeding I make sure that he was drinking much breast milk than formula milk.

Benefits of fenugreek

Craving for food during pregnancy, is it true?

Just when I got pregnant when I realized that it's true!!!Pregnant women really craved for food. When I was second month pregnant, I wanted to eat Balamban Liempo ( grilled pork) and since my husband was not with me, I ask my sisters to go with me and bought the grilled pork, but no body would want to go with me. My tears started to fall and I couldn't control my self from crying. I decided to forget my craving. On the day after, I really couldn't hold my mind from thinking eating the grilled pork, so then I decided to go out by myself to buy it. When I arrived home I ate it but it seemed it didn't taste good anymore, hehehe I am not yet done with my funny experience for craving food.On my 6th month of pregnancy, I really wanted to eat buko (coconut salad) but I couldn't find any from nearby our house. I asked my sister again to buy for me but she didn't make an effort to, so I tried to forget my craving. But still days have passed and I couldn't hold my thoughts from thinking about the coconut. One evening I went to the sofa and cried because I was thinking that if my husband was here I could have eaten the coconut salad. On the next day, my sister went home from work and have a Tupperware of coconut salad and I was very happy. at last my craving was over.