PERSONAL NARRATIVES, MOMMY TIPS, AND THRILLING DISCOVERIES TO MAKE DAILY LIFE THE HAPPIEST
I was in Manila then attending a press conference. We needed to come up with a story about Orthopedic Surgery. I received a call from my son’s school. My then grade-two child fell from a monkey bar.
MOMI SMILES| MakatiMed is a Mother-Baby Friendly Workplace
About 12 years ago, I always travel from the office to the small house with an insulated bag. It was full of breastmilk and ice inside. That time, I worked for more than eight hours a day in Ortigas Center. I just gave birth to my third, thus I made sure to bring breastmilk for him every day. This mother never missed pumping milk whenever she felt her breast getting heavy. I remember I could express four to six ml of milk at least three to four times a day. My officemates would often joke to borrow my expressed milk inside the freezer when we run out of creamer or milk for their coffee.
During those times, we didn’t have a breastfeeding station at the office. I stayed in the conference room whenever I pump milk. Most friends and co-workers then would refer the conference room as the nursing station.
Everyone knows someone with a food allergy—those friends who avoid shellfish or a family member that has to check labels for any peanut content. We often don’t find food allergies in adults strange. It’s not concerning, either, because adults can easily avoid their allergens or have medicines ready.
It’s a different story for children, though. Your kids, or even yourself, might not know what’s going on when youngsters experience an itchy skin rash, tingling in the tongue or lips, tightness in the throat, vomiting, or stomach pains after eating a certain food item.
Makati Medical Center, the Philippine’s premier healthcare institution, breaks down unusual food allergies in kids and why you need to consult a pediatrician.
It’s the 21st century but there are still some questions women feel uncomfortable asking their doctors. Strange smells, mysterious bumps, or odd bodily functions may be a bit embarrassing to speak about but keeping these concerns to yourself may lead to bigger health problems.
Makati Medical Center, the Philippines’ premier healthcare institution, with Sonia E. Bongala, MD of the MakatiMed Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology helps us out by tackling the medical questions women are too afraid or embarrassed to ask.
Embarrassing medical questions answered
Last 2015, the Philippines recorded around one million people with autism. This is sad news as often, individuals with autism receive an unjust treatment.
If only children with autism could communicate clearly, perhaps they have something to tell us. Let me share with you what Makati Medical Center shares about how children with autism feel. Makati Medical Center is one of the country’s premier health institutions and a dedicated partner in healthcare at every life stage.