My Best Breastfeeding Support System — My Husband

“Welcome to the Milk Mama Diaries Carnival (August). For this month, we join the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action in it’s “Talk to Me!” theme where participants will share personal experiences, insights or recommendations in communicating breastfeeding intentions and goals to their support system. Please scroll down to the end of this post and check […]

Nursing must haves…and cheaper alternatives (2/10 & 3/10)

This is part 2 of a series.  Click here for part 1. 2.  nursing clothes It is such a nice. nice time to be a breastfeeding mom as there are so many pretty breastfeeding clothes available nowadays. These clothes not only have hidden access points for your baby to reach your breasts easily, they also […]

Nursing must haves…and cheaper alternatives (1/10)

Welcome to the Milk Mama Diaries Carnival (May).  This carnival is dedicated to all moms, celebrating Mother’s Day today.  Participants will share various topics covering A Breastfeeding Mother’s Top Ten List.  Please scroll down to the end of this post and check out the other carnival participants. (This is part 1 of a series) I […]

Breastfeeding made me a better and stronger mom…and woman

Welcome to the first Milk Mama Diaries Carnival (March). To celebrate National Women’s Month, our participants share how breastfeeding has changed them as a woman. Please scroll down to the end of this post and check out the other carnival participants. —————————– There were quite a few things that I really wanted to be “when […]

What Keeps Me Busy Lately

Aside from my blogging, I now have a freelance writing job. Allow me to plug 2 of the articles that I’ve done. The number one ladykiller The silent thief of sight (part one) The first article is about Ischemic Heart Disease, while the second one is the first of a series on Glaucoma.  I hope […]

Starting to wean? Mixed feelings and thoughts

Entry to The Working Mom when I was starting to wean my eldest. I’ve been suffering from conjunctivitis the past few days. So to avoid infecting my toddler son, we’ve decided to forego our usual practice of co-sleeping, at least under I get well. For the past 3 nights, he has been sleeping beside grandma […]

Work Life Balance

Another repost from The Working Mom. Pondering about achieving work-life balance.  Still trying to achieve it. In every working mom’s life, there is a yearning to achieve the so-called work life balance. I never really thought that there would be a point wherein I have to face the dilemma all working moms face — that […]

When Doctor Becomes Mommy

This is a repost from The Working Mom, when I first started to blog seriously. Hmmm….what to write? First of all, I’d like to give you a backgrounder on myself. I’m a doctor, an ophthalmologist to be precise, whose whole life BB (before baby) has been focused on my training and career. Being a doctor […]

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