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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT – CHANGE OF BLOG ADDRESS
Posted by: vsakotai on: September 9, 2009
Our Website and Blog has undergone significant improvement in the latest upgrade.
As a result, our blog has been integrated into our website which is
http://healthy-mother.com. Choose the menu item that says “Blog”. Alternately, you can type http://healthy-mother.com/blog
I will be posting responses to your questions, and my articles in the new address. Please link your bookmarks to [...]
How Lamaze Helps Women Give Birth with Confidence?
Posted by: vsakotai on: March 1, 2009
As the new batch of would-be mothers and dads join our Healthy Mother childbirth education classes, more than a few mothers have come up to me or have called me with a myriad of questions. One such call was from a first time mother-to-be, who wanted to find out how our program could help ease [...]
Happy New Year
Posted by: vsakotai on: January 1, 2009
Wishing All Mothers and their Families a Very Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2009.
The year 2008 was exciting for Healthy Mother, as we started our Lamaze and fitness classes for would-be mothers and new moms. I am happy to inform you that two weeks ago I was awarded the Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator (LCCE) certification by [...]
Report on Evidence-based Maternity Care in the US – What are the lessons for India?
Posted by: vsakotai on: October 31, 2008
Recently I had the opportunity to read most of the 128-page report published by Childbirth Connection (www.childbirthconnection.org) the non-profit maternity care research and advocacy group, Milbank Foundation, a non-partisan endowment working in the health care field, and the RSG, a voluntary association of legislative leaders and policy makers in the US. Here is the link [...]
Planning your nutrition during the third trimester
Posted by: vsakotai on: June 22, 2008
In most of my labor and childbirth classes at Healthy Mother, moms- to-be are concerned about whether their baby is getting sufficient nutrition from their diet alone. At the same time, some of you are concerned about excessive weight gain during pregnancy. Both of these concerns can be taken care of, if you follow a [...]
Early pregnancy
Posted by: vsakotai on: June 1, 2008
When did you realize that you were pregnant? Perhaps you missed a period, or maybe you were feeling extraordinarily lethargic, or perhaps you felt that there was something “just different” going on with your body.
Once you confirm that you are pregnant, you may have started observing your body closely. This is just one of [...]
Healthy Pregnancy and Healthy Childbirth
Posted by: vsakotai on: May 31, 2008
Our older son turned 10 the other day. Phew!! it has been an exhilarating, and fulfilling 10 years.While I was carrying him we did not know much about what childbirth entailed, both from a physical and psychological perspective. Though our doctor and nurses at the Southern New Hampshire Medical Center (in Nashua, NH, USA) were [...]
About Me
Posted by: vsakotai on: May 26, 2008
I am a physical therapist and a board-certified clinical specialist. I have practiced in pediatric and geriatric settings for nearly 14 years in the US. I have a doctorate in Physical Therapy and currently conduct pregnancy and childbirth classes called Healthy Mother(TM), in Hyderabad, India. The program builds on material taught in the internationally renowned [...]
