v  Discuss benefits of breastfeeding for infants, mothers, families, and society

• Infants
  • Decreased incidence of infectious diseases
  • Reduced infant mortality including sudden infant death syndrome [SIDS]
  • Decreased incidence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes
  • Decreased incidence of leukemia and lymphomas
  • Reduced risk of obesity and hypercholesterolemia
  • Decreased incidence of asthma and allergies
  • Enhanced cognitive development
  • Analgesic effect for painful procedures
• Mother 
  • Decreased postpartum bleeding
  • More rapid uterine involution
  • Reduced risk of ovarian and breast cancer
  • Lower risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease
  • Earlier return to prepregnancy weight
  • Decreased risk of osteoporosis
  • Unique bonding experience
• Families and society
  • Convenient
  • No bottles or unnecessary equipment
  • Less expensive than infant formula
  • Reduced annual health care costs
  • Less parental absence from work because of an ill infant
  • Reduced waste in disposal of formula cans and bottles

im so distracted right now.. 

guess im staying up late doing hw/studying with distractions in between.

omgah! i saw another video of a baby being born yesterday.. i was SOOOO traumatized!!! cause the women looked like so much in pain.. and actually showed what the cervix looks like when contracting and the baby descending..  and the baby came out HECKA white!!!! [cause when they develop, they have this white-ish layer that usually goes away when it gets close to term, and this white layer is to moisturize the skin so it doesnt go dry or crack.. and if the baby is born with it, the health care ppl arent spose to take it off].. but it looked like an alien!!! Dx.... 

my uterus felt the pain while watching... and then my uterus was telling me "DONT DO THIS TO ME!!!!!!!!! Dx" ... 

and we also watched this video b4 about assessment of a pregnant lady and her husband and with them asking questions of what they should do or prepare... and the guy asks "what happens when i get tired?".. and all the girls in my class starts laughing xD and i am too, thinking "ITS NOT ABOUT YOU!!" lol!

OMGah Melinda had the worst lecture last class -_____-... we found out she's part of the union... so she's on a contract [which usually lasts a year], cause we really dont want her to teach anymore and get rid of her. even tho after this semester, we wouldnt see her anymore anyways, but this is for the LMC's nursing program's future. well... she prolly knows her stuff, its just that.. she's just NOT MEANT TO TEACH! my classmates are trying to petition her out. 

ok soooooo......

Jay convinced me into letting me let him buy a 42" screen tv -________-...... its his gift for himself for his bday coming up.

altho it was a great offer of how much it is (cause it's 3D HDTV vizio, comes with 4 3D glasses, a blu ray 3D DVD player, and hdmi cable) for around $700

and i opened up a walmart credit card and doing a 12 month finance thingy and gave me $20 back. 

and Jay is the only one who's gonna pay for it. 

this screen.. makes me.. not want to do hw.......... omgah.... lol

on the good news, because of my grant and Jay working more (i thot i was getting less this first check), we are out of the under 1 grand crisis :]

yay! 

well after the bills it will be close to it.. lol.. until Jay and i get our next pay check on the 10th. 

and then Jay's uncle is going to give us a free linksys (i dont understand what it is really.. Jay says its like windows... but i thought linksys is a brand of router or modem???) and we'll just get a wireless keyboard and mouse so we can just go online with the tv. 

ok.. now 6 hours of doing hw and no stopping!!! hopefully. 

got thru reading 27 textbook pages today -__-.. but i split it up as 9 pages each reading session. 

also got done with 1/5 of my microteach project powerpoint.. i have to teach one of my classmates about prenatal nutrition... lame... 

i had more to do today but couldnt get to them ><... im just a lil behind on my study schedule..

man already this semester is stressful! its more stressful than last semester! D: ... except im more prepared. 

they already smacked me in the face with 3 projects -_-

and i have to do a presentation to 3+ ppl and teaching them why flossing is important [i chose the topic]. and it has to be 30 minutes long.. >.>.. 

i also have to do a genogram, which is like a family tree but also state the diseases of each person if they have any so then i can state that the most recent generation can try to prevent the illness in progressing more. i think ill do Jay's family since he has a lot of ppl.

and lastly ill have to do a nutrition paper about geriatrics (old ppl)

Jay is mumbling in his sleep... >.>... lol

HELLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO coffee! <3

my FA check came today, yay! 

i wonder when my loan app will pull thru.

im applying to 6 scholarships [lol finally after how many years ive been in college].. Carl is really encouraging Ronnie and i to apply. im so lazy to write a personal statement tho @.@... and its due feb 8.. i gave my two recommendation forms to Chunni (my favorite former coworker) and my instructor Cathy, who were both really happy to do it. 

so anyways, no more hanging out anymore .. sorry guys! but maybe for some birthdays, but thats it :/.. 

omgah! i was soooo freaked out today cause of this picture lol. i wont explain what exactly was on it due to Hang might get scared lol. its actually NOT that scary. it kinda reminds me of Sammy (Joey's Sam) in that one picture at their house LOL. where she is in the back of the girls who are smiling and she's just making this creepy face. except this one is super creepy!! D: that i think i would get nightmares.... my heart started really pounding when i noticed it.

its funny cause in that pic, i have seen it b4 but i didnt understand it. but when Jayne posted it up on her fb, took me a lil bit and then BAM! i saw what the commotion was about. oh man, so freaky lol. 

sleeeeeeeep! whenever i get scared at night, i sing in my head:

"God is bigger than the boogie man.
He's bigger than Godzilla and the monsters on TV.
Oh, God is bigger than the boogie man,
And he's watching out for you and me."

its from veggie tales lol! you can youtube it. 

im stuck at home :/..

yesterday was........ fun... lol..

i told Anielle about what happened already.

sooo yesterday,

Jay, my brother, and i went to Davis to the sushi buffet. we ordered only one dish platter of fried oysters, calamari, and soft shell crab. but the waitress [she was obviously new, and white o.O, and a UC Davis student], accidentally ordered us two platters of it @.@..... the asian waitress who has been working there apologized for it, but the food is already cooked.... so we told them we would eat it... the new girl also forgot to get my miso soup -__-

unfortunately, too much fried foods fills you up more and if you eat too much can make you sick. i started feeling kinda sick from it.. so i stopped eating. Jay threw up in the bathroom >.>.... but he still continued to eat afterwards lol..

i asked one of the wait staff if it was ok if we took the rest of the food to go and we would pay them extra for it.. but the guy said..

guy: oh no, we dont do that no more, caused problems before
me: oh ok, i was just wondering, cause we didnt order two plates of these, we only ordered one and we cant finish it
guy: thats why only order one
me: no, we did order one, its just that the waitress accidentally gave us two
guy: sometimes it happens when someone orders it, and then another person orders it too
me: no that didnt happen *starts getting irritated*... only one of us ordered it. but its ok, we were just wondering, we just feel bad for wasting food.

and later,  when we were paying for the bill, the new waitress got our card.. but when Jay got the receipt, it said $19 something.. o.O.. we were like what?? so we asked the ppl there and the asian waitress was like "im so sorry, its because she's new.. blah blah" LOL.. so because we were honest, the guy let us take our food home xD

then on our way to Mitul's house to get his car since were borrowing it for the semester or until we get another car, we started entering the freeway. it was a sharp turn, but we hydroplaned @.@... and went off the road a lil bit ><.. the wheel hit something after.. and we drove on and it felt kinda bumpy so we exited and saw that the rim is bent -___-... so Jason called triple A and got the car towed home with Jason. 

Jay and i called Mitul to pick us up. the turn right b4 his street going to his apartment, due to the rain, the windows fogging up, we either hit a sidewalk or we ran over a pot hole going 30-40 mph... so that caused a flat on Mitul's car. he was really pissed off :/.... so i called triple A and got that car towed home..

WHAT A DAY

came to sac so that we had two working cars to use... came home with two minor damaged cars. 

Jay fixed Mitul's car already. it only cost $8 something cause Mitul's wheels had a warranty. 

my car will get fixed when Jay gets his next pay check.. 

so now.. we're still stuck with one working car... LOL.. its like an exchange.

sooo... yesterday i burnt a small spot on my back with my massager.... how?? you ask??...well it was kinda like an indian burn.. lol!

well... as i was getting my massage on, theres this really deep knot in my shoulder/back that i was trying to loosen up the tension.. so i would press on the massager more.

i was wearing a spaghetti strap btw...so basically, my skin was exposed to the massager.

what i THOUGHT was feel-good-hot-pain was ACTUALLY my-little-part-of-skin-ripping-off-feel-NO-good-pain. 

so yea.. my mistake ..... 

Dx

lesson learned? when using a plug-in back massager, always wear a t-shirt that covers the part where you're getting the massage.

the end.

im cold. 

i had a dream..

that my coworker, Faidra, brought her pet hamster and mouse to work..... and for some reason we also had a mice problem at our new financial aid location and it was my job to fill in the cracks in the wall with newspaper... there was this mouse that came out of the wall and i totally knocked it back down the crack and i heard so many thuds! like.. wth!? how far is this crack or hole in the wall??? lol

i also dreamed that family guy was in a baseball field putting cheese slices on the ground everywhere in a row... and then Peter Griffin kicked a soccer ball and the ball totally messed up the rows and cheese got stuck to the ball and so they had to start over.

i also dreamed that it was the end of the world? cause there were triggers everywhere and if you somehow cross/step on it, someone will explode. and i think i accidentally stepped on a trigger and this guy in a wheel chair exploded. it was kinda gory. and we were in a grocery store too. in one of the isles, there was this hot, shirtless, buff guy, and for some reason i started putting eye liner on him......

the end.

LOL

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what i need to do today:

-read 19 pages from my book

-exercise

-play with my eye brows

-pay my pg&e bill

 -stitch up one of my shirt that i accidentally ripped lol

soo... Mitul is letting me borrow his car instead! he's sooo nice :] he says his car is not a necessity and usually rides his bike to places. school is just a mile away. i guess this will encourage him to exercise more?.. and he's gonna put me under his insurance. so this definitely will let us save more money! and id totally be ok with driving all the way to sac to pick him up whenever he needs to come back.

i learned a few tips on youtube about hair to make it more healthy... so since we usually take shower temperatures usually too hot for our hair, you should just put up your hair during a shower, just wash and rinse the body ONLY.. afterwards, when youre all dry and not all cold, you should stand outside your shower, bend over, and wash your hair upside down with luke-warm water. and if you have long hair, you should never ever scrunch up your hair and scrub shampoo into it. just squeeze the soap down the long hair. 

the only thing is that my legs get tired bending over... hahahaha [thats what she said]..

and you must have a head shower with a hose... so i bought one today. 

i feel like my hair is soo damaged.. or dry..

theres also this special type of brush that has lots of bristles that will bring your natural oils and spread it more evenly down to your hair ends so your hair ends wont be as dry. i need to do that!! i just hope the brush isnt very expensive :/.....  

OMGah! insanity is sooo hard! im hella sweaty! lol.. so tired. ive been doing it 4 days straight now. even the ppl in the video who have perfect bodies get so exhausted that they need to pause and rest for a bit. 

i gained 5 lbs over the semester and break ><.. my goal is to fit into this one dress that Rodi and Krys got for me last year on my bday.. cause i dont fit it hahaha! i usually fit small, but i feel like the fashion industry has changed the measurements for small @.@... cause the rest of my clothes that are small still fit me! unless i stretched them out.. but some of the clothing dont look stretchable or else id tear them, which i havent... yet... hehe

im not sure how im going to exercise during school o.o...

well since i wont be working, ill prolly fit it somewhere.. 

since Jay is working and going to school at the same time, ill also be more responsible cleaning and cooking @.@...... ><"

i drank coffee like an hour ago.... and its 12:15AM at the moment.. so im pretty awake.

i was spose to read today.. but i got sooo lazy.. and i dont know why, i was really moody. i kept giving Jay attitude.. and i was being insensitive and sensitive at the same time towards and from Jay. 

insensitive cause...Jay was really really tired. he came home from an 8.5 hr shift [10:30AM~7:30PM].. ate, rested and exercised w/ insanity..

he went to bed around 12:30 or 1AM.. woke up at 4AM to work from 5AM~1:30PM... then did laundry at his sister's house for 4 hours [3 loads of laundry].. came home at 7pm. he didnt eat much all day -____-... 

and i just wanted attention and cuddle. and when he was too tired, id threw a fit. lol.. and then he would get really frustrated with me.

sensitive cause.. when he jokingly makes fun of me, i got really irritated and threw a fit too. 

xD.... i think its like.. post-menstrual-syndrome... or something! cause i just got done today.  

i had a dream that..

everyone went clubbing [i just mostly remember Penny being there]

and it was $5 bucks to get in. but half of us [including me and Penny] went out of the club for some reason.... i dont remember why....... but it was like.. for an hour???.. and we came back, and the bouncer let us back in even tho the club was hella full! but the other half of our friends wanted to leave for good and go eat or something. and for some reason, Penny didnt mind.. but i was like, "what?? we already paid 5 bucks!! i want to stay and have fun :/.. we didnt even dance!" and Penny was like "its up to you guys.. ill stay if you guys want to stay" and half of us wanted to stay, the other half wanted to go..

for some reason i guess Penny felt like she was the middle man [or.. woman] and felt so obligated to make the decision but didnt want to disappoint ppl.. so she started crying o.O

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this kinda reminds me of the situation back when me, Rox, and Penny were best friends in middle school. i think the only similarity was that Penny was crying for an odd reason haha.. 

we were at Penny's house. Rox and i wanted to rollerblade i think.. and Penny just wanted to stay inside? and i guess we kept pushing to rollerblade? and she just sat on the couch and started crying.. and i was so confused what was going on. and i later found out Rox left the house and was walking home [and its a freaking long way home] and she was crying too. i was like, what's going on!?!? @.@....

so i talked to Penny why she was crying, and she explained to me that she didnt want to do what we wanted to do but felt like we were forcing her. but i told her that if she had told us that she really didnt want to rollerblade, then we would have listened.. and then i told her that Rox was walking home and she told me if i could get her.

so i ran down the street where Rox was continuously crying while walking, and i told her the situation, and she was being stubborn to go back. but finally i persuaded her to come back. 

then i forgot what happened afterwards.. happily ever after? xD