What to Expect When You're "Expecting"

When I had my first born, I was in a pretty tough situation. My mom wasn't with me that time, but I had with me my aunt. 

Good thing I was able to prepare myself for the big day.

I have read and researched a lot of things about what to expect when expecting to have a baby. Bought a lot of pregnancy books and magazines. 

Reading and researching helped me big time. Learned things that I didn't know prior to reading books and mags about pregnancy.

Moms-to-be today are so lucky that there are events/workshops that will help them understand and prepare themselves for giving birth.

Manila Workshops and Medela Moms, Inc. will be having the first workshop for 2014 under the First Time Parents Series on January 25, 2014. This workshop is also Co-presented by Stemcord Philippines, Inc. This workshop series aims to help first time parents or even the “experienced-yet-need-refreshers” parents to help them to go through topics on pre-birth, delivery and new born care and toddler care. The workshop on January 25, 2014 will be WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE GIVING BIRTH.

It will be a half day workshop from 1:00 PM to 5:00PM that will discuss these topics:

What to Expect During your OB check-ups and visits

Pain Management

Pregnancy Nutrition

Cord Blood Banking

The other workshops will be announced separately. The venue for this workshop will be at The Medela House in Quezon City (#29 First Street, New Manila, Quezon City).

Speakers for this workshop will be:

We have invited experienced and reliable speakers to conduct the workshop. Our speakers for this workshop will be Dra. Diana Sarmiento, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology (http://www.filipinamd.com/) practicing at the Asian Hospital and Ms. Cecile Leah T. Bayaga.

Dr. Diana Liu Sarmiento is a graduate of the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery. She completed her internship and residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the UP-PGH and proceeded with her fellowship in Trophoblastic Diseases also at the same institution, the UP-PGH. She is a consultant at the Asian Hospital Medical Center. Our speaker is a writer for the Women’s Health and Wellness section of Yahoo! South East Asia. You may visit her website for helpful information pertaining to Women’s health and pregnancy with an online question-and-answer section called Magtanong Kay Doc. Her website is www.filipinamd.com.

Ms. Cecile Bayaga is a registered nutritionist-dietitian and a full-time faculty at the College of Home Economics, University of the Philippines-Diliman. She has been teaching Principles of Nutrition, Nutrition for the Lifecycle, and Medical Nutrition Therapy for the past 12 years. She has published scientific articles on glycemic index, essential fatty acids for brain development, and clinical nutrition. In 2005, the Nutritionists-Dietitians’ Association of the Philippines awarded her as The Most Promising Nutritionist-Dietitian. She is happily married for the 9 years and a mother to their son, Gabby.

This is one exciting workshop that will really benefit those who are expecting! We hope that you will be able to attend this workshop.

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