Pregnancy Notes Quotes

“From the day you know you are pregnant, work at getting an afternoon nap, and continue till you are feeding. It’s not about sleeping for hours together in the afternoon, but catching those forty winks post lunch, a quick ten-twenty minute nap will do it.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Pregnancy Notes: Before, During & After

“Soak a handful of cashews in milk for a couple of hours, grind them, add more milk, and drink just before you go to bed. Works beautifully, almost like a drug, and without any side effects.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Pregnancy Notes: Before, During & After

“Recipe 10: Ajwain pani Contributed by: Sarika Dhiraj Ostwal, Vansda (near Surat) Rujuta says: One more for the husband, not that I have a problem if you can do more. But the ones I have marked are compulsory ;). Stepwise instructions: •Add 3 tsp of ghee in a pan and heat it. •Add 3 tsps of gud (jaggery). •Add 1 glass of water. •After the gud melts, add 2 tsp of aajma powder (ajwain, carom). •Let it boil and then serve hot. It’s very good for the first three days post delivery to remove all the waste from the body. After three days of liquid aajma you can start aajmo (in solid form) with badam, khobra, dink, kharik and gud.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Pregnancy Notes: Before, During & After

“Intelligent and insightful at the same time, this is one of the earliest human expressions of art.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Pregnancy Notes: Before, During & After

“you first visualize how much you want to eat and then start with half the amount. The trick is to eat it in double the time you typically take. It means smaller morsels of food enter the stomach, thus improving the micronutrient assimilation and insulin response. This process can be repeated if required, but the key is to be without gadgets during meal times. This was one of Kareena’s well-kept secrets (when she says she eats everything), till she shared it on our fb live chat. This”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Pregnancy Notes: Before, During & After