1. Know your breasts: regular breast self examination and knowing how your breasts look and feel will help you stay alert to sudden unfamiliar changes.
2. Cervical Screening Tests: If you are 21 years and above, sexually active or have
Been in the past, factor this into your schedule ( there are multiple ways to do this: self-test, Pap smear, HPV DNA sampling etc)
3. Know your genotype, blood group, and rhesus status: all these help you when dating or choosing a life partner
4. STI panel: This is important for sexually active women. Know your status(HIV, hepatitis, Chlamydia etc), this will help you care properly for yourself, preserve your reproductive health, and protect your loved ones.
Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week(August 1-7 2020)
Theme "Support breast feeding for a healthier planet”
The focus this year is on skilled breastfeeding counselling as a critical support to effective breastfeeding @aproko_doctor
Let's recap on the goodness of breastmilk
Benefits of breast feeding
It has the optimal nutrition for baby, easily digested & helps babies gain the right amount of weight
Has antibodies that helps baby fight infections & reduce risk of diarrhea, ear &respiratory diseases
Lowers risk of baby having asthma/ allergies
It is linked with increase IQ making baby smart
It helps baby bond more with mother & feel more secured
Reduce risk fo sudden infant death
Helps womb contract well after birth reducing bleeding
At birth- confirm she is a female with normal outer organs, hopefully she is the desired gender
Birth-Puberty; check for proper growth; if breasts/menses arrives too early or too late, fear, threat & panic
Teens; menstrual pain, heavy menses,
fear of unwanted pregnancy, STIs, ectopic, forced marriage
20s- Pressure to marry & make babies, delay to do so; family meeting & another set of panic
30s- Raising babies or pressure from 20s transmitted forward if still single or yet to make babies
Know your breast well
30s continued
Do regular cervical cancer screening, Fibroids can start showing symptoms
40s- Doing 30s again, warming up for menopause, high blood pressure,all sorts of medical conditions may set it, watch out for breast disease/cancers.
Must start regular breast screening