With temperature well into the hundreds, though common sense, sometimes it’s worth restating the obvious. These are simple guides from the CDC as to how to avoid heat related complications. Pregnancy requires extra caution. Bottom line - stay cool, stay hydrated and stay informed. • Wear Appropriate Clothing: Choose lightweight, loose-fitting clothing. Stay Cool Indoors: Stay in an air-conditioned place as much as possible. If your home does not have air conditioning, go to the shopping mall or public library—even a few hours spent in air conditioning can help your body stay cooler when you go back into the heat. Call your local health department to see if there are any heat-relief shelters in your area. Keep in mind: Electric fans may provide comfort, but when the temperature is in the high 90s, they will not prevent heat-related illness. Taking a cool shower or bath or moving to an air-conditioned place is a much better way to cool off. Use your stove and oven less to maintain a cooler temperature in your home. •.Schedule Outdoor Activities Carefully: Try to limit your outdoor activity to when it’s coolest, like morning and evening hours. Rest often in shady areas so that your body has a chance to recover. • Pace Yourself: Cut down on exercise during the heat. If you’re not accustomed to working or exercising in a hot environment, start slowly and pick up the pace gradually. If exertion in the heat makes your heart pound and leaves you gasping for breath, STOP all activity. Get into a cool area or into the shade, and rest, especially if you become lightheaded, confused, weak, or faint. • Wear Sunscreen: Sunburn affects your body’s ability to cool down and can make you dehydrated. If you must go outdoors, protect yourself from the sun by wearing a wide-brimmed hat, sunglasses, and by putting on sunscreen of SPF 15 or higher 30 minutes prior to going out. Continue to reapply it according to the package directions. • Do Not Leave Children or Pets in Cars: Cars can quickly heat up to dangerous temperatures, even with a window cracked open. While anyone left in a parked car is at risk, children are especially at risk. • Avoid Hot and Heavy Meals: They add heat to your body! • Drink Plenty of Fluids: Drink more fluids, regardless of how active you are. Don’t wait until you’re thirsty to drink. Stay away from very sugary or alcoholic drinks—these actually cause you to lose more body fluid. Also avoid very cold drinks, because they can cause stomach cramps. • Replace Salt and Minerals: Heavy sweating removes salt and minerals from the body that need to be replaced. A sports drink can replace the salt and minerals you lose in sweat. • Keep Your Pets Hydrated: Provide plenty of fresh water for your pets, and leave the water in a shady area. #preventoverheating #obgyn #ladydocfolsom #ruthhaskin
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18 years ago today I brought this wonderful woman into the world. For the past year she has worked in my office on her way toward a career in medicine. Happy Birthday, Prenavi!! #happybirthdayprenavi #ladydocfolsom #obgyn #ruthhaskinsmd Happy 15th Anniversary to the Haskins Practice! This special patient comes in every single year to celebrate with Gerber Daisies and sweet treats. She was the first patient in the door 7/1/08 and remarkably delivered on 8/8/08 and also on 11/11/11! I have the best patients!! Thank you everyone for your support over the years. Happy 1st day of May and in many countries a vacation day in the celebration of the coming of spring.
On that note is it time to mentally assess how well you are looking after yourself? Do you exercise, how is your sleep, do you drink lots of water throughout the day, how are your eating habits, do you enjoy leisure time and have ways of relieving stress? Know your risk factors and be proactive with your health. We specialize in providing Obstetrical and Gynecologic care to women of all ages. The practice focuses on preventing illness through maintaining optimal health and healthy lifestyles through education, information and involvement. You may not realize you are pregnant until well into your first trimester. During this period your body is dealing with many hormonal changes. Fatigue Nausea Vomiting Mood swings Tender and/or swollen breasts Heartburn Headaches Weight gain or loss Need to urinate more often One, all or none of these symptoms may be experienced and if this is not your first pregnancy, the symptoms may be completely different! Nausea is the most common issue during the first trimester which can be helped by eating small, low fat meals and drinking plenty of water. Since 1987 the month of March is designated to commemorate Women's History Month, which is in celebration of the vital roles women have played in American history! So to celbrate I thought I would post a number of sites that list but a few major achievements for which Women are credited. Enjoy and hopefully this will give everyone additional inspiration to continue to break those ridiculous glass ceilings, that are unfortunately still societally present! Medicine:https://artsandculture.google.com/story/inventions-and-discoveries-women-in-medicine-national-women-s-hall-of-fame/HQURe0fhWpaELQ?hl=en General Info: https://womenshistorymonth.gov/about/ Achievements when you were born: https://www.marieclaire.com/.../famous-women-in-history/ Great inventions: https://www.buzzfeed.com/hopelasater/fantastic-inventions-created-by-women www.ruthhaskinsmd.com #womenshistorymonth #obgyn #ladydocfolsom#ruthhaskinsmd Main image: Maria and I celebrating our practice milestone. Left image: Dr. Ruth Haskins, Maria & and Jennifer Toth, NP. Right Image: Our Maria, our patient Maria, Marilyn, Debbie and Jennifer Toth celebrating. We are so very delighted to have been fortunate and blessed enough to have seen our 17,000th patient at the practice! Where has the time gone?! All those lovely women and children patients, what a tremendous privilege and pleasure to have been able to serve them. A personal and Practice milestone indeed. A huge thank you to all involved.
Leap yoga in Folsom is offering a Pregnancy Health Day Date: February 19th, 2023 Time: 1 pm – 3 pm Investment: $30 advance registration / $35 walk-in With the much anticipated arrival of baby and your body’s rapidly changing needs, do you find yourself wanting a more personalized movement, mindfulness and health practice? Start your pregnancy journey off right this year and navigate optimal wellness for you and the lifelong health of your baby. RECEIVE WELL ROUNDED SUPPORT FOR YOUR PREGNANCY HEALTH … with some professionally guided reproductive health practices that serve you and the future of your family. Future mommas at all gestation stages and partners welcome! With LEAP’s Pregnancy Health Day, comfortably be guided with … •A gentle 60-min prenatal yoga class, complete with breathwork that promotes mindfulness to deepen the connection between you and baby •Speakers Laura Porterfield, Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist with Well Woman Physical Therapy as well Kristianne Solaris, Fertility & Pregnancy Health Specialist with Mind Baby Wellness. • Local Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Grace with Grace Mental Health •Unique baby&me and seasonal health vendors and NURTURE Birth Nonprofit Cooperative Join us at LEAP YOGA for this Pregnancy Health Day and connect with other local mommas in person (finally!). As always, we are looking forward to guiding you into a deeper yoga and wellness practice. BONUS: Upon participation, receive private access to a soon-to-be mom’s Pregnancy Health community. Biweekly lives on all things pregnancy health including nutrition and mindfulness practices. For more information and to sign up: https://leapyoga.net/2023/01/pregnancy-health-day-23/ After many years of service, we have replaced our ultrasound machine with a new updated all singing all dancing model. It's all terribly exciting to see such incredibly detailed images and so much fun to use! It feels like using a “scanner” from Star Trek! We can now better look inside our patients using this wonderful technology to help them be in better health. Heady stuff indeed! #lovetechnology #obgyn #ladydocfolsom #ruthhaskinsmd We wanted to take this opportunity to wish you a very happy holiday period and to let you know that we will be closed Christmas eve, Friday December 24th and closing a little early at 3pm on New Year's Eve. Happy Holidays!!! |
AuthorDr. Haskins brings over 30 years of experience in Obstetrics and Gynecology As a former CMA President, she is actively involved in the political process and is well known at the state capitol and in congress as a passionate advocate for women's health care. Archives
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