Vidushi Diwan Trivedi explains

India’s No.1 pregnancy & parenting magazine
VOL 6 ISSUE 8
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DECEMBER
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Trend-spotting
MATERNITY
SHOOTS
Have you had one?
20 top tips to
boost y
your kiddo's
BRAIN
POWER
CUPCAKES
for every season
All about
FEEDING
YOUR
NEWBORN...
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FAB
BABY
SHOPPING
SITES
IT project manager and Mrs India finalist
Vidushi Diwan
Trivedi
explains
Aarush
how her son
,
16 months, has been the perfect
'Gina baby' from the get go!
Contents...
December 2013
Vidushi Diwan Trivedi with her son Aarush, 16 months;
Visuals: Akshay Kulkarni;
Hair & make-up: Sanjay Tambe
M&B’s panel of experts
Mum’s Club
Dr Firuza Parikh
Director of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics at Jaslok
Hospital and Research Centre,
Mumbai.
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Padmashree Dr Devi Shetty
Chairman, Narayana Hrudayalaya,
Bangalore, & Asia Heart Foundation, Kolkata. First cardiac surgeon
to operate on newborns.
Dr Geetanjali Shah
Popular Mumbai paediatrician,
conducts holistic
fitness workshops for
pregnant women.
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Your Pregnancy
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Dr Hema Divakar
Consultant obstetrician and gynecologist, Bangalore, President
of the Society for Fetal medicine
& Genetics.
Dr Shikha Sharma
Well known nutritionist and
MD, Dr Shikha’s Nutri-Health
Systems, New Delhi.
Lina Ashar
Children’s educator and FounderDirector and Chairperson of KKEL
and the Brainworks
preschools across India.
Sonali Shivlani
Mumbai-based childbirth
educator, certified by Childbirth
& Postpartum Professional Association, USA.
Raell Padamsee
Nutures creativity in kids
through her Academy for Creative Expression, Mumbai.
Nutan Pandit
Breastfeeding counsellor and
natural birth therapist who’s
been teaching in New Delhi
since 1978.
Shruti Saxena
Reebok and Motherwell certified
prenatal & postnatal fitness
instructor, Lamaze certified childbirth
educator and hypnobirthing
practitioner, New Delhi.
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MUM’S CLUB
Your letters...
STAR BABIES
Some of those adorable baby pix that all
of you proudly share
YUMMY MUMMY TO BE
Pretty pix shared by expectant mums
LEADING LADY
Working mum from Mumbai,
Vidushi Diwan Trivedi, talks about the joy
of bringing up her Gina baby Aarush!
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M&B FITNESS
Learn how practising Pilates is beneficial
when you’re expecting
IN THE WRONG VEIN...
Dr Pankaj Patel answers all your queries
regarding varicose veins
GET THE MOST FROM YOUR
MATERNITY SHOOT
Capture pictures of your beautiful bump
PARTY DO’S & DON’TS
How to eat safe at a New Year’s Eve
celebration
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Contents...
Your Baby & Toddler
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ALL ABOUT MILK
Everything you wanted to know about
breastfeeding and bottle feeding
your baby
PURE LOVE
Welcome your new baby into a
clean home...
PUPPY LOVE
How to ensure your pet and baby are
safe and hygienic
BRAIN BOOSTERS
Educator Swati Popat Vats gives you
20 top tips to get your tot in top gear
M&B FOOD
Learn how to decorate cupcakes from
baker Pallavi Sheth
Your Life
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JUST A CLICK AWAY...
Your guide to the top baby shopping
websites
M&B REVIEWS
All the latest stuff: M&B tries and tests it
for you
M&B EVENTS
All the exciting events for parents and
kids happening across the country!
M&B MARKET
Indulge yourself and your kids with the
newest products off the shelves
M&B POSTER
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M&Bfitness
Pilates for
pregnancy
Swimming
Benefits: Helps balance the core muscles and
provides pelvic stability
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It has been established by doctors and fitness instructors the world over that a pregnant
woman is likely to have a smoother delivery and recovery if she maintains a proper
diet and fitness regime. So, let Functional Health trainer and Pilates pro Madhuri Ruia
inspire you to get into motion...
Words Poornima Nair Iyer
Visuals Akshay Kulkarni
M
adhuri Ruia doesn’t believe in wasting time. No sooner
we reach her studio for the photo shoot, than the
40-something Pilates expert, dressed in gym pants
and a tee starts demonstrating some tough-looking
exercises with so much ease and fluidity of movement
that they’re bound to appeal to all women, pregnant or not. “Pilates is
by far the best form of exercise during pregnancy because apart from
the pelvic floor, it also focuses on breathing, muscle control and helps in
correcting muscle imbalances. The woman knows how to contract the
muscles and relax them during labour so the whole process becomes a
lot easier,” she says. Madhuri also has advice for women who are
planning to start a family soon: “The ideal time to start your exercise
regime is three months in advance. Take folic acid supplements, get into
the habit of eating correctly, learn the basic Pilates exercises and have a
gentle cardio routine like walking. If you are already pregnant, you could
do it anytime during pregnancy, provided there are no other
complications.”
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YOURtoddler
20 terrific
brain-boosting
ideas!
Swati Popat Vats, President of the Podar Education
Network, tells you how...
E
very baby is born with 100 billion
brain cells. Some of these are
connected at birth, but most
of them are not. It is these
connections that will happen in the first
five years. Therefore, more the connections,
the smarter and more efficient will be your
child’s brain function. But between feeding,
changing nappies and catching up on lost
sleep, the focus is never truly on making
these connections. As your child grows
older, your focus may only be on whether
he sits, stands, walks and talks on time. You
may fail to realise that these developments
are connected to brain growth, which
means that just like you take care of feeding
your baby, you also require to focus on
feeding his growing brain too.
Here are some brain-boosting ideas for
nurturing your child’s growing brain. After
all, 98 per cent of his brain develops in the
first five years!
1. WATER ON THE BRAIN! More than
three quarters of the brain is made of water.
Ensuring that your baby is hydrated, is key.
Kids can never drink a glass of water at a
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