'Swasth-Prasuti'- The Blissful Child Birth.

Exercises and Conduct to be followed One week before the Expected Date of Delivery (EDD)

Food:

• Calcium rich food e.g. razgeera flakes, freshly prepared buttermilk.
• High fiber content food e.g. beans, lettuce, spinach soup or salad.
• Fresh fruits and fruit juices (no preservatives).
• Drink lots of water and sherbats.

Exercise:

• Pranayam
• Abdominal breathing
• Diaphragmatic breathing
• Practice of Vajrasan
• Practice of Squatting position.

Aroma Therapy:

• Put Lavander oil on sleeping pillow of mother.
• Put/Keep Fresh aromatic Flowers in the delivery room.
• Put two drops of Neroli oil on hankie and let the mother inhale the aroma during labor.

"To all to be mothers wish you a relaxed and happy journey with your baby who is coming from darkness to light"

Pre-conceptional Planning

Priya Tatva Sangopan

The research project initiated by BrainBerg Child Development Center in association with Lokmanya Medical Research Center is an attempt to provide utmost care and protection to the ‘generation next’. It idealizes a compassionate mother who embraces and protects the child. Dr. Ruta Sawarkar is the principal investigator (PI) of the project. Below is a description of the actual research conducted. It illustrates the criteria for participation in the project and the benefits the individuals acquire with the participation. This is an appeal to the afflicted ‘couples’ who wish to go for conception and cherish a long awaited dream of having a healthy child to enroll in the program. Priya Progeny near to heart. Tatva Essence of parents transmitted to progeny through ‘tatva’ i.e. genes. Sangopan Nurturing of progeny with love and care. Description: This is a project which gives insight into the techniques and procedures to avoid transmission of hereditary disorders to next generation. This includes a health care system which broadly encompasses Modern Medicine and Alternative Medicine together. Who Can Participate? 1) If one of the parent is affected by some or the other genetic disorder (e.g. vitiligo; schizophrenia; thallacemia; diabetes etc) and are worried of about transmission of affected genes to their offspring. 2) If any of the parent is a carrier for the affected gene for various hereditary disorders. 3) Any family history of genetic/hereditary disease. Procedure/Technique of Treatment: To make sure the disorder is not transferred to the progeny the treatment plan begins 6 months prior to conception soon after the enrollment. In our project we deal with the planning stage of the parents and it involves a Holistic approach of treatment at three levels- The Body ;The Mind and The Soul. The entire procedure involves three main stages viz. Sankalp i.e. Resolution; Vrata i.e. Vow and Samarpan i.e. Dedication. The plan involves a scientific investigation process including the DNA mapping (Karyotyping) of both the parents. After birth the baby also undergoes DNA mapping for confirmation of the successful accomplishment of the treatment.

Integrity of Medicine: A Need Medicine was conceived in sympathy and born out of necessity. Medicine shared a cradle with religion in its development at the beginning. Medical men strive hard to restore the best of the therapeutic methods in upbringing of medicine through ages. World’s most ancient systems of safeguarding health the Indian, the Greek, the Chinese, the Egyptian are some to quote, have had a spiritual and religious connect. To elaborate it further, as seen in Ayurveda, an Indian contribution to Medicine the emphasis on Atman or soul is worth mentioning. They say Atman plays a pivotal role in binding the five elements of nature, which constitute our body, and impart Life into it. The expression of life whether in health or in disease is through this Atman. Further, we can see out of short research, that Aesculapius was termed as a ‘demi-god’ of Greek medicine and his two daughters Hygeia and Panacea were revered as goddesses of Hygiene and Preventive medicine respectively. The mystical thing is the intrinsic relation of Medicine and Philosophy- here it would be called Theosophy. Theosophy had always found its roots mingled with any development of medicine on the globe. There was an influential growth of modern medicine in the late eighteen century and couple of centuries there after. What we as a modern man need is to ‘awaken’ our intelligence, in order to bring about Medicine-Theosophy integrity, re-capture the laws of healing from nature and blend them into delicate, simple and a beautiful Science – Yes the Science of Holistic Healing.

Benefits of Psychological Assessment: • If done with a specific purpose it helps in the therapy process as the therapists gets an idea of the clients needs, emotional state, strength and weakness. • Children who have academic problems can be given proper remedial therapy to develop their study skills Here IQ report can act as a guide. • Psychological test report can give the clinician information about the illness and as well the severity of the illness to decide mode of treatment. • Psychological tests help in deciding the proper course of medication • Psychological tests help the mentally handicapped persons to acquire necessary certificate from the Government. • Psychological tests helps the family to understand the nature of the family members problem. They get a different insight in to the behavior of the patient.

The Personality Map

Personality is a word derived from the word 'Persona' which means 'mask'. Personality is actually what the society or people confer upon us and the reality is always the 'identity' that what nature gives us. We usually mask our identity with personality. This unavoidable masking is done by various factors in and around us. The adjacent 'Personality Map' shows exactly the way personality is acquired.

The Monsoon Breakfast Menu

Priyottam BrainBerg Child Developement Innstitute A place for everything, everything at its place… ________________________________________ Monsoon Breakfast Menu “Tomatoes are red, beans are green, A brinjal has a crown, just like a queen. Potatoes are brown, onions are pink, Carrots have juice which I can drink. Vegetables make me healthy and wise, I'll eat some daily with milk and rice.” Dear All, It fills our heart with joy unspeakable to introduce the parents and the children the unique ‘Monsoon Breakfast Diet’ plan for this season and such every season after. With the advancing of monsoon, children steadily drop down their appetite. This is an observed fact by many of the parents. With respect to the traditional cooking values and contemporary eating habits of children, the BrainBerg Child Development Institute has come up with this ‘Monsoon Breakfast Diet’. Strictly adhering to the nutritional and calorific value of the food stuff, all precaution has been taken to build the plan. The current breakfast plan retains the conventional touch of Ayurvedic system of programming diet for children. The stuff prescribed here is easy to prepare which would boost the ‘General Immunity’ of your child. It will also take care of the digestive and respiratory system of the children. Nevertheless the expertise of the BrainBerg into this has been exceptional. It is with great optimism we believe that each parent will subject their children to this breakfast plan and leave a great sigh of relief, for the question of fetching a new recipe to your loved ones, which matters you everyday of the week! Happy Monsoon! -Dr. Ruta Sawarkar- Pediatrician and Nutritionist -Dr. Vishal Sangale- Clinical Psychologist The Monsoon Breakfast Menu Monday: Menu # 1- Upeet of Rawa (Upama) Rawa made up of good quality Wheat + Ginger + Jeera + Asafoetida (Hinga) with Lime squeezed on top. Menu # 2- Fulca+Methkut Roll Recipe for Methkut : 2 cups chana daal(split gram) 1 cup udad daal(black gram) 1/2 cup chawal(rice) 1/4 cup gehu(whole wheat) 1/4 cup rai(mustard seeds) 2 tea sp. jire(cumin seeds) 2 tea sp. Hing(asefotida) 2-3 sukhi lal mirch(dry red chillies) 1 piece halkund(turmeric root) 1 piece soonth(dried ginger) 2 tea sp. dhane(whole coriander seeds) half jaiphal(nutmeg) Procedure: Roast all above ingredients separately and nicely till you get the aroma except hing, soonth, jaiphal. Then grind them to fine powder. While grinding add above three ingredient Menu # 3- Rice + Fruit Vegetable + 4-5 Black cumin seeds (read Meere in Marathi)With Lime squeezed on top Tuesday: Menu # 1- Thalipeeth of roasted (bhajnee) floor Menu # 2- Parratha Jowar 2 parts +Wheat 1 part + Besan ¼ part. Add Owa+ Garlic paste Wednesday: Menu # 1- Sprouted Moong Add small quantity of Ginger +Garlic Paste after Menu # 2- Sprouted Moth Beans (Matki) steaming and Lime squeezed on top. Menu # 3- Tomato +Onion +Rock salt (saindhav) +Jeera powder = Salad Apply butter to Chapati/Brown bread and stuff the salad in to it. Thursday: Menu # 1- Sheera made up of Rawa/Shingada/ Wheat Floor Use pure Ghee ( Cow Ghee preferable and best) Menu # 2- Soaked Khajur 5-6 + rajgira laddoo Friday: Menu # 1- 1 Fruit +Flakes{ Lahyya (Jowar/Nachni/ Corn)} Eg: 1 Apple + Jowar flakes with application of methkut/haldi and salt with minimum oil. ________________________________________