Blog
This is a place where I can keep my International Family up to date on how my vision and passion are manifesting in the world, and in my heart and soul. Welcome to my blog page, please enjoy it. Blessings of Love, Ibu Robin.
Mastitis Survival Guide: Postpartum Breast Care
By employing practical home remedies at the first signs of sore or engorged breasts, you may avoid developing serious mastitis during your breastfeeding time. Many mothers have avoided hospitalization for mastitis or breast abscess, by beginning home treatments early...
Ask the Midwife: Should I Plan an Out-of-Hospital Birth in This Time of Coronavirus?
Dear expectant Mother, Social distancing is imperative now. Many communities are being told to “shelter in place” and stay home. Even if you are young and healthy, and feel quite certain that if you do contract COVID-19, you will be just fine, someone you have contact...
On Fear and Hand Sanitizer (Recipe Included!)
Fear is an emotion that can take us on many terrible journeys, or it can inspire us to action. The important factor is balance — balancing our emotions so that fear does not predominate our lives. While the Coronavirus pandemic has brought fear to roost throughout the...
My Sister, A Statistic of Shame
If you Google Christine Jehle Kim, you will not find that she was a mother of two who had just been accepted into medical school (or, if things had been different, that she was a mother of three graduated from medical school). You'll also find she was memorialized on...
Baby Moon Nut Milk
As my daughter Zhou, her partner, Rin, and her new child… Bear, enjoy their “Baby Moon,” I have revived one of my favorite MotherBaby recipes. While expectant and postpartum mothers love this balancing nut milk, their partners find it helps them cope well with the...