How to Find Doctors to Birth Your Child
Once you find out you’re pregnant, you’re immediately faced with a million choices. In fact, if you’ve been planning your pregnancy for a while, your non-stop decision engine’s probably been revving for a while. One of the most important decisions you’ll make is the health care providers who support you throughout your pregnancy and help you bring your little one into the world. Finding a provider who supports your birth choices and makes you feel comfortable can reduce some of the stress of labor and delivery.
How to Scrunch Your Hair With a Diffuser
Scrunching usually involves squeezing your curls in an upward motion to apply curl-holding products and to enhance the shape and tightness of your curls. You’ll achieve more dramatic results if you use a diffuser instead of your fingers. A diffuser attaches to the end of your hair dryer and allows you to direct controlled air and heat at your hair, without blowing it around and causing frizz. Scrunching with a diffuser allows you to create tighter, more defined curls because of the addition of heat to the styling process.
How to Build up Immunity to Allergies
Allergy symptoms range from mild and annoying to serious and life-threatening. When you’re allergic to something, your body perceives it as an invader and dispatches chemical messengers to immune system cells. Allergy shots expose your body to very small amounts of what you’re allergic to so your body can safely and gradually build up immunity. Allergy shots take time to work, but the effects are often well worth the time investment. There’s even some evidence that allergy shots can prevent asthma in children, according to the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology.
How to Straighten Your Hair With a Flat Iron
Flat irons give moms with curly hair the best of both worlds. You get to flaunt your natural curls by day, then go sleek and smooth by night with a few flicks of your wrist. Even if you were born with straight hair, a flat iron will make your hair uniformly smooth and flat, taking out any tendency it has to wave in certain areas. While the process may seem self-explanatory once you see your flat iron, a few tips and tricks will take your style from amateur to professional quality.
Normal Cholesterol Levels for Women
Cholesterol affects your body differently than it does a man’s body. This could be, in part, to your estrogen levels. High estrogen, like the levels you produce during your most fertile years, raises good cholesterol and reduces heart disease risk, according to the American Heart Association. On the flip side, women have higher triglyceride levels than men, as a general rule. A heart-healthy lifestyle and medication can help you get your total cholesterol to a safe level and keep it there.