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Keeping Your Family Safe

Falls are the most common household accident. To
try and prevent falls use nonskid padding under throw
rugs, clean up spills immediately, never leave
toys or clutter on stairs or in high traffic areas,
and use salt, sand or products designed to melt ice
on sidewalks and outside steps.
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Reduce Household Germs

Throw dishcloths in the laundry with bleach at the
end of the day. Bleach is a great germ killer. Donīt
keep reusing dishcloths over and over, wash them every
day to reduce household germs.
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Make Life Simpler

Never add to a full schedule or volunteer your time unless
you take something else out.
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Talk To Your Doctor

Talk to your doctor about how much you are spending
each month on prescription drugs. Donīt be afraid
to tell your doctor you can not afford a particular
medicine. They may have a cheaper alternative.
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Make Life Simpler

Stop explaining why you canīt commit to something. Simply
thank the person who asked and say you canīt do it at
this time. Stop feeling guilty for saying no. There is
only so much you can fit into one day.
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Reduce Household Germs

Kill germs on utensils with a disinfectant or put them
in the dishwasher. Keeping kitchen utensils as clean
as possible will greatly reduce household germs.
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Exercise Helps

When faced with stress take a brisk walk. A change of
scenery will lift your spirits and exercise releases
endorphins that produce a feeling of well-being.
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Medication Information

Make sure to tell your doctor or health care provider
about each and every medication you take to avoid
possible dangerous drug interactions. This includes
herbal and over the counter medications.
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Anger Management

Seek out the help and advice of a trained therapist,
counselor or minister to find out the root cause of
your anger and how to manage it.
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Keeping Your Family Safe

Keep all poisons locked up and out of reach. Check all
areas of your home for poisions. Some more common
poisons include medicines, hair spray, cologne, nail
polish remover, bleach, detergents, food extracts(vanilla
and almond), vitamins and weed killers.
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Keeping Your Family Safe

Have your family practice a fire escape plan. Have
two ways out of each room and make sure your children
know each one.
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Legible Prescriptions

Make sure that you can read your physicians prescription.
If you have trouble reading it, your pharmacist may
have trouble also leading to possible medication mix-ups.
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No Automatic Refills

Unless you need it donīt automatically refill a
prescription. If a medication is "as needed" wait until
you need it to refill. This will also help prevent
having a medication expire before you can use it all.
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Shop Around

Compare prices and shop around when filling prescriptions.
You will often find that the same drug is a few
dollars cheaper at one pharmacy than another.
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The Sleep Cure

Getting a good nightīs sleep is absolutely necessary
to keep stress in check. Focus more on getting into a
regular daily routine than the actual number of hours
you sleep. This means going to bed at about the
same time every night.
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Keeping Your Family Safe

Call your local police department and ask for a residential
security survey. An officer will come to your home
and go over your house and what you need to be more
safe, free of charge.
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Find A Friend

Find a friend to confide in when stressful things
happen. Sharing your burden with another can only
lighten the load.
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Forget About It

Once stressful things are over forget about them.
Dwelling on them will only add to your annoyance.
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Reduce Household Germs

Bleach kills germs on countertops, cutting boards and
clothes. But it needs to stay on surfaces for 30 seconds
or more to work thoroughly.
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Naming

Yes you can. By all means do so. This shows that you acknowledge your baby as a human life and a person. A person is a person no matter how small.
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Forgetting

Most people believe that a baby doesnīt exist unless they have been able to take their first breath. This is not so. You werenīt pregnant for nothing. You didnīt feel every kick or movement for nothing. You will never forget your baby. Your baby was a part of you and you a part of your baby. So hold onto what memories you have whether your babyīs death was during or after pregnancy. You will never forget.
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Emtpy

Yes, there will be a great emptiness inside. Over time this too will lessen but it will never completely go away. This is the spot in your heart for your baby.
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Talking

Most people donīt understand the intense emotions
that come with losing a baby. So they basically
ignore you or just change the subject. The only ones
who do understand and are willing to listen are those
who have suffered a pregnancy/infant loss and/or a
counselor. But the best thing is to find another who
has had a loss because they have been through exactly
what you are going through right now.
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Being alone

Yes, this is a normal response of your emotions. Losing a child is very hard, you may not want anything to do with anyone or anything. This is also normal but you have to work with your emotions and overcome them so you donīt get into a deep depression.
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Prescriptions

Check to see if you qualify for free prescription drugs.
54 pharmaceutical companies offer medicine free to
those who qualify. www.phrma.org/
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Keeping Your Family Safe

Tell your children that if anyone tries to make them
do something that makes them feel frightened or
uncomfortable, to leave the situation right away and
tell a trusted adult. Explain inappropriate touching
and situations, age appropriately, and point out people
that you child can go to in an emergency situation.
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Make Life Simpler

Keep your medicine chest updated and first aid supplies
on hand. Make sure all batteries are changed in flashlights
and smoke detectors. Having things you need right at
hand in a minor emergency can save you many stressful
moments.
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Keeping Your Family Safe

Donīt ever leave cooking unattended. Be sure and turn
pot handles towards the back of the stove and keep
a watchful eye on all your cooking. Never let children
play in the kitchen while you are cooking or leave them
alone in the kitchen with food cooking on the stove top.
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The Right Way

There is no right way to grieve. You will find what
is best for you. We all are unique in our grief.
What one does to help with their pain, may not work
for you. You do what you need to get through this
hard time.
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Reality

Accepting the reality that your baby has died is a
necessary part of the grief process. "Accepting the
Reality" is hard because the reality was so untimely
and unnatural. It is hard to accept the loss of
something that you wanted so much and then the next
moment you know, your baby had died. Unfortunately
you have to accept it whether or not you want to.
Your babyīs memory will live on in your heart.
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Anger

Being angry is quite normal, you may ask yourself "why me?". I went through this as well. You may feel like you have let yourself and your husband/boyfriend down because the baby was inside you or you had just given birth and the baby died. After all, us women are lifegivers, not lifetakers. We never expect to lose a baby but when it happens, we are so overcome by so many emotions it is hard to decifer between them all.
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Crying

It is okay to cry. Crying is the natural response to
pain, whether it is from physical or emotional pain.
Losing a baby is a very hard thing to overcome. You
will find that you may cry alot. That is okay, let
out your tears.
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Reduce Household Germs

Disinfect countertops, sink and taps with diluted
bleach after raw foods have touched them. Bleach is
an excellent germ killer.
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Ask About Side Effects

Be sure to ask your pharmacist about possible side
effects or other directions for any new medication.
Find out if there are foods, beverages or activities
you should avoid while taking medications.
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Discount Drug Programs

Consider a discount drug program such as those offered
by RxUniverse-www.rxuniverse.com or YourxPlan-www.yourxplan.com.
These plans negotiate special pricing and can either
mail you your medications or give you a discount card
to use at your local pharmacy.
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Consider Over The Counter

Many drugs that were once prescription only are now
sold over the counter at drugstores and supermarkets.
Check to see which is a better deal for you, getting
the prescription and paying the co-payment or getting
the over the counter item instead.
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Know Your Formulary

Whatīs a formulary you ask? Itīs the preferred list of
drugs that your health insurance company will pay for.
If you stick with that list you can minimize out of
pocket expenses.
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Make Life Simpler

Write down all your daily activities and how much time
it will take for each one. This way you can see just
how much time you are spending on each one and how to
better manage your time and get ahead of that stressed
out, feeling like you will never get it all done feeling.
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Make Life Simpler

Schedule appointments, like childrenīs medical checkups,
back to back on the same day. Try to get the first
available morning appointment and finish them all in
one day.
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Reduce Household Germs

Carefully rinse and scrub fruits and vegetables,
especially if eating them raw. This will remove any
pesticide or dirt residue.
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Reduce Household Germs

Use paper towels instead of dishcloths to wipe surfaces.
They are extremely effective at picking up germs from
common surfaces and can be thrown away immediately.
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Memorializing

You can do many things like obtain a lock of hair, hand and feet prints, hold your baby, take pictures, dress your baby and take pictures of the baby in the outfit. You can do whatever you want to keep your babyīs memory alive.
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Health And Beauty Savings

Take time to dig around the supermarket clearance bins
for health and beauty products. The savings can be a
quarter or more of the normal price.
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Community Health Screenings

Keep an eye out for free community health screenings.
They can save you a substantial amount of time and
money by taking advantage of them.
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Health Clubs

Try to negotiate lower price memberships at health clubs
in the spring when the weather warms up and attendance
drops off.
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Reduce Household Germs

Hydrogen peroxide eliminates germs on cuts and scrapes
and in the laundry. Since itīs gentler on clothes
than chlorine bleach, itīs often called the bleach
alternative.
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Keeping Your Family Safe

Never leave your children unattended in the bathtub.
There are around 330 annual tub drownings each year
and the majority of victims are children under the age
of 4.
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Keeping Your Family Safe

Secure your doors and windows. Be sure to fix broken
latches promptly and be sure all windows have screens.
Use deadbolt locks on entry way doors.
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Reduce Household Germs

Use separate knives and cutting boards for raw meat,
chicken and fish. Plastic cutting boards instead of
wooden ones are also a good way to reduce household
germs.
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