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How to Lose Belly Fat

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Ready to lose that belly fat once and for all?

What is it we need to do to lose belly fat? Is it some sort of magic trick?

Do we need to sacrifice a body part? Sometimes, trying to lose belly fat seems like an impossible task. Whether you’re doing no carb, low carb, all carb, all exercise, no exercise, high intensity training or just not eating…

What’s the secret?

For most people, belly fat is their biggest area of concern. It’s ugly and it is stubborn. Trying to get rid of it is so frustrating, especially if you’ve been trying for years and years.

Do you know where to start? How about taking body measurements?

But here’s the thing – if you don’t 100% know and understand what you’re doing or are not doing it correctly, you aren’t going to get rid of that belly fat. It’s going to stick around for a long time.

And call us crazy, but we’re guessing that’s the last thing you want.

So we’ve decided to help you lose belly fat with this helpful article. We can help you incorporate a pretty easy routine that’ll help you do this. But first we need to get to the nitty gritty of it all and understand why so many people struggle to get rid of belly fat.

This should also help you identify what you’re doing wrong.

Lose Belly Fat: Starting with Science

The first thing to consider if your body’s rate of burning fat. Basically, it’s a 2-step process which involves the fat stores in the blood releasing energy (which is called lipolysis) and then our cells accepting those molecules and utilizing them in the best way (called oxidation).

So the whole lipolysis process is activated by the catecholamine chemicals. An example of a catecholamine is adrenaline.

Basically, once you have these chemicals in your blood, they’re going to attach themselves to different attachment sites found on fat cells. These areas are called receptors and it causes them to release some of the energy they have stored up.

The molecules that have been released are free fatty acids and are burned through different types of cells.

Now if you have really well-trained muscles in your body, it’s going to burn up these fats a lot better. This is why it’s a hell of a lot easier to get rid of fat when you already have a decent amount of muscle.

Some of this is what we call body recomposition; losing fat while gaining new muscle.

There are a specific number of receptor sites the fat cells provide for the catecholamines – but don’t go thinking these are the same.

One of the receptors is called alpha-2 and the other is called beta-3. We won’t get into all the complicated medical jargon of it all.

Basically: when it comes to losing belly fat, alpha-2 receptors slow down the lipolysis process, while beta-3 receptors speed it up.

This matters because if your fat cells have more beta-3 receptors in comparison to alpha-2, they’re going to be a lot easier to mobilize.

Make sense?

So that’s where the whole belly fat hatred comes into play. The ratio of beta-3 vs. alpha-2 is leaning a lot more toward alpha-2, meaning there are a lot more alpha-2 receptors than there are of beta-3.

This means when you’re looking to lose fat, you have to start with a big decrease in fat amounts in things that contain a lot of beta-3.

For the majority of the population, this means you’re going to see quick reductions in areas like your legs, face, shoulders, arms, and chest, and a much slower reduction in areas like your thighs, hips, lower back, and yep you guessed it – stomach.

These are definitely the “tough” areas because a large amount of the fat cells have higher levels of alpha-2 receptors.

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Lose Belly Fat: Belly Blasting Plan

That’s the science of it all. So how in the world can we get rid of it?

Well, we can make it a little bit easier for you. With this article, you aren’t going to have to cut your calories in half or starve to death. You also aren’t going to have to cut back on the foods you love.

This means you can still have your dose of carbs and yes, we’ll even throw in a cheat meal every once in a while.

So, before you start rolling your eyes and think endless CARDIO, that isn’t what we’re doing here. You aren’t going to have to spend half your life doing cardio or any other kind of fancy ab exercises.

In fact, Interval Workouts can be your best friend when it comes to building muscle while losing fat.

We’re going to do two things:

1. First, we’re going to slowly but surely cut back on the overall fat percentage in your body.

2. Next, we’re going to help make the most of certain kinds of training and supplements that can help your body mobilize these annoyingly stubborn fat cells.

All of the methods we provide are going to work for you so stick with us.

We know you might be pretty frustrated, feeling like you’ve tried every method and strategy possible to get rid of your belly fat. Your goal shouldn’t be losing the belly fat. Rather, your top and most important goal should be to cut back on your body fat percentage.

Dudes, if your body fat percentage is over 10%, you probably already know this but you’re going to have some belly fat on your hands. As for the ladies, if your percentage is over 20%, same goes to you.

If you want to get rid of that belly fat 100%, you need to get pretty lean. Dudes, that’s about 6 to 7% and ladies, that’s about 16 to 17%.

Got that?

Of course, like most other exercise related topics, it’s critical to have a proper diet in order to cut back on your body fat percentage.

One thing that can certainly help; do you know about the Top Fat Burning Foods?

But even if you are doing the right kinds of things, like doing a somewhat moderate cut back in calories and exercising on a regular basis, it can still be a painstakingly slow process. And that’s why so many people get so frustrated.

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Lose Belly Fat: Fast Track Secrets of the Pros

Luckily, there are a few different exercises that can help speed the process along before you get so frustrated you eat an entire bakery full of pastries and cakes.

The first thing we want you to try is fasted training.

We know you’re thinking exercising on an empty stomach (and you’re also thinking torture) but hear us out, because this might be different than you thought.

It really has more to do with the levels of insulin you have in your blood than anything else. When you start eating, the food is broken down into a bunch of different molecules that get used up by your cells.

Eventually, these molecules get released into your bloodstream. Because insulin is released during this time too, its number one job is to get these molecules to all the different cells.

While it mostly depends on how much you eat, your blood insulin levels pretty much stay elevated for a couple of hours. This can be anywhere from as little as three hours to as much as six hours. You might be scratching your head wondering why you should care about this.

Well, insulin is like a quarterback for lipolysis – it blocks the fat mobilization.

And when the body’s in the happily just-fed stage (aka when the insulin levels are still elevated and your body is absorbing all of the nutrients from the meal you just had), there isn’t much fat burning going on.

Immediately after your body is done getting all the nutrients from the food, and insulin levels go back to normal, you’re officially in the fasted stage. So exercising during this time is ideal, because fat loss is going to be sped up.

The best way to get this done?

Get your workout in before breakfast. In fact, if you fast longer than 6 hours, your body is going to turn up its ability to burn all that fat.

The downside? Well in this state, your muscle is going to be broken down a lot faster. You can prevent this pretty easily by taking 3-5 grams of leucine or even 10 grams of BCAAs beforehand, about ten to fifteen minutes.

Next, we want you to try high intensity interval cardio.

Called HIIT for short, this is basically where you start with a warm up and then go back and forth between going your hardest and doing what you would consider a cool down.

There have been countless studies that have proven this to be one of the most effective workouts. Places like Baylor College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, University of North Wales and Laval University have clinical evidence that shorter, higher-intensity workouts always provide greater fat loss results.

So you want to keep your usual cardio session pretty short. This way, you can preserve both your strength and your muscles while losing fat.

If you aren’t sure where to start, head on over to the recumbent bike. We all know that different kinds of cardio can affect the way our body makes muscle and gives us strength.

However, a study from the Stephen F. Austin State University had some pretty dramatic findings. It found that those who ran/walked had a lot less strength and muscle mass over those who cycled.

Interesting, huh? Yet another read to get on that bike!

Some believe that HIIT cardio puts too much stress on your body. But there isn’t really any kind of research or evidence that proves this. But if you feel like you’re really overtraining with the high intensity, try doing a lower intensity at a stage rate.

Thirdly, we’re going to suggest you give heavy weightlifting a shot, even if you’re new to strength training.

When you’re cutting back on your calories in hopes of weight loss, your body is also getting ready to start losing some muscle, since you’re cutting these calories.

While your body ins this state, and you’re throwing in some muscle endurance exercises into your workouts, you’re setting yourself up for a big decrease in strength, which goes hand in hand with a decrease in muscle mass.

With this being said, you want your focus dedicated to keeping your strength. And the way to do this is to start lifting heavy weights progressively. You’re going to keep your strength and not lose nearly as much muscle.

Another bonus?

Lifting heavier weights actually plays a role with your metabolic rate, which is how many calories your body is able to burn in a day. In fact, there’s a lot of research that shows metabolic rates continue to climb following a few DAYS after lifting weights. That means you’re burning calories long after your workout has stopped.

So we’re telling you to do a lot more squats and deadlifts to keep the calories burning and your muscles growing.

Guess what else can help you out?

Caffeine Supplements. Because weight loss essentially comes down to the amount of energy you consume and the amount of energy you’re able to get rid of it, caffeine helps out because it can actually increase the amount of energy your body gets rid of.

Caffeine also offers a lot more perks you might not be aware of, like increasing your strength and muscle endurance and getting rid of any “morning weakness” a lot of weightlifters face.

Here’s what you can try. Before your next session at the gym, give your body 3 to 5 mg of caffeine for every kg of your body weight.

Make sure you keep your overall intake either exactly at or below 6 mg for every pound. So don’t go pounding down the coffee after you’ve already taken 6 mg of caffeine. To keep things a bit more even, have 1 to 2 days of zero caffeine every week and give yourself a completely caffeine free day on those days.

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And here’s where we will leave you – with a routine to get started. Wake up nice and early and drink some water with 10 grams of BCAA’s and your dose of caffeine. Do your workout and have your post workout meal, which is going to be your first meal of the day. If you can mix in another workout that day, try to do it about four hours after you’ve had a fairly light dinner. You’ll be impressed with the results you see and how quickly you see them.

When you want to lose belly fat, the number one word is dedication.

You’ll have to change around how and when you do some things in your training. Many have found intermittent fasting extremely useful along with starting their day with bulletproof coffee. No single body works exactly the same, so be open minded but remember first and foremost, that cutting sugars and unnecessary starches are a great place to start.

-Terry Asher

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  1. Great tips, It really is important to push your muscles to their max otherwise your progress is going to be really slow, If you don’t give your body a reason to grow then it won’t! it’s simple always make sure you take yourself to failure, keep your workouts short but intense, and stay consistent guys! if you don’t keep track of what you do and don’t get a good routine going, then your not going to get very far, I know a lot of guys have trouble getting a good program going, I follow a very strict routine I found over at and I’ve made crazy gains in just a couple months, it was like a night and day difference to what I was doing before, anyways good luck guys and as long as you don’t give up you will achieve your goal!

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Abstract : While extensive research addresses the problem of establishing session keys through cryptographic protocols, relatively little work has appeared addressing the problem of revocation and update of long term keys. We present an API for symmetric key management on embedded devices that supports revocation and prove security properties design in the symbolic model of cryptography. Our API supports two modes of revocation: a passive mode where keys have an expiration time, and an active mode where revocation messages are sent to devices. For the first we show that once enough time has elapsed after the compromise of a key, the system returns to a secure state, i.e. the API is robust against attempts by the attacker to use a compromised key to compromise other keys or keep the compromised key alive past its validity time. For the second we show that once revocation messages have been received the system is immediately in a secure state. Notable features of our designs are that all secret values on the device are revocable, and the device returns to a functionally equivalent state after revocation is complete.
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In my quest to try every cigar that Pepín García makes, I ran across the Don Pepin Garcia Firecracker, which is a cigar that is make exclusively for Two Guys Smoke Shop in New Hampshire. It looked interesting shape wise, so I ordered a few to try out.

The stick itself is a 3 x 50 cigar with what looks like, appropriately enough, given the name, a fuse on top and a shaggy foot. It is a very cool look, but a three-inch stick sounds longer than it really is. This thing is tiny, meaning you will not mistake it for a gran corona anytime soon. Like the other cigars in the Don Pepin Garcia Blue Label line, the name is “Don Pepin Garcia” and features a blue band, all of the tobacco used is from Nicaragua.

  • Cigar Reviewed: Don Pepin Garcia Firecracker
  • Country of Origin: Nicaragua
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  • Size: 3 Inches
  • Ring Gauge: 50
  • Vitola: Firecracker
  • MSRP: $4.99 (Boxes of 50, $157.50)
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The cigar literally nuked me with pepper from the first puff. However, interestingly, it was almost like a chili pepper taste, not a black pepper taste. The best way to describe it is as a more hot pepper, kinda like pepper and spice together in almost equal amounts. It was like taking all of the power and flavor from a regular Don Pepin Garcia (Blue Label) cigar, and condensing it into a 45 minute smoke.

Dominate flavors were chili pepper, some spice, leather and a just a tiny bit of cedar. This is not the most complex of cigars, the flavors did not change at all from the beginning to the end, although the intensity of the power ebbed and flowed, even in such a small stick, but it was extremely enjoyable nonetheless, mostly due to the well-balanced pepper flavor.

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It did get very hot at the end with about a half inch left; so much that I had to put it down. There was also an almost amazing amount of smoke for such small stick, which smelled quite a bit like—pepper. The burn and draw were great all the way through, but that is the case with most of the Don Pepin Garcia cigars.

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Bub’s 1st flight at 10 weeks…

The thought of traveling with a newborn was overwhelming. With my first child the thought of leaving the house sent me into a tizzy, never mind the country! I wanted to believe I could still travel with baby, but was definitely not an effortless new mom.

But I was not a road trip person (back then), so in order for us to get away I needed to get over my fear of flying with baby. My daughter’s first trip was when she was 11-months-old.

My son came with us on our first family-of-four trip when he was just 10 weeks. Bub traveled quite a bit by the time he was two, and has been on planes at pretty much every developmental stage of his life.

Some trips were easy. Some trips were tough. But they were all worth it!

Our Experience Flying with a Newborn…

I consider a baby aged three months and younger to be a newborn. Our son was a big baby who nursed well, so by 10 weeks we had a robust infant on our hands who was slowly developing a sleeping and eating routine (but had lots of growth spurts and early teething that kept us on our toes). We flew to Quebec City via Porter Airlines, and both are highly recommended for family travel!

Biggest Concerns Before Flying with a Newborn:

Our son had not yet had his routine vaccinations. I was worried about the germy environment of an airplane’s interior, as well as various strangers touching his hands. And I was really afraid of him getting sick on vacation. This was pre-pandemic, mind you, but this worry (obviously) still stands.

Also, I was also really afraid that he’d scream for the entire flight.

The Reality of Flying with a Newborn:

Flying with a newborn is (comparatively–to, say–a toddler) easy. A baby this small is actually easy to keep fairly separated from the germ-laden population as they are not yet mobile. When Bub was not in his car seat, one of us was holding him, and various baby admirers seemed to know enough to keep their distance. We had anti-bacterial wipes for his hands if he did manage to touch something (and then regular wipes to wipe off the anti-bacterial residue. Because, residue).

Our flight out was not full, so we were able to keep him in safely in his car seat for the duration of the flight. This was awesome. For our flight home, we had to gate-check his seat but we had no issues with that nor keeping him on our laps. He slept for the majority of the flight in my husband’s arms after a good nursing session during take-off. For long-haul flights, check with your airline to see about availability and using an airplane bassinet.

Extra Consideration When Flying with a Newborn:

Our biggest issue was that, as an exclusively breastfed infant, our son’s poops were quite explosive. If the diaper did manage to contain it, it would end up seeping out anyway. (Normally I’d worry about TMI here. But, if you’re reading this you’re likely a parent (who won’t care), or an expecting parent (who needs to learn this stuff ;))

I brought a change of clothes for our flight out, but he went through that rather quickly. And the new outfit barely held until we reached our hotel. Since baby clothes are so tiny at this age, more than one change of clothes (for you too, if you’ve got the room) is a good idea. If your infant is formula-fed, bring extra feeds and bottles. You never know when or for how long delays will happen. I can’t imagine the stress of having a hungry baby and not having access to formula and water.

The usual flying with baby advice holds here when flying with a newborn… Try to keep them sucking during takeoff and landing, whether that’s by nursing, a bottle, or a pacifier. Don’t be afraid to administer a bit of infant pain relief medication if you think baby’s ears are in pain. Our son’s naps were not yet consistent by this point, but we were flying at typical naptimes so he slept for most of both flights. Toys won’t really do much at this age either, so enjoy the relative lightness of your carry-on bag!

Of all the ages and stages our son’s been at when we’ve flown with him, this was definitely the easiest. Although if you’re a first-time mom (as overwhelmed as I was), you probably don’t believe me.

You will, if you have another!

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54 Responses to Flying with Baby: Travel Tips for Flying with a Newborn

  1. We didn’t take our twins anywhere until they were older, and didn’t fly until they were almost 4. When our youngest came along, we packed up and took off when he was only 3 months old. That was, by far, the easiest flight with him. He fed, he slept, he didn’t need much room to wiggle. It is hard to convince new parents, but they really should fly while the baby is tiny.

  2. Oh boy. You are flashing me back 2 years to our first flight with our guy at 3 months. We went across the country. I thought everyone was right and we must be insane. He slept almost the whole time. When he wasn’t sleeping he was chewing on a toy. As usual, I was more crazy than he was. And you are absolutely right about packing more formula than you think you will need. This saved our butts. We got stuck in San Fran over night on our way home from Maui when he was 5 months old. I was panicked because we only had 2 bottles left. I was asking for our luggage, where a 24 hour grocery store was. Anything! Somehow we managed without more formula, but it was definitely more stress than we needed to deal with if we had planned a little better. We packed some extra in case of delays, but didn’t even think about getting stuck overnight! As always thanks for all the amazing baby advice.

  3. Corinne at #

    I’d give anything to travel with a tiny one these days!

    • Jack Schwartz at #

      I have some grand kids you can take .

  4. Totally not what I expected coming in to this entry, haha. For some reason I was expecting tips about how to keep your baby quiet on a long flight.

    But all of these made sense. I’ve got no kids myself, but I had wondered in the past how my sister would deal with poopy nappies on a long flight. That confined environment makes them all the more lethal :-p

  5. Claire at #

    About to make our first air trip with our newborn, he will be 9 weeks. That’s great you were able to use the car seat on board. … We have requested the bassinet so hope he sleeps ok in it!

    I will post our experience on my blog wish us luck!

  6. Marlyn at #

    Good to hear it’s not so bad traveling with an infant. Most people tell me I’m crazy for planning a flight with a 2M old. They said I am being naive as a fist time mom to think that all baby needs is sleep, food and change of diapers.
    This is all good advice but is there anything else I should consider for a long haul flight? We are flying NY to Australia which usually means 3 long flights of 6/16/5 hours. Besides extra clothing/diapers, is there anything else I should be considering to bring along? I plan on breastfeeding so that cuts down on bottle feeding gear. Should we really plan a layover somewhere for a few days to make travel easier for all?

    • Corinne at #

      Way to go, Marlyn! You will be all be tired, so make sure you have a day or two on the other end of your journey to recuperate. Hopefully you’ve bought baby a seat or will have a spare seat between you so you can have a break from holding baby. A layover mid-way just extends the journey in my opinion, but I’m of the “grit your teeth and get it over with” school of baby travel 🙂

  7. Angelina at #

    We some time really become worried if we need to travel alone with a toddler and a baby. These tips will definitely help people to get prepared before the trip.

  8. Thanks so much for this, I have been nervous about flying with my newborn but this has put my mind at rest a little!

  9. Lynneth.Keho at #

    Thanks a lot. I have been worried about flying with my 2 months old baby but this helps..

  10. Caitlin at #

    I’m planning on flying with my baby when she is 3 weeks old, crazy I know. We’re traveling missouri to California so one hr and one 3 hr flights. Any tips for a baby so little? Planning on wearing her and breast feeding for takeoff and landing.

  11. I think it’s more safe take a baby on travel when he/her anti-body activates aside from the vaccines. Thanks for sharing your toughts.

  12. Dave at #

    We want to take our kids travelling once we start our family. My parents took my siblings on airlines when they were 3 months old and it seemed fairly fine. There was one scare with one of them catching a cold. Apart from that, they never really had any trouble. And the flight was from Sydney to LA.

  13. Pumasera at #

    I could never muster enough courage to travel with my infant.. Well they are 3 and 4 years old now, so i guess i missed the chance.. LOL.

  14. Last time I travelled to India there was a baby screaming for about two hours. I cannot imagine what that would be like for the parents….The air on that plain was also extremely dry, so maybe that’s why.

  15. Phoebe Valenton at #

    I traveled with my 6 week old son from NYC to Michigan for an hour, then 6 hours to Claifornia. We stayed in LA for 3 days and proceeded to Manila, Phils. via Tokyo for another 15 hours straight flight.
    All he did was sleeping, eating and pooping. Layovers are good for long travel and with this age, travel light is recommended. I made sure to bring extra baby clothes and prepared water baby bottles.

    • Corinne at #

      Way to go, Phoebe! Thank you for leaving this comment. You’re an inspiration to moms of newborns facing a marathon flight.

    • Karen at #

      Wow! Did you bring your carseat and stroller with you on all flights?

      • Corinne at #

        We did! It was a PITA sometimes, but I never regretted having them with me.

  16. kathy at #

    I didn’t travel with my two children until they were 3 and 5. Went to Disney World and was just amazed at how many people actually take their newborns, toddlers, twin infants and more! To me they were quite ambitious! At three and five it was so much easier with them being potty trained and able to talk. Kudos to the parents for braving it through the earlier years!

  17. Ganesh at #

    Dear Madam/ Sir,

    Could you tell me that My daughter she is 3 month old can travel by Air and Total travel time is 4.5 hours.

    But via flight 1. hours from Madurai to Chennai,
    Get 2.25 hours from Chennai to Mumbai.

    Kindly Advise.

    • Corinne at #

      Hi Ganesh! You should be just fine. Plan ahead by packing all you will need, and be ready to be busy for those 5 hours! Take care, Corinne

  18. Sarah at #

    I will be traveling with my baby once he’s 6wks back to Alaska where my husband and I are based. It’s a 5hr plane ride and I’m not sure where or how I’ll change him? Any info on that would be much appreciated.

    • Corinne at #

      Hi Sarah!

      Most planes have a change table in the washroom in the back of the plane. At 6wks your baby should fit just fine, but it is a challenge for older babies since the space is so tight. I recommend bringing along a change mat and lots of wipes to clean things beforehand. Have a great flight!

  19. Laarnie at #

    Thanks for this and all the comments. We are travelling soon and my baby will be just over 3 months..I am very anxious and scared of her getting sick during the travel but all these comments are helpful. Thanks

  20. Sara at #

    Great tips! The more tips the better!

  21. Karen at #

    Hello, I’m a first time mom and my husband and I will be travelling with our newborn in a few months from NYC to the Philippines. Was thinking about not getting her a separate ticket since the aircraft provides a bassinet but we will still be bringing a car seat with us. Do you recommend checking it in along with our other free baggage or should I take it with me to the plane? Can it be gate checked if the airplane is full?

    • Corinne at #

      Hi Karen!
      I would definitely gate-check your seat, ideally in a padded travel bag. The airline should be totally fine with this, and also not charge you for it.

      • Karen at #

        Oh wow, that was quick! Thanks! Do you recommend gate-checking the stroller too? We’re taking the new york-seoul & seoul-philippines flights.

  22. Micha at #

    Hello just want to have an idea since i am a first time mom of my daughter 6th month old and we want to travel from philippines to bahrain (it’s a long travel) i was thinking that maybe she might be afraid during take off and landing.. Can someone suggest to me what to do? Im thinking also what to do if she is not comfortable during our flight since it’s her first time to travel.

    • Corinne at #

      Hi Micha! Six months is a pretty ok time to travel with a baby. Seek to comfort during takeoff and landing by nursing or offering a bottle or pacifier, and make sure you have lots of diapers on hand! It will not be a relaxing flight for you but you should both do fine. Good luck!!

  23. Alexa at #

    We have a weekend trip planned, 4 days from FL to NY. Our little one will be 11, almost 12 weeks by that time. My husband doesn’t want to take her, for fear of germs, getting sick, etc. Any resources available to help change his mind?

    • Corinne at #

      Hi Alexa!

      I don’t have any official resources to suggest other than our personal experience. My son was 10 weeks on his first trip which is kind of similar–we did a long weekend in Quebec City. It was a short flight and a few nights in a hotel. At this age, since they’re not mobile or (usually) sticking their hands in their mouths, it’s pretty easy to shield them from things and surfaces that usually harbor the nasty germs. We kept him in his car seat, he had a seat on the plane, and I’m not exaggerating when I say he slept from the plane, through the airport, in the taxi and didn’t wake up until we’d checked into the hotel. If you’re nursing your daughter will have some immunity from your breast milk, but even though NYC is a busy place, you’ll have her close to you either in her car seat, stroller, or carrier. You can control who touches her and what she touches. Enjoy this phase because it doesn’t last long!

  24. Bibi at #

    Thanks for this write up. Being reading various comments so I’m not so scared anymore. Will be traveling on a journey of 35hrs 30mins from Texas to Nigeria with my 3months old baby. Guess I’ll have to pack as many diapers, bottles and extra cloth.

    • Corinne at #

      Hi Bibi! That is quite a journey! You could probably get away with 20 or so diapers, but since your baby is only 3 months they are still pretty small and don’t take up too much room. Don’t skimp on the bottles, though. It would be awful to run out and delays are possible. Good luck and have a great trip!

    • Tomi at #

      Hi Bibi, How did the travel go? I am planning to travel to Portland from Nigeria soon. My baby will just be around 4 weeks then and I do not know if he can cope with the jet lag. I do not want to drop him because I want to exclusively breastfeed him.

  25. Alicia at #

    My grandmother is not expected to live much longer, so I am planning an unexpected trip from NC to Florida with my 9 week old. My husband and older two children will be staying at home. I was thinking about wearing the baby in a cloth baby carrier – if I do, will I have to take her out of the carrier during take off and landing ?(I believe I could still buckle my seatbelt with her in the carrier). Thanks!

    • Corinne at #

      Oh Alicia, I am so sorry to hear about your grandmother. Yes, you will have to take her out of the carrier for takeoff and landing. Luckily I would imagine your flight will be short. Wishing you and your daughter a peaceful journey.

  26. Tracy at #

    Getting ready to take a 4 hr flight with my 2 month old, I’m planning on baby wearing, I know I will have to take her out during takeoff and landing, my question may be stupid but what do I do just hold her on my lap during that time?

    • Corinne at #

      Hi Tracy! During takeoff and landing, you are usually directed to hold your baby upright in the “burping” position.

  27. Hello
    Nice & very informative article you shared with us. it is very important to carry travel seat for a newborn to 18 months baby. if anyone have car seat then its very useful when you flying with air plane.
    You need lots of diaper storage when travelling, so check you have available diaper on your bag.

    Thanks for Article.

  28. William at #

    We are about to embark on a 15hr trip (with two flights and layover and car ride) with our five week old. We are just praying she sleeps well. One thing I was curious if anyone has had success being able to wash bottles/hand pumps while on the plane or in layover? Just trying to figure out the safest way to ensure clean utensils.

    • Corinne at #

      At five weeks I think your bottles, nipples, and pump parts still need to be sterilized. If it were me I’d have extra on hand, sealed in ziploc bags, rather than risk the water from an aiplane restroom sink or airport bathroom. Good luck!

  29. I have a girl baby 3 month old. Recently I have to travel a long journey for an important reason. It is about 4 hours journey.I am very worry about this how can i travel with my little baby in a long journey. plz dear suggest me.

  30. This is a great post on realities of traveling with a newborn. I have gone through this myself with my son. Traveling with a toddler is a little different, since they become attention seekers and need constant entertainment. I am going to place a link in my blog to this post, and I would appreciate if you linked to my post talking about traveling with toddlers and what to take with you on the way.

  31. Good evening.

    I am plannin to travel from Washington DC to Europe( around 20 hours) with my daughter who is going to be three months old at time of traveling. Besides having a lot of diaper and formula bottles , do you have any advice for me. How does she travel? Do I need to buy separate seat for her? In that case, I should use car seat, right? What about stroller? Does it go with us in the airplane? Thank you in advance!

    • Corinne at #

      Hi Milica! 20 hours is a long time to have a baby on your lap! if your airline offers bassinets, see if you can book one. Otherwise, she would be safest and most comfortable in her own seat, in an airline-approved car seat. But if that’s not in your budget, it’s not in your budget. You’ll want to gate-check your stroller, instructions on how to do that are here. Have a great trip!

  32. katerina at #

    Thanks for posting this article! We’re debating whether or not we should take a trip with our newborn from California to France (approx 11 hour flight). She will be 10 weeks old at the time. We originally were not planning on buying a seat for the baby, nor were we going to bring a car seat with us. Do you think that’s doable?

    We were also thinking of getting back row seats, because it’s closer to the restroom and there’s a higher chance that nobody will sit in between us. Is this a good idea? Or should we ask for bulkhead?

    • Corinne at #

      11 hours is a loooong time to hold a baby in your arms, even a cuddly 10-weeker 🙂 Bulkhead would likely be most comfortable for all of you, especially if you can get a bassinet.

  33. Very important things to know when travelling with a baby.

  34. Ayodeji at #

    Nice write up!, Thank you for sharing this amazing topic, I’ll like to call it ‘an ultimate guide when traveling with your baby’ ☺you know what?
    I just discovered this website and
    I used read a lot of Parenting blogs, and I’ve read articles similar to this, but I’ve never seen written this way, very insightful and educative.

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I'm a sleep deprived programmer that really like working on tools, game programming and optimization.

What hardware do you use?

Currently I use a desktop pc both at home and at work. For mobility I have a bootable 128GB USB 3 drive with Linux on it which I use to leech on whatever computer resource is available.

What software do you use?

I've been finally able to completely switch to Linux last year. For Haxe development I use vim with the vaxe plugin.

Where do you get your inspiration?

Working on Haxe at this moment is very exciting. Every day I think of a possible library / use and this inspires me to try, hack and keep helping the Haxe environment to grow.

Which creatives/developers/artists do you admire most?

I'm very fortunate to work with people I admire, both at work as the haxe devs. The Haxe team for sure, I owe a lot of what I know from sneaking in and reading Nicolas' and Hugh's code. As for artists, I really like cinema and I admire a lot Werner Herzog, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Peter Greenaway and many others. I also like horror flicks and monster movies.

What contributions are you proud of?

For sure having done Haxe/Java and Haxe/C#. I use them daily at work and I feel very accomplished when I see it being useful for people.

Did your contributions bring you work opportunities?

Yes. Though lately I've been looking for more time and less work.

Do you use them in your projects?

Yes. Specially Haxe/Java, I've been using it to process large amounts of data and the results with regards to speed have been great!

How did you get started with Haxe?

I found Haxe while looking for Flash optimizations so I could work with 3D. I quickly fell in love with it and ended up doing the port of Away3DLite to Haxe at that time. When Flash stopped being popular, I felt very relieved to use Haxe.

What problem does Haxe solve for you?

Haxe helps me feel secure that I will be able to solve a problem in the best way as possible. I really like the power that Haxe has to assimilate technologies. Also Haxe macros help me think of new and simplified ways to solve a problem.

What tips or resources would you recommend to a new Haxe user?

Use the source, Luke.

What Haxe libraries are you impressed by?

Stax is a very sweet library. Deltaluca's Nape is also very awesome, both in speed as in features. I like Cocktail a lot and I think it has the potential to be the only UI library we'll ever need. I may be a little biased but I really like the work that proletariat has done with HUGS :)

What problem would you like to see solved by a new or existing Haxe library?

I'd really like to have a more extended Standard Library. Actually I'm slowly working on taurine, which I plan to be able to fill that gap. One of the most difficult problems with haxe standard library is to deal with asynchronous / synchronous API differences.

What is the best use of Haxe you've come across?

I think that NME/OpenFL is probably one of the best uses and demonstration of the power of Haxe.

What do you see for the future for Haxe/OpenFL?

I hope to see a simplified version of OpenFL written as much as possible in Haxe itself (instead of using the cffi). This should make it much easier to port it and even embed it on other projects.

Sell your wwx2014 session!

Unity is currently hands off the best 3D engine for indie game developers. The effort to be able to use Haxe with Unity was what made me start working on Haxe/C#. This is now a reality.

What is the best part of wwx for you?

Even though I love technology I don't really like chatting via the internet. Getting to know the people behind handles and share ideas is really what motivates me.


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 Scenes from a life in U.S. Diplomacy -- as a tandem pioneer with John P. Heimann '57

Judith Heimann's 2016 diplomatic memoir, nominated for the American Academy of Diplomacy’s annual award for the best book on the art of diplomacy, begins with an account of her arrival as a Foreign Service Officer (FSO) in Mobutu’s Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1978, an assignment as protocol officer whose only positive feature seems to be that it is at the same post as her husband’s more senior assignment.

To her surprise, her Embassy colleagues and the dissident Congolese politicians whom she meets through one of her departing colleagues help her fulfill her wish to become a diplomat in her own right. It also gets her promoted and moved permanently from the consular to the political specialty. The story then flashes back to 1958 when as a “trailing spouse” she accompanies her husband on his first diplomatic assignment: to Jakarta, Indonesia, where—after learning enough Indonesian to converse with her raft of house servants--she begins learning the subtle arts of diplomacy.  From there, her own pre-career and career experiences take the reader through Southeast Asia, Central Africa and Western Europe.

Judith Heimann will read several brief extracts from her book to illustrate what life and work were really like for American diplomats who served mostly overseas in the 1950s to the 2000s. She seeks to leave ample time to reply to questions and comments from the audience.

Judith M. Heimann has spent most of her life involved with American diplomacy. She has written widely on Southeast Asia and the Pacific. She is the author of The Most Offending Soul Alive (made into a BBC documentary "The Barefoot Anthropologist”, narrated by Sir David Attenborough) and The Airmen and the Headhunters, and coauthor of "Headhunters of World War II”, the Hugo award-winning PBS documentary based on the latter book. She received the rarely given Department of State Award for Valor, while serving as Consul General in Bordeaux in 1991. Additional information: www.usingnatureshuttle.com

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If I were a betting man, I’d predict that the $100 BP540 will be the most popular Blu-ray player LG releases this year. It isn’t their top of the line, but it has the features most people are after. With Wi-Fi, 3D and a bevy of apps it will fit the needs of almost everyone. LG sets the BP540 apart from its competition with some unique features like “Private Sound Mode.”

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The LG BP540 handles all your Blu-ray and DVD discs in addition to audio CDs. It includes a selection of LGs Smart Apps, though it can’t utilize all of the ones their TVs can. Getting online is done with the Ethernet jack or the integrated Wi-Fi. 3D movies are supported as well. As with all current Blu-ray players, the only video output is HDMI. A single coaxial digital output is provided for audio as well. A front panel USB port provides access to media off a flash drive.

The included remote is simple, with only the playback controls being backlit. LG does provide apps for control with your smartphone, if you prefer that. The front controls are tactile buttons that are easy to press and clearly marked. The front panel has a simple LED display.

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With Blu-ray content the LG BP540 leaves nothing to be desired. Movies look flawless. Progressive and interlaced titles both come off the player correctly. Color decoding, often a sore spot for other players, is correct from the LG BP540. Edges are anti-aliased well so you don’t see jaggies at all. Load times are good, and only a few seconds short of the best players available.

With DVD content the BP540 falls behind. Anti-aliasing of jaggies is sometimes lacking. Watching the DVD of Titanic with a large number of angles causes this to reveal itself. It isn’t always easy to see but there are players that are better.

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More people likely care about the online content and streaming performance than DVD playback. Movies streamed through Netflix look good, as it supports 1080p playback and the most recent interface. The responsiveness of the user interface is lacking compared to a Roku 3, but on par with other Smart TVs and Blu-ray players. Major streaming services include the the major: Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Vudu and Hulu Plus.

DLNA features work well with my networked storage devices. Playing audio files, including FLAC and MP3, works well. Even browsing my library of over 700 albums is easy with the BP540. It is a better interface for this than any other Blu-ray player I’ve used. Playing back my Blu-ray movie rips, made with MakeMKV, some of the audio tracks don’t work. This is the case with most Blu-ray players, and an uncommon test. Playing back more conventional movie files all work fine.

A unique feature to the LG players I found useful is the Private Sound Mode. With an app installed on my iPhone, I can send audio from the player to my headphones. This is great for watching a movie at night while someone is asleep. Netflix, DVD and Blu-ray movies I tried all work fine. The only downside is that it does a number on your cell phone battery life, and the audio can start to lag behind what is on-screen.

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The LG BP540 is a very good Blu-ray player. With Blu-ray titles it plays them back perfectly, which not every player can say. The streaming content it has looks great, but some other players offer more. The inclusion of the Private Sound Mode is a nice one for people that want to watch a movie without bothering others in the same room. If you want to watch a Blu-ray , it’s a good solution. When you factor in the price compared to other similar models, it comes across as a good bargain as well.

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The 2-channel soundbar offers offers a slim design with virtual surround sound and built-in Amazon Alexa voice control for basic soundbar functions including volume, sound mode and source selection. It will also control streaming music services like Amazon Music and provides spoken control of Alexa-compatible smart home devices.

When using multiple Amazon smart speakers, the system can be used to as a wireless multi-room music system throughout the house. The soundbar supports Dolby Digital and DTS decoding, Polk Voice Adjust technology for clear dialog and built-in Bluetooth to stream music wirelessly from mobile devices. The Polk React Soundbar can be connected with the the optional wireless Polk React subwoofer to add more impactful bass. Optional Polk SR2 wireless surround sound speakers can also be added on for greater dimensionality.

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Saath Nibhana Saathiya 2 24th November 2021 Written Episode Update: A Shocker For Gehna – Telly Updates

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Gehna walks towards oily floor and slips. Anant holds her. They both fall on a flower rangoli and their eyes lock. Locker keys fall down. Swara and Kusum steal keys and walk to them. They get alert and shy. Once Swara and Kusum walk away, Anant says let us go to room. Gehna shies. He says to change clothes, she has become naughty now a days. In the evening, Desai family celebrates Dev Diwali. Gehna explains that they burn crackers on this night, couples light lamp and pray tulsi plant for their togetherness. Krishna says he will perform tulsi pooja with Tia every years. They all perform pooja and then get busy burning crackers. Swara notices Pankaj alone, walks to him, and insists to light lamp with her. Pankaj says as Gehna said, rituals are performed with partners. She insists and lights lamp with him. Pankaj walks away after that.

Gehna notices that and confronts Gehna for breaking family ritual and lighting lamp with Pankaj. Swara says she is creating an issue out of nowhere, she respects her doesn’t mean she can can insult her always, she was just trying to cheer up Pankaj. Gehna warns her to stop doing that and walks away. Swara gets angry on Gehna, enters Baa’s room and steals money and jewelry form locker to put blame on Gehna. Kusum stops her and asks her to keep jewelry and money back. Swara says she stole locker keys with great difficulty. Kusum says Desai family will doubt them if whole jewelry and money is stolen, their motto is to destroy Gehna and her family completely, so they should steal money slowly. Swara keeps money and jewelry back into locker. Kusum says she can steal a small jewelry so that they can spend a few days peacefully. Swara says her idea is very good, she will steal jewelry and money and Gehna will be caught instead. She throws keys in air.

Gehna enters and catches keys. She confronts them for betraying her trust and disrespecting blood relationship, how Kusum’s wrong upbringing ruined Swara’s life, etc. Swara denies to return keys. Gehna says she will inform family about their true colors and how they took keys from her. Swara blames Gehna instead that she and her mother got separated from her father because of Gehna and lead and poverty stricken life, etc. Gehna tries to take keys again. Kusum stops her, acts her beating herself from Gehna’s hand, starts her emotional drama and says she gave wrong upbringing to Swara and hence wants Gehna to keep Swara with her and teach her good morales. Gehna walks away. Kusum gets tensed that Gehna will inform their truth to her family and get them out of house.

Gehna walks to Baa and apologizes her for going against her and trusting her mother and sister instead and informs about them stealing jewelry. Gehna says its too late to realize her mistake. Gehna pleads to forgive her. Anant holds her, and she realizes its her imagination. Anant takes her to their room and consoles her. She cries that she was happy that she got her mother and sister back in her life, but her fate betrayed her. He says even he is feeling bad hearing that. She asks if Baa will forgive her. He says dear ones always forgive each other, even maa will. Gehna says her mother and sister have to leave this house. Anant says they are her dear ones. Gehna says she is with truth. He asks her to rest and goes to get medicines for her from Sapan. Swara and Kusum watch her hiding.

Precap: Swara acts as trying to committing suicide and emotionally blackmails Pankaj to marry him. She then taunts Gehna that she will rule over her now. Gehna twists her hand and challenges to expose her during muh dikhayi ritual.

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Chikoo Ki Mummy Dur Ki 26th November 2021 Written Episode Update: Rangoli tells Chiku about Nupur – Telly Updates

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The Episode starts with Rangoli threatening Hira and trying to get away from Hira. Hira asks the goons not to hurt Rangoli. Nupur hears Payal’s voice. She says mumma is coming. She goes to jump down the window. Milind comes and gets shocked. He saves Nupur. He cries. Kamini looks on. Rangoli and Chiku go to the terrace. Chiku asks who is my real mum, tell me. Rangoli slips down the terrace. Chiku holds her hand and says nothing will happen to you. She pulls Rangoli upwards. She asks are you fine, you would have fallen down, if anything happened to you then…. Rangoli says you saved my life, I did so wrong with you, you are crying for me.

Chiku hugs her and says you are my mummy. Rangoli says but not real mum, I did so bad with you, I had robbed Nupur’s house, I burnt that diary, why did you save me. Chiku says I love you a lot, I know you did good things for me, you got me from the dustbin and kept you with you, you raised me and gave me good friends, we should always remember if anyone does good, I want to thank you, thanks. She hugs Rangoli. Rangoli cries. She says you still like me. Chiku says yes, you are my mummy. Rangoli says but I m not your real mum, you know it. Chiku cries. Rangoli says I m not good, you are good, you compelled me to change, that’s why everyone loves you. They hug and cry. She says I m going to tell you something imp, about your life. Milind asks what are you doing. Nupur asks why did you stop me, Payal is hurt, let me go to her, she is calling me. He says don’t go, Payal is dead, she isn’t here. He hugs her and cries.

Rangoli says you know your real mummy…. Hira and goons come. Hira catches Rangoli and laughs on her. She says I was hearing your talks, Rangoli, tell Chiku, from where did you get her. She says Rangoli likes to make stories, she doesn’t know to tell the truth, Rangoli had kidnapped Chiku and all the kids from their houses. Chiku says Rangoli can’t do this, she can’t make me away from my real mummy. She asks Rangoli to say, she didn’t do this. Rangoli cries. Chiku asks why did you do this, you kidnapped us from our houses, you made our parents cry, why. Rangoli says listen to me. Chiku says no, I thought you are a good person.

Rangoli says Hira is the woman who told me to kidnap you all, she is planning to send you all in the other country, I decided I will not let her do this, I took you all and ran away, its the truth, I kept you all safely with me, I m a bad woman, I did wrong with you, I have raised you all. Chiku says you should have returned us to our real families, fine, why did you lie to us, why did you do this, you just wanted money, you do bad work. Rangoli says I love you all, why don’t you understand. She beats the goons. Hira and Rangoli fight. Rangoli says come with me. Chiku refuses. Rangoli says come with me, don’t get stubborn, give me one chance, I will fix everything. Chiku says no. Rangoli says I know who is your mummy. Chiku asks what did you say, you know, will you tell me. Rangoli says you met her, you have seen her, you know her. Chiku asks the name. Rangoli says Nupur Joshi, she is your mummy. Chiku gets shocked.

Chiku and all the kids get free and run to meet their parents. Hira tries to kidnap the kids. Chiku asks Vini to run and give the locket to her mummy, tell her Payal is alive. Vini meets Nupur and says my mum gave me this locket. Milind and Nupur smile and say Payal.

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05/20/2010 - Articles

Trends in heart disease in Canada

By: Susan Aldridge, medical journalist, PhD

We know much more about heart disease than we did 50 years ago. High blood pressure, obesity, high cholesterol and smoking are all risk factors for heart disease and their importance has been uncovered by medical research. At the same time, there are now many treatments for heart disease, such as angioplasty, and a plethora of drugs for lowering cholesterol and blood pressure. So what effect has the new understanding of heart disease had on people’s health?

Researchers in Ontario, Canada, have been reviewing trends in heart disease in the Canadian population over the time period 1994 to 2005. They focused upon those aged 25 to 84 living in Ontario and measured mortality from heart disease. Between 1994 and 2005, deaths from heart disease went down from 191 deaths to 125 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, which is a decrease of 35% and represents 7585 fewer deaths from heart disease in 2005.

The researchers attribute this change roughly equally to improvements in risk factors like high blood pressure and improvements in treatments. This is good news but there is still some way to go. Some of those at risk don’t realize it and, if they do, they may not be making the necessary lifestyle changes to avoid heart disease. Also, treatments that would help avoid the consequences of heart disease are not always available to all those who would benefit. The researchers noted that increases in obesity and diabetes are starting to threaten these gains in heart health and need to be addressed, lest we slip backwards.

Wijeysundera H et al Association of temporal trends in risk factors and treatment uptake with coronary heart disease mortality 1994-2005 Journal of the American Medical Association May 11 2010;303:1841-1847

Created on: 05/19/2010
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Lessons in leadership

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By Angela Sharda
16 September 2017

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There aren’t many female surgeons,
 let alone Asian female surgeons. Let alone Asian female surgeons who can out-bus London Mayor Sadiq Khan, with his bus driver father – Jyoti Shah’s father was a conductor.

But she wasn’t going to be put off by teachers telling her she was ‘wasting a space’ on her university application form by applying to medical school: ‘Don’t be silly, Jyoti, nobody from this school has ever been accepted’.

Even once she got to Charing Cross Medical School, the battles weren’t over. ‘I got married – to a man who was subsequently violent,’ she says.

Leaving him wasn’t the end. ‘He’d stand outside my house and say, “come down, you bitch, or I’ll burn your flat down”.’ She graduated in the middle of a divorce and a court case for attempted murder.
 Ms Shah says her parents were ‘beside themselves’ with worry. ‘What would the community say, how would my younger siblings be married? There’s a stigma attached to the elder daughter being divorced.’

But Ms Shah was determined: ‘The best way I could think of to stand up to this man was to succeed. That was a driver in itself – he wasn’t going to get the better of me.’

And she’s done just that, as a consultant surgeon, an author of four books and
63 articles in peer-reviewed studies – and a campaigner for equality. In an interview on Radio 4’s Today programme in 2015 she warned that the operating theatre is ‘still a hostile environment for women’.

Executives at her trust were not impressed. ‘I think they misunderstood.
I didn’t go up and say Burton Foundation Trust was a nightmare; I went up to say this is the national problem. The figures speak for themselves.’

Indeed, fewer than 11% of consultant surgeons are female and only 8% in Ms Shah’s specialty, urology. ‘I pointed out that I’m the only female surgeon in our hospital.’ And that’s not uncommon.

There were some who accused her of exaggerating. But she says that while there may be less overt sexism than in previous decades, ‘banter’ matters.

‘I have a colleague who still says “I’d better not say that or Jyoti might have
a hissy fit”. Or women get comments
like “that time of the month, is it”? Or: “she’ll get you with her killer heels”, and little things that you couldn’t really take someone to task over. I don’t think it’s
 just in medicine or surgery. I think it is prevalent in other walks of society.’ It needs to be challenged, she adds. ‘If we laugh
it off like a lot of women do, it becomes acceptable.’

It’s not all low level. Ms Shah recounts one case of a junior who discovered her boss had used her computer to send an amorous email to another consultant. The message appeared to come from the trainee. She was ‘so utterly devastated she left the profession’.

Clearly that is outrageous. But in general, what effect does the low number of female consultants have? It doesn’t make sense that 90% of people who would make great surgeons are men: ‘There have got to be excellent, highly qualified women out there, or women who have the potential to be highly qualified excellent surgeons at consultant level.’

But why does she campaign about misogyny, and not also racism? It’s down to personal experience. There have only been ‘a few’ racist comments. ‘I was scrubbing up once in theatre with a white, male consultant. He said “Jyoti, however hard you wash your hands, you’ll never be this colour”.’ It was shocking, but she didn’t complain, concerned that it would affect her career – it was in the 90s. ‘I don’t think you hear comments like that now,’ she says.

But we are still a long way from equality. So what needs to happen? Ms Shah says: ‘We need to get it out there to say, you can be a woman in this job.’ The impression that it’s impossible to combine surgery with having a family is not true, she insists. Surgeons aren’t unique in working long hours – so do nurses and shopworkers and many others, she points out. And while responsibility for childcare does tend to fall more heavily on women, ‘there are plenty of men who are now saying they want to spend more time at home’.

She says there is a problem with hours and the ‘go for a drink in the pub after five’ culture. ‘If you have to pick up a child or you’re part time, you miss that networking opportunity where a lot of decisions for your department might be had.’

That’s where the Medical Women’s Federation (MWF), and organisations like Women in Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) come in, with opportunities to find sponsors and advocates. A lot of networking ‘that men do so easily in the pub, in the golf club, in bars, gets done at things like MWF’.
 There are still men who make snide comments about it. When Ms Shah recently went to a MWF conference a colleague said: ‘I’m going to set up an organisation just for men.’ She replied: ‘You have, 217 years ago – it’s called the RCS and it’s only just letting us in.’

A wider group of women would mean female leaders would not feel obliged to fall into the trap of ‘adopting more of the negative male qualities of being dominant and aggressive’ as some do, she says.

Gender balance is vital across the top levels of the NHS, not just in surgery: ‘Women bring a different perspective at boards and committees, otherwise if it’s all men there is a lack of balance.’

Boards need a wider kind of input – including from patients, she argues. It was her neighbour who pointed out that it is
a mile from the hospital car park to the cardiac unit. He needs a mobility scooter to make the journey. ‘We should have him sitting on a committee where we make decisions about where the car parks or the cardiac unit is.’

Being patient centred isn’t just a concept to Ms Shah. Thinking about men’s reluctance to come forward for prostate testing,
she decided to go out and get them. She brought a pop-up clinic into Burton Albion FC’s stadium. Together with her colleague Sarah Minns, a Macmillan urology advanced nurse practitioner, they did two days of screening. Patients were referred to the hospital and 13 cancers were detected that could have been missed. Another session in March picked up even more.

Ms Shah sees the patients referred to hospital as extras – so her existing caseload isn’t being held up. The local Rotary Club funded consumables such as gloves.
 Ms Shah and Sarah worked without pay.

Yet even now, like many women, she suffers from imposter syndrome –the phenomenon where successful people doubt their abilities and fear being found out. When I asked for an interview, Ms Shah says she asked her husband: ‘She wants to interview me for being a leader. Why would she want to do that?’

It’s something that psychological research shows is more common among women. Ms Shah cites examples of one woman who was approached about becoming medical director. She wasn’t confident enough – instead, she is now studying for management qualifications. Meanwhile men ‘apply for jobs even if they don’t fulfil or have all the required attributes on the person specification’.

Leadership is about far more than
just confidence in your own abilities,
she believes. As commissioning editor
of the RCS Bulletin, she had the idea of interviewing leaders outside the NHS. ‘We’re reinventing the wheel – surely there are great leaders in other professions and they must have ideas we can embrace.’

She spoke to people such as former England rugby coach Sir Clive Woodward, fashion designer Amanda Wakeley and retired admiral Sir Trevor Soar. The admiral told her in the navy leadership is not bolted on, as she believes happens in the medical profession, but assessed and developed throughout a sailor’s career.

So what did her interviewees agree was the key? It’s about having a vision, listening to the front line, and communication.
Sir Ian Blair, former commissioner of
the Metropolitan police, would turn up unannounced at police stations to see what was really going on. Sir Trevor made
a similar point – he’d visit without warning and speak, ‘not to the next in command, but the lowest ranking person, because that’s where he got the real truth’.

All her interviewees had a vision
for where they wanted to take their organisations but understood the importance of getting buy-in from their staff – not just issuing orders. ‘They were taking people with them, rather than using the authoritative, “you will do this, you will do that” style.’

This hasn’t always been the approach of the NHS – which many would say is characterised by top-down management. But it is something its leaders, of all kinds, need to learn.

Kaye McIntosh is a freelance journalist

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Summer camp: What parents need to know this year

It’s time to make summer plans, and for many families, those plans include summer camp. After the year we’ve had, the idea of getting out of the house, being active, and seeing other children sounds very appealing.

While there is reason to hope that this summer will be better than 2020, the reality is that COVID-19 will still be with us. The vaccines will make a difference, but they aren’t available yet for campers under the age of 16 — and the youth and young adults who make up most of the staff will likely not all have been vaccinated either. So as families make plans, they need to think about COVID-19.

Start here: Consider risk factors

Before even thinking about camp, families should take into account their particular risk factors. Hopefully, any high-risk adults in the family will have received a COVID-19 vaccine by the time kids head to camp. If they haven’t been vaccinated yet, now is the time to work on getting the vaccine.

If children have health problems like asthma or congenital heart disease that put them at higher risk of complications of COVID-19, parents should talk with their child’s doctor before sending them to camp. For some children at high risk, it might be better to stay home one more summer.

It’s also important to make sure that children are up to date on childhood vaccinations. Many children have gotten behind because of the pandemic.

Find out about risks at camp — and plans to lower risk

There is no way to make any camp risk-free. But there are lots of ways that camps, and parents, can lessen the risk. Here are some things for parents to think and ask about:

Where are campers and staff from? A local day camp with children and staff mostly from a town with low numbers of COVID cases is going to be lower risk than one that draws from many different communities, including some with higher numbers. The New York Times has an interactive map of the US that can help you check how low or high COVID-19 case counts are in states and counties.

How are the campers organized? Are they divided into small groups that don’t mix (which is preferable)? Or are they in larger groups — or not divided into groups at all? The more mixing, the more chance of exposure and spread.

Are activities mostly indoors or mostly outdoors? The more outdoors, the better. Indoor activities should be in well-ventilated spaces.

How much physical distancing is planned or possible? While distancing may not be possible all day, the camp should be set up in a way that limits crowding and gives children three to six feet of space whenever feasible. Parents should ask specifically about typical days and activities at the camp, including how meals will be managed, to get a sense of how close to each other the children will be.

How much shared equipment will there be? The less, the better — and any shared equipment or surfaces should be regularly cleaned. This is particularly important for sports camps. (If your child or teen has had COVID-19, see my previous blog post about returning to sports and physical activity afterward.)

How is the camp screening for symptoms or exposures, and what protocols do they have in place? There should be daily screening for symptoms (and exposures outside of camp) for campers and staff, with appropriate plans for staying home, testing, and quarantine based on the results of those screenings. Sleep-away camps should have designated quarantine space, and access to testing. Ask about testing requirements, as well.

Will the campers and staff be wearing masks? There may be some situations (like swimming) when wearing masks may be difficult, but as much as possible, campers and staff should be wearing masks to keep everyone safe.

What are the camp’s plans for hand washing? Regular hand washing with soap and water or hand sanitizer is important to limit the spread of germs, including the virus that causes COVID-19. Parents should ask how often campers will be washing their hands, and about the availability of hand sanitizer.

What is the plan for meals? It’s best if children bring their own food, and sit at a distance from each other when they eat. If food is being served, it should be pre-packaged in bags or boxes, with no shared utensils.

What kind of training and supervision will staff have regarding COVID-19? Staff should be trained in recognizing and preventing COVID-19. Further, they should be supervised and held accountable. There should be written protocols that parents should be able to see.

Are there additional considerations for overnight camps? Yes. Overnight camps need to take additional precautions. Examples include having everyone sleep head-to-toe, and using physical barriers between beds and bathroom sinks.

Talk to your children about how they feel about camp — and about the worries they may have about being around other people, especially if they have mostly been isolated at home. Talk specifically about how the days will work, and be ready to answer any questions.

It sounds like a lot to do, but it’s important. For at least one more summer, we need to stay safe — for our health, and the health of everyone around us.

For more information about overnight camps and on recommendations for all camps, check out the information about camp safety during COVID-19 on the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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