Aviation Communications Strategist | Founder Avihub Network
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Pollet K Otieno retweeted
Kenyan mothers are battling with career interruptions, financial strain and workplace discrimination while carrying overwhelming unpaid caregiving responsibilities daily. Women returning from maternity breaks face rejection, lower salaries and emotional struggles in workplaces built around uninterrupted careers. #NationGender zurl.co/hcXuk
Pollet K Otieno retweeted
NOBODY is going to protect your children the way you do. So trust YOUR instincts every single time. Let people call you strict, extra, paranoid, or whatever. But at the end of the day your babies are SAFE and LOVED. That’s all that matters. IT’S OKAY TO SET BOUNDARIES WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR CHILDREN.. ❗️👏🏽
Pollet K Otieno retweeted
“Speak to your children as if they are the wisest, kindest, most beautiful and magical humans on earth, for what they believe is what they will become.”
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Take your babies everywhere. Restaurants, errands. Anywhere. Try not to stress if they cry, laugh loud, or babble. That’s what babies do. My son goes wherever I go. I’m not raising him to be silent in public. If people stare or get annoyed, they better stay in their lane.
Your baby belongs in the world just like anyone else. Normalize babies in public spaces. You're not a bother you’re parenting.
Pollet K Otieno retweeted
A healthy child is something we easily take for granted.
BUT MY GOODNESS, WHAT A BLESSING IT IS!
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Women grow an entire human being for nine months, push it out of their body, and then are expected to be back in the office in 6-8 weeks and see the baby for a handful of hours a day.
We’ve genuinely normalized this.
It doesn’t register as insane until you say it out loud.
Pollet K Otieno retweeted
Suddenly the woman who wakes up at midnight to pray is no longer my mother - it is me!!!
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As a woman, please pray to still have your mother whilst you’re still giving birth. There’s nobody that can do for you what your mother will do for you during omugwo
Pollet K Otieno retweeted
This is why I really and truly HATE people who call CS "easy" whether it is elective or emergency.
CS for some people is not optional and the folks who opt into it will have to heal from major surgery AND childbirth together, and both take years to do properly.
NO BIRTH IS EASY
Pollet K Otieno retweeted
If God put this much detail into flowers, I know He is also present in the details of every moment of my life, making each one amazing
Pollet K Otieno retweeted
Things I wish I knew before my first postpartum:
- You need MORE calories than pregnancy, not less. Way more than you think or want to believe. Don't fight it.
- Hair loss at 3-4 months isn't just "normal". It's a sign that your body is depleted. Support it.
- Rage and anxiety are often low progesterone and depleted minerals. There is nothing wrong with your character.
- Your body will hold onto weight while breastfeeding as a survival mechanism. It's protecting your milk supply. Trust your body is doing the right thing for now.
- It can take 2-3 YEARS to fully replenish your nutrient stores.
- It's okay if you feel like you got nothing done in a day. Breastfeeding is a full-time job. Everything else is extra.
- Overdose on warming foods. Broths. Warm milk. Teas. Congee. Soups. Your body needs warmth to heal.
- There's no set timeline for when you can exercise again. Some women feel ready in a couple weeks, others need months. Listen to YOUR body, not a generic "6 week clearance."
- It's okay to not want guests over. Your baby consumes you and you're allowed to protect that bubble. You don't have to cater to anyone but your baby.
- Postpartum is a beautiful time to reset and rebuild. You're starting from a clean slate. Use it.
Pollet K Otieno retweeted
This tweet is insane 🔥
And breastmilk is the ultimate plot twist. Alive, adaptive, changing composition depending on baby’s needs/health like it’s reading the room. An actual conversation between bodies.
Milk is indeed alchemy.
I love how milk is so alive it’s almost schizophrenic. Put some cultures in and it yogurtfies. Add some acid, you’ve got cheese. Hundred of types of cheese based on just waiting times. Insane. Cook it and it caramelizes into thick nectar. Steam it and a cappuccino is born.
Ice cream. Sweetened condensed. Goat milk. Sour cream. Heavy cream. Raw. Buttermilk. Powdered milk. Milk chocolate.
We love milk so much we speak about percentages of it, like gold carats.
Milk is foundational. Biblical. Something maternal and natural and feminine about it. Milk is alive
Pollet K Otieno retweeted
Hooded for my PhD in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Haven’t been here in forever but didn’t feel right not announcing this here as this is where I shared my acceptance first. 💜
Pollet K Otieno retweeted
I usually say the families of those who invented aeroplane should be placed on lifetime royalty
Pollet K Otieno retweeted
Came home after a 15 hour flight and found my little one unwell. The nanny captured this. We fell asleep just like this. No matter the day, mummy duty first. Still on duty❤️✈️🌺 #Girlsfly