Wearing comfortable clothing that doesn’t constrict your stomach or abdomen may help reduce your heartburn. It may put less stress on your stomach and lower the risk of pushing food or acid into your esophagus. One of the most common reasons for heartburn is being overweight. While pregnant, you should make sure you are not gaining too much weight, especially if you are having problems with heartburn. Maintaining a healthy weight will help reduce pressure on the esophagus. Try raising the head of your bed to allow gravity to help keep the acid in your stomach. Place blocks under the head of your bed and raise it about six inches. Don’t pile pillows beneath your head. This won’t help your heartburn, and only bend your neck and body and possibly make the heartburn worse. Add one tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to six ounces of water and drink it. Research suggests that the apple cider vinegar corrects low acid and reduces heartburn. Ginger tea is considered safe for pregnant women and is often recommended for nausea during early pregnancy. Ginger acts an an anti-inflammatory and a soothing agent for the stomach.  It can also help with nausea and vomiting.  You can get ginger tea bags from the store. You can also make your own tea. Cut up about one teaspoon of fresh ginger and add it to boiling water. Steep for about five minutes and then pour into a mug. Do this anytime during the day, but especially about 20 to 30 minutes before meals.
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One-sentence summary -- Wear looser clothing. Avoid gaining too much weight. Raise the head of your bed. Add apple cider vinegar to your diet. Drink ginger tea.


Look for berries that have white, fuzzy mold and toss them out. The mold can be found around the stem area. You will also want to discard any berries that are too soft or wilted looking; they are too ripe and will rot quickly. Sorting the bad berries from the good ones will prevent mold from spreading. Most of the stems should have fallen off on their own, but it would be a good idea to go through the berries again and pick off any remaining stems. They won't harm you if you eat them, but they will taste bitter. In general, you should not wash berries until you are ready to eat them. Washing them too soon can lead to mold. Washing them with vinegar water, however, can kill mold spores and prevent from mold growing in the first place. Put the berries into a colander or strainer, and dunk them into a bowl filled with the vinegar water. Shake the colander or strainer, then pull it out. Rinse the berries using cool water; this will get rid of any vinegar flavor. Any moisture left on the berries will cause them to mold too soon, so you will need to make sure that they are completely dry before storing them. There are a few ways in which you can dry the berries:  Line the inside of a salad spinner with a few paper towels and put the berries inside. Spin them for a few seconds until there is no more moisture. Spread the berries out on a tray and let them air dry. Use a fan to speed up the process.
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One-sentence summary -- Sort the moldy blueberries from the fresh ones. Pull off any stems. Consider rinsing the blueberries with one part vinegar and three parts water. Make sure that the blueberries are dry.


As the follower, mirror your partner’s steps as closely as possible. At the same time that they move their left foot forward, your right foot must go backward. Match the distance that they step so your feet are as close as they were to start. This step lasts two beats. Be sure to step at the same speed as your partner. As your partner steps diagonally with their right foot, mirror the step backwards. This step lasts for one beat, so you must step quickly. If you step too slowly, your partner may kick your foot when they step forward.  End this step with your feet shoulder width apart, and with neither foot farther forward or backward. Shift your weight onto your left foot so you are ready for the next step. Barely lift your right foot off of the ground, and plant it next to your left foot. Make this step at the same time as your partner so you move sideways together. You should be standing at a 45 degree angle from your starting spot. Make sure your weight is centered over your feet. As your partner moves back in the second phase, you move forward. Mirror their right foot moving backward with your left foot moving forward. Imagine your foot is pulled by their foot. Go slowly so this step takes two beats to accomplish. Be sure to shift your weight onto that left foot so you are ready to take the next step. Move your feet back to parallel with this step. Make sure they are still shoulder width apart and directly across from your partner’s feet. Be sure to step quickly so it takes one beat. Shift your weight slightly onto your right foot as you prepare to take the final step. Take this final step quickly and in time with your partner. Your feet end up close together and on the same place on the floor that they started.
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One-sentence summary -- Step back slowly with your right foot. Step quickly at a backward diagonal with your left foot. Slide your right foot toward your left foot quickly. Move your left foot forward slowly. Take a quick step with your right foot at 45 degrees forward. Slide your left foot toward your right foot into its original place.


A globe or ball (sphere) can work also, but it's harder to measure.  Circumference | diameter | quotient C / d = ?  __________|________|__________________ __________|________|__________________ __________|________|__________________ __________|________|__________________ Mark the distance one time around it on the string. This is the circumference: it's just like perimeter, but, the perimeter of a circle--the distance around a circle--is called the circumference, not perimeter, usually. Write down your measurement of the circumference using decimals. Pin or tape the ends of the string for measuring it accurately (straight and extended to its full measure), since you would have needed to tighten the string around the circular object, so now you would tighten it lengthwise.  This is the diameter. Note: Multiplying two times radius, i.e.: "2 X radius = diameter" is also written as "2r = d". The four division problems of C / d = _____, should be about 3 or 3.1 (or about 3.14 if your measurements are accurate); so what is pi: It's a number. It's a ratio. It relates diameter to circumference. Of course, using precise measurements using dividers, which are similar to a compass can help. 3.1 + 3.15 + 3.1 + 3.2 =  ____ /4 = ____? That's 12.55 / 4 = 3.1375, and can be rounded-off to 3.14). That's the idea of "pi". The number of diameters that makes the circumference (all the time, so it's constant)... That is the constant "pi". That number of diameters. Also, the radius will fit a little more than 6 (2 times pi) times around a circle, as well as knowing that the diameter goes three times; so, that implies a circumference formula C = 2 X 3.14 X r, which is just = 3.14 X d ... by using 2r is d ("Got it", nod yes. "Yeah!"  But, read and think over it again until it really soaks in, if it's not yet crystal clear). Do this for each of the containers.  The left-over piece of string from each of the circumference strings cut-outs will be approximately the same length.  The measurement length of this short piece of string should be .1415 which is just an example of getting approximately 3.14...
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Number four different sizes of circular containers or lids. Get a non-stretchy, non-kinky string and a meter-stick, yardstick or ruler. Make a chart (or table) like the following one: Measure accurately around each of the four circular items by wrapping a string snugly around it. Straighten and measure the part of the string that you marked as the distance around the circle. Turn the container upside down so you can find and mark the center on the bottom so that you can measure the diameter using decimals (also called decimal-fractions). Measure across each circle exactly through the center of each of the four items with a straight edge measure (meter-stick, yardstick or ruler). Divide each circumference by the same circle's diameter. Average the four answers to the division problem by adding those four quotients and dividing by 4, and that should give a more accurate result (for example, if your four divisions gave you: Finally, take the diameter string and use it to cut its length off the circumference string three times.