The best way to ensure your ultrasound photos never disappear is to scan them onto your computer. Make sure your computer and printer are connected before starting up your scanning program. If you don't have a scanner at home, visit an office supply store or shipping store, like Staples or a FedEx Kinkos, and the employees will help you scan your photos. Remember to put the ultrasound photo face down on the printer when scanning. If you're scanning at home, you can save the photos right to your computer. If you scanned the photos somewhere else, make sure you bring a flash drive with you to easily transfer and save the scan. You can also email the scanned photos to your email or someone else's. Snap a picture of the ultrasound photo using your phone, lining up the edges of the picture with the screen and making sure the lens is in focus. Using a more professional camera will give you even better results. You may need to hang your ultrasound photo against a window or in the light when taking the picture to have it come out clearly. There are several apps available for your phone that act as scanners, such as Pic Scanner or Shoebox. Whether you took a picture of the ultrasound photo using your phone or a camera, or you created a scan, now you can start printing out paper copies, if desired. Use your home printer to create as many copies as you like, or order copies to be printed on photo paper. Drug stores and big box stores often allow you to order prints of photos and pick them up once they're finished. You can print out copies of the original ultrasound photo to put in a photo book, picture frame, or to send to friends and family. There are several photo companies that will turn your photos into a book, even adding wording and additional artwork. Just visit their website, upload your photos, and design the pages to your liking. Once it's finished and purchased, they'll ship the book right to your house. Examples of these companies include Shutterfly, Mixbook, and Snapfish. Drug stores like Walgreens or big box stores such as Walmart can also often create photo books for you.

Summary: Use a scanner to create digital replicas of the ultrasound photo. Save the scanned copies to your computer or portable storage device. Take a picture of the ultrasound photo using your phone for a quick solution. Order or print out extra copies of the photo once you have a digital version. Design a book of your ultrasound photos for a nice keepsake.

If you decide that you want to try to induce a fever the first thing you should do is speak to a medical professional. Make an appointment to see your doctor and ask her about how to induce a fever. Your doctor will advise on the potential benefits and dangers of artificially inducing a fever and what your options are. Sometimes drugs induce a fever when they are taken, but this generally is considered an adverse response akin to an allergic reaction. Immunizations, such as diphtheria and tetanus, may induce a fever. The drugs work by increasing metabolism or evoking an immune response. Drug-induced fevers can cause other symptoms as well. Doctors who do use this option might use Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), a tuberculosis vaccine. If your doctor advises you not to try to induce a fever you should listen to her. Do not attempt to induce a fever against your doctor's advice. Look for a medical centre or centre of alternative medicine that actively uses fever therapy. These sources will usually be equipped with an infrared sauna unit, also known as a hyperthermia unit. Follow the instructions provided at the centre when using this unit to induce a fever. Usually, you will be instructed to warm yourself internally before using the unit. You might be asked to drink ginger root tea or to take ginger root and cayenne pepper capsules. Before entering the unit, you will undress and cover the skin in an herbal formula, often containing ginger. Wrap yourself in towels then enter the unit. A standard session lasts for 60 minutes, but if you are not demonstrating any negative reaction, your session may last for two to three hours. You will need to drink water during the process, especially if undergoing a longer session. If you do not sweat within the first 10 minutes or otherwise experience a negative reaction, the session will end early. After a successful session, you'll undergo a warm to cool shower to close your pores. As the debates about the potential benefits of fevers continues, some doctors are advising that people limit their use of fever-reducing drugs, such as aspirin. By using these drugs with discretion you will enable a moderate fever to run its course which can prompt your body's own immunological defences to activate. The endogenous pyrogen hormone will travel to the brain and prompt a rise in your body's temperature. Rapid muscle contractions may also be triggered, which will produce heat. Nerves may constrict outlying blood vessels, resulting in a reduction of heat lost to the environment. Body tissues may be broken down to produce heat. The sensation of coldness can prompt you on put on extra layers of clothes or drink hot fluids which will help to raise your temperature.

Summary: Speak to your doctor. Use a medical sauna or hyperthermia unit. Cut down on fever-reducing drugs.

If you're one of those industrious people who make a big casserole or batch of soup in order to freeze portions for later meals, make sure you label everything with the name and date. That way your food won't end up as a nameless, freezer-burned bag that you can't remember putting there several months ago. Keeping your freezer organized with labeled items will help you actually use up all the items you store there. Make sure you know how long everything will keep in your freezer, then put the items that store longest in the back or bottom of your freezer. Items that need to be used more quickly should be kept toward the front, so you'll see them and use them. For example, frozen vegetables, fruit, meat and so on may keep for months or longer, so should be stored behind other items. This will prevent them from getting warmed up every time you open the freezer. Ice cream, popsicles, ice cube trays, and other items that you use up more quickly should stay near the front of the freezer. Frozen items don't tend to spoil, but freezer burn can still ruin their taste and texture, rendering them inedible. In addition to organizing your freezer so that the items that keep the longest are in the back, you should also use good freezer storage methods to protect the food from exposure to air and moisture. Use air-tight freezer bags or bins to store all items. Double-bag items that need to stay in the freezer for more than a few weeks. Storing items in flimsy sandwich bags doesn't protect them from getting freezer burn. Use thick freezer-safe bags instead.
Summary: Label everything before storing. Put the items that store longest in the back. Use proper storage methods to prevent freezer burn.