The one inevitable challenge which confronts all new mothers is coping with fatigue. 1  It takes only seven to eight hours of missed sleep in a week to begin showing signs of sleep deprivation, and fatigue is one of the principal causes of depression. 2  Be sure to have a new diaphragm fitted 2 to 3 months after childbirth.
The Brazilian people first coined the expression in the early 16th century. The Spanish adopted the word Creole to denote their own, who were born in the New World and the French, later copied this word form the Spanish. From this successive use of the word it somehow came to denote Creole people from Louisiana.
The Spaniards - Peninsulares, Criollos, and Mestizos. Like the Indians, Spaniards were also diverse in nature and background. Some were soldiers or missionaries directly from Spain. Others came as long time residents of New Spain (Mexico). Distinctions were made between criollos, those born in the Americas, and peninsulares, those born in Spain. Criollos were considered inferior to those who came from the mother country. Those persons of mixed race - Indian and Spaniard - known as mestizos, were one of the most rapidly growing groups in frontier society.