Birth Center
Only a Third of Pregnant Women Getting Vaccinations They Need
October 10, 2019 |
Pregnancy
Vaccinations
TUESDAY, Oct. 8, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- About two-thirds of pregnant women in the United States don't get vaccinated against both flu and whooping cough, putting them and their newborns at risk, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
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Birth Center
Exercise While Breastfeeding
September 19, 2019 |
Breast Feeding
Exercise
Wellness
Women's Health
Exercise While Breastfeeding Moms face many barriers in the postpartum period, in regards to life balance, motherhood, breastfeeding, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle that includes a healthy diet and exercise program. In the August 2019 Journal of Women’s Health Physical Therapy, authors surveyed more than 600 moms
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Anyone can be a superhero!
August 6, 2019 |
Breast Feeding
Celebrate World Breatfeeding Month Protect your right to breastfeed! Anyone can be a superhero. Colorado laws allow breastfeeding in public. Employers in Colorado are required to provide private space, not a toilet stall, and break time to pump or breastfeed. #COHealthyKids #WBW2019 #COBreastfeeds Talk to
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Fathers are Key Team Players to Breastfeeding Success
June 17, 2019 |
Breast Feeding
Fathers
Fathering norms are constantly changing. Fathers nowadays are more involved in the day-to-day care of children and share more work at home, a vital and ongoing change in the long road towards gender equality. Fathers are more and more involved in caring for babies and have a profound influence on
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Reality-New moms fall asleep feeding their babies…
April 30, 2019 |
Breast Feeding
Where will you be when (not if) you fall asleep while feeding your baby? Dr. Ann Kellams-breaks down the reality of feeding your baby at night, and how to prepare safe feeding spaces, in her blog written for the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. Healthy newborns wake easily and
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Product Recall-Fisher Price “Rock and Play”
April 11, 2019 |
News
Public service announcement: MONDAY, April 8, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Ten infants are known to have died in the Fisher-Price Rock 'n Play sleeper since 2015, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warns. In a joint statement with Fisher-Price, the CPSC said it voted
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Recommendations for Breastfeeding Families During Travel
March 26, 2019 |
Breast Feeding
Travel
What are key recommendations for breastfeeding families during travel? Summer trips are right around the corner! Some breastfeeding families are apprehensive about travel, not knowing the accommodations for nursing or pumping in all the places they will be. The US Center for Disease Control has
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Stay home you are ill!
March 11, 2019 |
Wellness
We are in the thick of influenza season right now. March is typically a big month for influenza illness as we welcome travelers from around the world. The CDC has recently issued an update that a second wave of more severe influenza is circulating and Colorado
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Flu season officially begins….
January 2, 2019 |
News
Vaccinations
Wellness
The 2018-2019 influenza season has officially begun, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "Increases in flu activity summarized in CDC's most recent FluView report, including increases in influenza-like illness (ILI) and the proportion of laboratory-confirmed flu cases nationally, have signaled the start of the 2018-2019
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National American Indian and Alaskan Native Heritage Month
November 15, 2018 |
Wellness
Native American Heritage Month recognizes the histories and continuing invaluable contributions of American Indian and Alaska Native people in the United States. This month honors the rich diversity of American Indian and Alaska Native cultures, traditions, and languages, and it focuses on how heritage intersects with
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