Although the holidays are a time of joyfulness, they are also a time of high levels of stress for many of us. Not to mention the fact that it is so dark and dreary outside! Winter is also a common time for depression symptoms to sneak up on us. What is Postpartum Depression? Postpartum depression [...]
Tag Archives | Pregnancy
Moving In Pregnancy
Post by Megan McDonald, Certified Nurse Midwife Pregnancy can be hard on the body. In order to compensate for the growing baby, a woman’s blood volume increases, her hormones shift and she must compensate for the extra weight she is carrying in her belly. Our bodies are pretty amazing, and they do a good job [...]
Pregnancy and “morning sickness”…not just a morning phenomenon!
Post by Carrie Bonsack, CNM, MS As a certified nurse midwife and a mom of two, I can attest to the misery of morning sickness. I was lucky or shall I say, very unlucky to have it with both of my pregnancies. I still have a strong sensory aversion to the scent of cucumber melon! [...]
4 Days until July 4th Weekend: PART TWO – Better Indy Babies & Healthy Families
In the second part of our ‘4 Days until July 4th Weekend’ blog series, we would like to introduce you to another great outreach program. This program gets young people on the right track even before they enter this world… ——————————————————————– Meet – Better Indy Babies/Healthy Families Better Indy Babies (BIBs) is a free home [...]
Giving a Care about Indianapolis parents & children..
Our Better Indy Babies/Healthy Families (BIBS/HF) Programs celebrated the successes of many inner-city Indianapolis parents and children about a week an a half ago at their 11th Annual Family Picnic! Around 400 families were present at Garfield Park on the pretty steamy Friday. Lunch was provided for all. The day also included PLENTY of activities [...]
Fours are everywhere in March – What about FOUR great things about Health Promotions?
It’s the middle of March! Meaning that the buzz of the town is all about “FOURS.” Which FOUR teams will make the FINAL FOUR? The excitement of the FIRST FOUR teams playing today and tomorrow. And, all this talk may remind you of the FANTASTIC FOUR! BUT!! Don’t forget FOUR great things about our Health [...]
Teen birth rate is increasing?
Indiana has gone an entire decade with decreasing teen birth rates, until now. From 1997-2005, we have seen a decrease in teen pregnancy from 32.1 per 1000 female teens to 20.5 per 1000 female teens. However, that number rose from ’05 to ’07 and now stands at 21.9. The Indiana Youth Institute sent out an [...]
Childhood Abuse leading to Addiction – who is blamed?
Coming up with a title for this post was tough.. It is easy to answer the question and not read the post. Who is blamed for childhood abuse? – Adults/caretakers in that child’s life. Who is blamed for addiction? – The individual who can’t help themselves. But before you click away, what if I posed [...]
Teen Pregnancy Statistics – better but still surprising!
Good ways of showing support to a pregnant teenager are to educate, listen, and help in any way possible. According to PregnantTeenHelp.org, around 750,000 teenagers will get pregnant this year. Breaking this down further, it comes out to about one-third of all girls in the United States will get pregnant while they are a teenager. Additionally, more [...]
Abuse and neglect prevention starts BEFORE birth
A report done by the National Center for Children in Poverty in September 2010 showed the factors that increase the risk of infant maltreatment. These factors are: smoking during pregnancy infant having two or more siblings Medicaid enrollee unmarried infant low-birth weight less than high school education teen mother short spacing (under 15 months) between [...]
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