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support group breastfeeding can be a struggle for some and sometimes you need a little help. woman?s hospital?s breastfeeding support group provides an opportunity for mothers to discuss their own successes and challenges with breastfeeding, and moms are encouraged to bring their babies along. attendees will hear from a certified lactation nurse and will walk away with new ideas and techniques to try and improve their own breastfeeding success at home. this support group is free, and registration is not required. ? womans.org baby
health tracker there?s a lot to keep up with once baby comes home. with bottles, pumping, diapers, and naps, there?s enough to make your head spin trying to remember when you last did what! with the sprout baby app, things can get a little easier. track feedings, bottles, solid foods, pumping, sleep, diapers, and even manage a medical profile of your child that you can bring to doctor appointments. have questions for the doctor? simply add them to the app and ask during your baby?s next appointment. the best part is it?s free and no login is required. ? sprout-apps.com lit tle bits everything grows rounder and wider and weirder, and i sit here in the middle of it all and wonder who in the world you will turn out to be.? ? carrie fisher #whatstrending in baby names top 10 girls emma olivia ava isabella sophia mia charlotte amelia harper aria top 10 boys liam noah mason lucas ethan oliver elijah aiden james benjamin pertussis
vaccination in pregnancy the tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (tdap) vaccine is recommended for all pregnant women in the u.s. as the key medical intervention to protect newborn infants from pertussis (whooping cough). however, until recently, the safety of giving the tdap vaccine to pregnant women has not been fully determined. according to a recent study published in human vaccines & immunotherapeutics , the tdap vaccine is in fact safe for both mothers and infants. according to lead author dr. abbey b. berenson, babies less than three months old are especially vulnerable to the devastating outcomes from pertussis. they are most at risk of dying from the disease, and yet, newborns don?t receive their first dose of dtap (the pediatric vaccine for pertussis and two other diseases) until they are two months old, and aren?t fully protected until they are six months old. dr. berenson stresses how important it is to protect newborns from pertussis in other ways, such as, maternal immunization because the antibodies that the mom generates in response to the vaccine can be passed to her unborn child. 10 pink & blue | spring 2017
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