Do you have a story you’d like to share about the importance of prenatal care? Have you been involved in a successful program and want to share your story? Do you belong to an organization in Shelby County that could benefit others to ensure their baby is healthy? We are looking for personal stories for the IMRI blog, and we’d like to feature you as a guest blogger! Send an email to ShelbycountyIMRI@gmail.com and someone from our team will be in contact with you.
It is a tragedy every time a baby dies, and Shelby County has a tragically high rate of infant mortality. However, Healthy Shelby and the Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative, with the partnership of many community organizations, have already helped to lower that rate. One way to decrease this rate is to space pregnancies at least 18 months to 24 months.
Clearing Pathways and Removing Barriers- Why LARCs work!!
Alicia Anderson
Community Outreach Coordinator
A Step Ahead Foundation
Creating a Reproductive Life Plan
By: Katy Leopard
Choices. Memphis Center of Reproductive Health
Birth Spacing
By: Vickie Porter, MSN-FNP
Shelby County Health Department Family Planning Clinic
901-222-9980
Everyone Loves HUGS
By: Linda Busby,RN
Shelby County Health Department
901-222-9703
Everyone Loves HUGS
Have you had your HUG today?
As we know there are many different kinds of hugs ranging from the polite hug to the never-ending rocking side to side embrace hug. And just as there are so many ways to hug there are endless reasons why hugs are wanted and needed. Today I want to share HUGS with you!
What is HUGS?
THREE TIPS FOR MOMS-TO-BE
By: Alicia Anderson
A Step Ahead Foundation
Pregnancy Nutrition Tip
If you are pregnant or might get pregnant soon, start taking folic acid (Vitamin B) to reduce the risk of birth defects. In addition to folic acid supplements or prenatal vitamins, stock up on orange juice, fortified cereals, grapefruit, broccoli, spinach, asparagus, lentils, and peas – all great sources of folic acid.
Baby Safety Tip
Lifting Health through Collaboration
By: Kellie Spilman, MPH
A Step Ahead Foundation
“In a country as great as this one, a child’s zip code should never be what determines his or her opportunity,”
– Domestic Policy Council Director Cecilia Muñoz
A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION
When I was pregnant with my first child, my tooth started hurting. It was a terrible tooth ache. My dentist told me that my body needed more calcium to build the baby and it was drawing off of bones and teeth. But, I could not have an x-ray because of the pregnancy and they wanted to limit the drugs they gave me. It was awful. I had to have a root canal.