Not exact matches
Eat - Sleep - Love's services include breastfeeding education, greenproofing (educating
about eco-friendly pregnancy, birth and home environment options),
maternity and newborn sleep hygiene education (including safe co-sleeping
practices), babywearing education, safety awareness, education regarding stages of pregnancy, birth options information and referral, referrals to childbirth education classes, nursery planning support, child proofing information and referral, registry information and support, post-partum and return to work plans (including referrals for postpartum
care and support), transition resources for those who plan to stay home, and more!
Services may include: breastfeeding education and support,
maternity and newborn sleep hygiene education (including safe co-sleeping
practices), birth options information and referral, greenproofing (educating
about eco-friendly pregnancy, birth and home environment options), baby wearing information, cloth diapering information, safety awareness, education regarding stages of pregnancy, referrals to childbirth education classes, nursery set up support, child proofing information and referral, registry information and support, baby shower planning, bed rest plans, post-partum and return to work plans (including referrals for postpartum
care and support), transition resources for those who plan to stay home, pregnancy and newborn photography referrals, and more!
It is an evidence - based curriculum designed to educate families in a prenatal class setting
about safe and optimal infant feeding and aligns with WIC, High 5 for Mom and Baby, and the Kansas Infant Death and SIDS (KIDS) Network messages and education related to parenting and
maternity care practices
Watch this video to learn more
about the importance of
maternity care practices and how the mPINC survey can help.
The jury is out as to why this is, but probable causes include insufficient (or nonexistent)
maternity leave, poverty and its accompanying stress and pour nourishment, lack of education
about and exposure to breastfeeding, infant
care practices that keep mother and baby separate, scheduled feeding, high rates of birth interventions, the aggressive marketing of infant formula, exposure to pesticides and endocrine disruptors, and cultural beliefs that tell mothers they can't do it.
The survey is sent to the person at each facility most knowledgeable
about the facility's
maternity care practices and policies.
This fact sheet provides background information on why maternal health is important to Aboriginal communities, it reviews what is known
about Aboriginal maternal health and
maternity experiences in BC, and lastly it describes two promising
practices in Aboriginal
maternity care — Aboriginal doula training and Aboriginal midwifery.