April 29, 2022 | by: Featuring The Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions
On Saturday, April 9, at the University of North Alabama, the Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions welcomed expectant mothers, families, and siblings to the Tiny Cubs Community Baby Shower. This was a free community event during which mothers-to-be learned about basic prenatal and baby care from senior-level nursing students, clinical supervisors, and faculty from the College. Participants received a free gift bag and had opportunities to win items such as car seats, pack-n-plays, breast pumps, and more.
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May 22, 2018 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Newborn and family sleep is often a difficult but critical topic to cover in childbirth classes. Parents are getting a lot of mixed messages from many sources about where the baby should sleep. Is it time to change the message that parents get about bedsharing?
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January 11, 2016 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Last week, Childbirth Connection, a program of the National Partnership for Women & Families, and Choices in Childbirth released an informative and useful issue brief: Overdue: Medicaid and Private Insurance Coverage of Doula Care to Strengthen Maternal and Infant Health. Both of these orga
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December 30, 2015 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
As you get ready to say goodbye to 2015 and welcome in a new year, in whatever fashion feels good to you (I prefer a quiet night at home, probably asleep by 10 PM, living the on-call doula life) consider taking some time out of this last day of 2015 to make a tax deductible contribution to some dese
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December 21, 2015 | by: Henci Goer, BA
New research came out on December 1 that challenged the established assumption from the World Health Organization that a 10-15% cesarean rate was the "sweet" spot beyond which more harm was done than good. "Relationship Between Cesarean Delivery Rate and Maternal and Neonatal Mortality" made some bi
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