Attention Port Jervis Moms!!

MISN needs your help!

We will be conducting 3 focus groups on February 17 to hear your thoughts about your birthing experiences.

Click here for details

Healthy Eating Habits Help Prevent Birth Defects!

Read MISN Executive Director Caren Fairweather's latest Times Herald Record

New Parent News column!

Attention Health and Human Service Providers:

New Resource on Teen Pregnancy Prevention from the CDC!

New Resources from National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition!

POW'R Tobacco Cessation Center - for providers

Debunking the myths around cesarean section

B.O.B. Jogging Stroller Recall!

Do you know how much it will cost to raise your child?

Find out with the USDA calculator!

MISN's Childbirth Education Class Series

have been scheduled for February 2012

Click here for details

Baby Talk!

Talk to other new moms about concerns you may have, breastfeeding, changes in your family, body image, work and motherhood, share birth stories, and much more.

Monday Moms Meet-Up/Baby Talk in Middletown 1 pm

Next session: Monday, February 13

Call the MISN WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Program

at 845-662-7677 to register

Orange County Department of Health/MISN WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor

Calendar of Events for

January 2012

February 2012

Baby Talk - New Moms' Support Group

Port Jervis at the Middletown Community Health Center

Call or text or email Rachel at 845-590-6978 for more information or to sign up.

Saugerties sessions begin on January 23, 10 AM at the Boys and Girls Club

Email Liz to register or for more information

A message from the Executive Director:

Increasing the number of veggies and fruits you feed your family just got easier.

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Check out this free downloadable cookbook from NYC Green Cart to help you reach the 5 -a -day recommended servings of produce for a healthier diet.

Caren

Looking for Mental Health Resources?

For resources in Ulster County

Orange County

Sullivan County

Hudson Valley Psychological Association

Uninsured? Self-Employed?

Worried about healthcare?

MISN can help!

Learn how our Community Health Advocate can help you!

Pregnant? Think, Don't Drink!

Video

Radio PSA

Patient Handbook

Are you expecting a baby? Click here to see a video on avoiding unnecessary medical interventions during labor

Learn how to prevent CMV!!!

Visit us on Facebook!

Learn more about birth defects....

Another crib recall...

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The new MHLC Directory of Mid-Hudson Valley Breastfeeding Resources is available:

click here

New York State Health Department Adds Breastfeeding Measures to

Hospital Maternity Information

Find out which NYS Hospitals are doing the

best at exclusive breastmilk feeding

Help fight childhood obesity! Moms have the power!!

MISN is sponsoring a

DIAPER DONATION DRIVE!

We are collecting packages of new disposable diapers - all sizes are appreciated!

We'll get them out to the moms and babies in need in Orange, Sullivan and Ulster Counties!

For more information, email us.

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Find us on Facebook

Check out our page for Teens!

Ready to Quit Smoking?

Click here for the New York State Smoker's Quitline!

IMPORTANT NOTICE: FORMULA RECALL!!

Celebrate Mom!

Support MISN by purchasing handmade greeting cards!

Click here to see more...

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Are you a health care or human service provider that serves women in Ulster County who are suffering from perinatal mood disorders?

If you would like to be listed in the resource directory that we are developing, please click here to request the link to take our online survey.

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H1N1 Information

(Swine Flu)

New York State Department of Health Advice for Pregnant Women

Listen

H1N1 Influenza Toll-free Hotline 1-800-808-1987

Pregnant? Read this important information about H1N1 (swine flu) from the New York State Department of Health

and from the

Centers For Disease Control (Spanish)

Flu Shots offered by NYS public health clinics

Flu Shot Locator

Why are premies more likely to develop autism?

Is Your Baby Sleeping Safely?

English flier Spanish flier

Is Your Baby's Crib Safe?

The latest crib recall information

Ordinary couples don’t plan their pregnancies.

Be extraordinary!

Learn more...

Crisis in the Crib: Saving Our Nation's Babies Click here to watch the video

Doula Support Reduces Cesarean Rate	Post traumatic Stress and Birth
New mom? Take the survey	Listening to Mothers II Survey
Click here to download the new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services internet-based family health history tool. The new tool makes it easier to assemble and share family health history with your healthcare providers.
Because Any Day is Mother's Day!

MISN is Funded Through Contracts With: New York State Department of Health New York Department of Health, Bureau of Women's Health