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5.08.2012
COMMUNITY NEWS: Lend a hand tomorrow (5.9.12)!
I just got a note about the following event at Mount Sinai tomorrow (May 9, 2012) from 1-3pm. If you are in the area and free to stop by, I think it looks like a great opportunity to volunteer to promote and protect women's health on a global scale. If you cannot stop by in person, think about giving $5 by texting "MOTHERS" to 50555.
Each year, more than 340,000 women around the world die due to childbirth-related complications. Out of every 100,000 live births in Guatemala there are an estimated 290 deaths; in Liberia the death rate is 994. Compared to only 14 deaths out of 100,000 live births in the developed world, these are staggering statistics.
Most of these maternal deaths could be prevented with basic supplies that would ensure hygienic births.
Saving Mothers, a program spearheaded by Dr. Taraneh Shirazian, Director of Global Women’s Health at Mount Sinai, aims to give these underserved women and their health care providers the tools they need to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity. Saving Mothers has been asking new mothers, who may have more resources than they need, to donate supplies for clean birth kits to make births safer and more sanitary in the developing world.
Saving Mothers has also launched a text message campaign asking for a $5 donation by texting “MOTHERS” to 50555 to help pay for additional kits.
Saving Mothers' Clean Birth Kits include basic materials chosen to prevent the infections that lead to maternal death as well as detailed pictorial instructions to the kits to make them easier to use and understand. Dr. Shirazian and her team will bring these birth kits to Guatemala, Liberia, and other countries in need as part of their program to help educate the traditional birth attendants and midwives who currently provide obstetric care.
In
advance of Mother’s Day, Mount Sinai staff and patients, including new
moms and moms-to-be, will be assembling donated supplies such as
beanies, blankets, and sanitary pads, for clean birth kits to be
delivered to local hospitals in Liberia and Guatemala as part of the
Saving Mothers program at Mount Sinai. The event will take place at 1176
5th Ave on Wednesday, May 9, from 1 – 3 pm.
Each year, more than 340,000 women around the world die due to childbirth-related complications. Out of every 100,000 live births in Guatemala there are an estimated 290 deaths; in Liberia the death rate is 994. Compared to only 14 deaths out of 100,000 live births in the developed world, these are staggering statistics.
Most of these maternal deaths could be prevented with basic supplies that would ensure hygienic births.
Saving Mothers, a program spearheaded by Dr. Taraneh Shirazian, Director of Global Women’s Health at Mount Sinai, aims to give these underserved women and their health care providers the tools they need to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity. Saving Mothers has been asking new mothers, who may have more resources than they need, to donate supplies for clean birth kits to make births safer and more sanitary in the developing world.
Saving Mothers has also launched a text message campaign asking for a $5 donation by texting “MOTHERS” to 50555 to help pay for additional kits.
Saving Mothers' Clean Birth Kits include basic materials chosen to prevent the infections that lead to maternal death as well as detailed pictorial instructions to the kits to make them easier to use and understand. Dr. Shirazian and her team will bring these birth kits to Guatemala, Liberia, and other countries in need as part of their program to help educate the traditional birth attendants and midwives who currently provide obstetric care.
4.25.2012
COMMUNITY NEWS: tinkergarten - optimizing outdoor time with our kids!
A fellow Brooklyn Momma reached out to me recently to let me know about her latest endeavor . . . tinkergarten!
Check out the website. I spent quite a bit of time there on my first visit and have been back several times. Right now, they have a list of 10 ways to optimize outdoor time with kids. My personal favorites are #3 and #5.
Enjoy!
4.15.2012
have to get away
When my rendition of The Go-Go's Vacation fell on somewhat startled ears in the car, I quickly found a video of the actual Go-Go's performing the song and played it for my husband, Bug, and Squish as we made our way from the airport to the hotel in Florida last week.
Ahhhhh, Florida.
My birth peninsula.
3.31.2012
COMMUNITY NEWS: Open House for Kids Yoga at Sacred Sounds Yoga - Monday 4.2.12
I just got an email about the following open house for kids yoga next week . . . enjoy!!
Open House for Kids Yoga on next Mon 4/2 (ages 3-7) and Wed 4/4 (ages 8-12),
both at 4:15pm.
Classes are FREE for new students, so that parents and caretakers can ask our kids yoga
teacher Caprice any questions they may have -- and even sit in on their class.
You can find out more information about our kids program
On a side note, we also offer Afternoon Express for adults at the same time,
so that parents or caretakers and kids can take class separately too.
212.533.YOGA (9642)
3.03.2012
the present
For the four days leading up to my return to the office this week, I tried very hard to be in the present. I did not waste precious time weeping and wailing about the fact that so soon my leave would end. I focused on my breath. I looked at the Squish, and I mean I really looked at him. Not my (typical?) kind of looking during which I am also planning dinner, a summer vacation, an online diaper order, an exit strategy from our over-scheduled and hectic lives here. I indulged in the afternoon ritual during which he nurses and then sleeps on my lap while I hold him. I meditated while I nursed him at bedtime, and I imagined that I would find the time to meditate in my office when I went back to my day job.
Then came the big day.
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