YOUR BIRTH CENTER NEEDS YOU! September 26, 2009 at Central Florida KidFest in CLermont. Come on out and help us display our BABY HATS and get your belly or your beautiful Birth Place baby (babies) in the Orlando Sentinel photo.

Friends, we need you to help us at the KidFest event at the Celebration of Praise Church on Saturday 26th of Sptemeber. The event starts at 9am but we will be taking our group photo at 11am. Please report to our booth at 10:45 or earlier. We will share out the HATS to be displayed and will have a dignitary, proclamation and the photo opportunity at 11am. Be part of this phenomenal event, we have hats from all over the US and England. We have truly acheived our goal of drawing attention to Infant Mortality. I can't thank you enough!

Jennie

Commonsense Childbirth Inc. - THE BIRTH PLACE

In an attempt to move with the times - The Birth Place has a new Facebook Group page! Check us out and join in the fun. Find out more about what's happening at The Birth Place and how you can help us by knitting or crocheting a baby hat for our Campaign for Healthier Babies. See you there!

Jennie and staff

This link has some useful information about swine flu: Dr. Mercola discusses swine flu.

Orange County Health Department - updated October 14, 2009

Note: *To align our media updates with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention schedule, we will send a media update each Wednesday noting any significant events that have taken place during the reporting period. Please note that following the lead of the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization, we will no longer be collecting numbers of confirmed H1N1 Swine Flu cases.

ORANGE COUNTY RECEIVES FIRST SHIPMENT OF H1N1 VACCINE

Orlando - The first initial shipments of H1N1 Swine Flu vaccine have arrived in Orange County. All of the doses are in the form of nasal mist and therefore are not suitable for pregnant women or individuals with underlying medical conditions. Healthy people 2 to 49 years of age are eligible for this type of nasal mist vaccine.

ORLANDO ­Her reasons for being tremendously involved with two local benevolent organizations while trying to balance a career and mentor her 19 year­-old daughter are quite simple: intuition and common sense.

It was Fifth Third Bank Orlando Magic Maker Monica May's intuition that led her to become extensively involved with the programs Common Sense Childbirth Inc., and Consider Your Image, a non­-profit organization she founded herself. And it's common sense that drives her today.

"I know there is a simple way to life," explains May. "If there is an opportunity to help put together a road map for young people, I want to be a part of that."

But May has been more than just a part of children's lives. In her work with Common Sense Childbirth, Inc., May helps to inspire a change in maternal child healthcare. The program empowers mothers (especially young and indigent) to bring healthy babies to term. The model was created by May's close friend, Jennie Joseph, a midwife who specializes in providing prenatal healthcare and nurturing to populations that typically don't get the proper treatment in traditional health settings.

Making Tough Decisions Without All the Facts:

How Inadequate Informed Consent Puts Childbearing

 Families at Risk

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