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 White Plains, NY - Expectant parents are faced with a bewildering range of pregnancy and parenting information – books, magazines, television, and the well-meaning advice of friends and family.
It’s difficult to know how to sort it all out. Now, OB patients at White Plains Hospital Center (WPHC) have a resource to guide them through their pregnancy and the first year of their baby’s life: the White Plains Hospital Center weekly parenting e-mail.
Joan Carlin-Halpern, RNC, NNP, Director of Nursing, Maternal-Child Health at the Hospital views this as a great tool for couples, “this free weekly service offers expectant and new parents customized information, news, and resources from the parent education staff.” Ms. Carlin-Halpern explains, “it also allows our clinicans to develop a richer, more supportive relationship with their patients.”
Patients can enroll by logging onto the Hospital website at www.wphospital.org and clicking the sign-up icon on the left hand side of the homepage, or by calling 914-681-1234.
The e-mail messages begin at 7-weeks gestation and are personalized to the patient’s due date and continue through pregnancy and into the first year of their baby’s life. During pregnancy, the hospital’s messages include week-by-week information on fetal development, wellness tips, and valuable resources. After the baby is born, messages offer child development information, practical tips on baby care, health and safety, and other topics of special interest to new parents. White Plains Hospital Center weekly parenting e-mail also provides brief reviews of the latest research on pregnancy and newborn issues in an easy-to-understand format.
White Plains Hospital Center is a 292-bed voluntary, not-for-profit health care organization with the primary mission of offering high quality, acute health care and preventive medical care to all people who live in, work in or visit Westchester County and its surrounding areas.
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