DUBOIS – Representatives from Penn Highlands Life's Journey Obstetrics and Gynecology and Penn Highlands Dubois Mother and Child Center will be present at the Triumph Center on Saturday, March 23, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Participate in a community baby shower hosted by a comprehensive treatment center. -County Church of Dubois.
The event, which is free and open to the public, allows attendees to meet with dozens of organizations that provide resources to expectant parents and parents of infants and toddlers.
Penn Highlands Life's Journey OB/GYN representatives will provide breastfeeding education and information about lactation support services, including prenatal breastfeeding guidance, prenatal classes, and lactation counselors who work with new moms after delivery.
The Mother and Child Center plans to invite representatives to the shower room to discuss the center's “Eat, Sleep, Console.” This is a model of care that focuses on the health and wellness of mothers with substance use disorders during pregnancy and during the year following birth. birth of a baby. The Mother and Baby Center will also promote safe sleep, including how to place infants in baskets and cribs, and how to dress babies for sleep.
Visitors to the Penn Highlands Healthcare Table can enter a drawing to win prizes ranging from backpacks filled with baby supplies to pack-n-plays.
For more information about Penn Highlands Healthcare's maternity services, visit www.phhealthcare.org/baby or call 814-371-1900.
