From the WBWC Blog:

Month: October 2019

New Arrivals

Rudy Stone Wood – July 29 – 7 lbs., 6.5 oz. Emmaline Ledbeter – July 30 – 7 lbs., 7 oz. *Dara Blossom Schmadeke – August 2 – 8 lbs., 9 oz. Levi Guadalupe Montalvo – August 4 – 10 lbs., 6 oz. Mia Isabella Murcia Vilchis – August 7 – 7 lbs., 5.5 oz. Gaius Martin Sturmer Kovach – August 7 – 10 lbs. Frances Rosemary Burke – August 10 – 7 lbs., 14 oz. Mira Tolpygo Godfrey – August 17 – 9 lbs., 13.5 oz. Eyvind Rush – August 19 – 7 lbs., 13 oz. Eli Christopher Simmons – August 20 – 7 lbs., 10 oz. Keane Michael Brown – August 20 – 10 lbs., 9 oz. Eliana Elizabeth Martin – August 22 – 9 lbs., 3 oz. Markus Terepka – August 22 – 7 lbs., 6 oz. Judy Lynn Carter August 23 – 9 lbs., 7 oz. Benjamin Lucas – August 23 – 9 lbs., 1.5 oz. Tulip Audrey Carter – August 24 – 7 lbs., 11 oz. *Sailor Tieryn Wilson-Houghtalen – August 24 – 9 lbs., 2.7 oz. Noah Henry Endrizzi – August 25 – 7 lbs., 13 oz. Valor Santora – August 27 – 8 lbs., 13.5 oz. Langston Marshall Cannady – August 30 – 8 lbs., 6.5 oz. Berkeley Mae Shen – September 3 – 7 lbs., 7 oz. *Rosalie Aya Raines – September 5 – 7 lbs., 12 oz. Nikolai Coltrane Grindheim – September 7 – 7 lbs., 3 oz. Mason James Mahler – September 8 – 7 lbs., 13.5 oz. *Case River Brockman – September 9 – 7 lbs., 14.5 oz. Ezra Roderick Holmes – September 10 – 7 lbs., 12 oz. *Moxie Indigo Metzler – September 12 – 7 lbs., 12 oz. Jayden Joan Bayne – September 16 – 7 lbs., 11.5 oz. Muhammad Morris – September 18 – 8 lbs., 3 oz. *Arlo Joseph Regan – September 20 – 8 lbs. Juniper Marie Dorn – September 21 – 7 lbs., 10 oz. Juliana Maeve Kibbe – September 27 – 7 lbs., 5 oz. *Ismar Giron-Gesteira – September 30 – 7 lbs., 3 oz. *pictured above  August Stats Total babies born: 49 Biggest baby: 10 lbs., 4 oz. Smallest baby: 5 lbs., 13 oz.  September Stats Total babies born: 34 Biggest baby: 10 lbs., 10 oz. Smallest baby: 3 lbs., 3 oz.  To be included in this celebratory list, please email Missy at missy@ncbirthcenter.org with your baby’s … Read More

Partners to Parents Workshop

Are you afraid of losing connection with your partner after the baby arrives? Are you feeling overwhelmed by the transition to being a parent?  Learn how you and your partner can navigate the transition to parenthood with greater ease and connection in this  5 hour research-based relationship workshop. Learn skills and information that will help you cope successfully with the normal stresses of becoming a family.  This class will teach you how to: Increase friendship in their relationship. Deal effectively with conflict. Involve dads in infant care and parenting. Improve the quality of parent-infant interaction. Recognize the psychological and emotional needs of their child.  Be a sensitive and responsive parent.  This is a fun and impactful class. We cover a lot of information and give you time to implement what you learn throughout during exercises.  Included with your registration is a Partners to Parents Workbook (one per couple). Please plan to eat dinner before you come. Light refreshments will be provided. Class meets Saturday, 10/26 and Sunday, 10/27 from 6-8:30 PM Cost is $120/couple Register here Presenter: Ali Parnell (learn more: http://joyfulparenting.me/about/)

Support WBWC On Our Birthday

Birth days are important. I remember the birth of my oldest daughter like it was yesterday – the excitement of the first pangs of labor, calling the Women’s Birth and Wellness Center and finally getting to “press the NUMBER 4 to page the on-call midwife,” and my midwife’s familiar smile as we arrived at the birth center eager to have our baby. Most clearly of all, I remember the midwife’s reassuring words in my ear as nearly a dozen strangers in blue scrubs moved in a blur around me in the operating room where my healthy, precious daughter would ultimately be born by Cesarean section. This was not the birth experience I had expected while reading those natural childbirth books but because of my midwife’s guidance to transfer to the hospital and her ability to be the conduit between me and the UNC Hospital staff from the moment we arrived, our daughter’s birth was unexpected AND beautiful. My midwife gave me constant information on what was happening and why, then supported me in making my own decisions throughout the process. She even had the foresight to capture a photo of the moment I first held my daughter! The midwives and staff at the Women’s Birth and Wellness Center have supported so many birth days many of us will never forget. And now, we are asking for your support. We invite you to celebrate the WBWC’s (and/or your midwife’s) birthday by making a donation to keep this important work thriving in our community, particularly for expectant mothers with financial need. 1. $10 supports the cost of new patient education, so each birth giver receives a copy of the book “Our Bodies Ourselves In Pregnancy” at their first pregnancy visit. 2. $25 supports the exam cost at a baby’s home visit. 3. $100 provides breastfeeding classes and newborn care classes for a new birth giver. 4. $200 covers care needed for a wellness visit or an illness visit. 5. $1,000 supports a breastfeeding person by covering four breastfeeding consultations, support groups and breastfeeding supplies If everyone invited to our birthday party contributed at least $50, we could fund all breastfeeding classes and support groups for an entire year! Please click here to make your tax deductible gift to WBWC. Donation opportunities will also be provided at the party. Help us keep the Women’s Birth & Wellness Center strong while creating beautiful birth … Read More