Saving our Babies

Saving Our Babies - The JJ Way

Breakfast Symposium

'Saving Our Babies - The JJ Way' has called together leaders in the government, health, social service and faith communities for a breakfast symposium to be held on Friday April 11, 2008. The keynote speaker for this event, Dr. Charles Mahan, is Dean and Professor Emeritus at the College of Public Health and The Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies at the University of South Florida. Hosted by Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford, the meeting will focus on sharing the facts and shaping solutions in a collaborative effort to end this runaway racial disparity. "Our combined strengths and efforts will prevail as we move forward with an agenda to improve the health of all members of our community, particularly our most vulnerable and needy populations, with this sincere effort to prevent infant deaths" states Joseph.

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Be Alert for Signs of Preterm Labor

Contractions of the uterus - that are less than 10 minutes apart (6 or more contractions in an hour), that may be painless or may feel like the baby is "balling up".
Cramps like those with your period - that come and go, or that don’t go away.
Cramps in the abdomen or stomach - with or without diarrhea.
Increase or change in vaginal discharge - watery or with mucus or blood.
Low, dull backache - that comes and goes, or that doesn’t go away.
Pressure - that feels like the baby is pushing down; comes and goes.

You May or May Not Feel Pain with Preterm Labor

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