Maternal-Infant Services Network 

Your Mid-Hudson Perinatal Network since 1990...

  Dedicated to Family and Community Health and Wellness

A few of the MISN Staff!

 

MISN now has an office in Newburgh!

10 Little Britain Road

Newburgh, NY

845-561-3575

845-562-7601 (fax)

 

 

Breastfeeding Matters!

Next Sullivan County class:

Thursday, July 12, 2012

6:30 pm

Every Day is Mother's Day

Read MISN Executive Director Caren Fairweather's latest Times Herald Record

New Parent News column!

 

Attention Port Jervis Moms!!

MISN needs your help!

We are gathering information about birthing services in Port Jervis. Please click here to take our electronic survey.

 

Ulster County PiPH Workplace Survey

 

SAVE the DATE - May 7 - Golf Outing, Dinner and Silent Auction to benefit MISN!

Flyer

Lucas Durland ACES Golf Event!!!

 

          

Click here to see the videos

  

 

Attention Health and Human Service Providers:

New Resource on Teen Pregnancy Prevention from the CDC!

New Resources from National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition!

POW'R Tobacco Cessation Center - for providers

Click here for New York State's latest Baby Stats from the  Zero to Three National Center

Debunking the myths around cesarean section

B.O.B. Jogging Stroller Recall!

 

Do you know how much it will cost to raise your child?

 

MISN's Childbirth Education Class Series

have been scheduled for May and June 2012

Click here for details

Baby Talk!

 

 

Talk to other new moms about concerns you may have, breastfeeding, changes in your family, body image, work and motherhood, share birth stories, and much more.

Moms Meet-Up/Baby Talk in Middletown 1 pm

Next session: Monday, May 14, 1 pm

Call the MISN WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Program

at 845-662-7677 to register

Orange County Department of Health/MISN WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor

Calendar of Events

Wednesday WIC Walks at Noon! Join Us!

Baby Talk  - New Moms' Support Group

Thursday mornings at 11:30 am

Port Jervis at the Middletown Community Health Center 

Call or text or email Rachel at 845-590-6978 for more information or to sign up.

 

Birth Matters - Afterschool group at Middletown High School

Contact Rachel Durland for information

 

 

 

Uninsured? Self-Employed?

Worried about healthcare?

MISN can help!

Learn how our Community Health Advocate can help you.

 

Looking for Mental Health Resources?

For resources in Ulster County  

Orange County  

Sullivan County

Hudson Valley Psychological Association

 

  

Pregnant? Think, Don't Drink!

Video

Radio PSA

Patient Handbook

Are you expecting a baby? Click here to see a video on avoiding unnecessary medical interventions during labor

Learn how to prevent CMV!!!

Visit us on Facebook!

 

Learn more about birth defects....

Another crib recall...

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The new MHLC Directory of Mid-Hudson Valley Breastfeeding Resources is available:

click here

 

New York State Health Department Adds Breastfeeding Measures to

Hospital Maternity Information

Find out which NYS Hospitals are doing the

best at exclusive breastmilk feeding

Help fight childhood obesity! Moms have the power!!

 

MISN is sponsoring a

DIAPER DONATION DRIVE!

We are collecting packages of new disposable diapers - all sizes are appreciated!

We'll get them out to the moms and babies in need in Orange, Sullivan and Ulster Counties!

For more information, email us.

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Find us on Facebook

&

Check out our page for Teens!

 

 

 

A Healthy Baby Begins with Two! - Minority Fathers Fight Infant Mortality: Infant Mortality Awareness Month, September 2010

 

Ready to Quit Smoking?

Click here for the New York State Smoker's Quitline!

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE: FORMULA RECALL!!

Celebrate Mom!

Support MISN by purchasing handmade greeting cards!

Click here to see more...

 

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Are you a health care or human service provider that serves women in Ulster County who are suffering from perinatal mood disorders?

If you would like to be listed in the resource directory that we are developing, please click here to request the link to take our online survey.

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H1N1 Information

(Swine Flu)

New York State Department of Health Advice for Pregnant Women

Listen

H1N1 Influenza Toll-free Hotline 1-800-808-1987

                               

Pregnant? Read this important information about H1N1 (swine flu) from the New York State Department of Health

and from the

Centers For Disease Control (Spanish)

Flu Shots offered by NYS public health clinics 

 

Flu Shot Locator

 

Is Your Baby Sleeping Safely?

English flier       Spanish flier

Is Your Baby's Crib Safe?

The latest crib recall information

 

Ordinary couples don’t plan their pregnancies.

Be extraordinary!

Learn more...

Crisis in the Crib: Saving Our Nation's Babies

Click here to watch the video

Click here to download the new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services internet-based family health history tool. The new tool makes it easier to assemble and share family health history with your healthcare providers.

         

     

Because Any Day is Mother's Day!

                                      

MISN is Funded Through Contracts With:

  • New York State Department of Health
  • New York Department of Health, Bureau of Women's Health
 
 
Text4Baby
Childbirth Education
Regional Perinatal Center at WMC


For More Information on FREE or LOW COST Health Insurance, Prenatal Care or Breastfeeding Support Call 1-800-453-4666.