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Pregnancy

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Quick Facts About Pregnancy

Do you want to get pregnant? Or do you want to avoid getting pregnant? Either way, it’s important to learn as much as you can about how your body works. This is good information to share with your daughters. Ready to learn? Take a few minutes to read through these quick facts about pregnancy. …

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How to Prevent Preterm Labor

A full-term pregnancy is 40 weeks. When your baby is born after the 37th week of pregnancy, they have a chance to develop as fully as possible before birth. However, if you go into labor and give birth before your 37th week of pregnancy, your baby will be considered “premature” or “preterm.”…

READ MORE

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What to Eat—and Not Eat—When You’re Expecting

Every day, you should try to get the nutrients your body needs so you can be as healthy as possible during your pregnancy. Keep reading for tips on which food and supplements provide these important vitamins and minerals.…

READ MORE

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How to Stay Healthy After Giving Birth

After your baby is born, the first days and weeks back home can be exhausting. It’s important to take extra-good care of yourself as you recover from childbirth. …

READ MORE

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What Happens During a Prenatal Doctor Visit?

Pregnancy is an exciting time, but it can also be stressful. Be sure to go to every recommended prenatal exam. During these visits, your provider will support you—every step of the way. …

READ MORE

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Free Meals—and More!—for Pregnant Members

If you need some help with your food budget, we have good news. There are many food-related resources available to pregnant women and families in North Texas. …

READ MORE

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The Health Benefits of Breastfeeding

If you’re getting ready to welcome a new baby, you might be thinking about breastfeeding.…

READ MORE

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Finding baby formula during the current shortage

You may know about the shortage of baby formula in local stores, caused partly by Abbott Nutrition’s recall of certain kinds of formula. Production is starting again soon, but it may be a few more weeks before things get back to normal.…

READ MORE

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Free Car Seats, Free Safety Checks—and More!

Free car seats are just one of many Value-Added Services for pregnant women and new moms enrolled in our STAR Medicaid or CHIP insurance plan.…

READ MORE

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No-Cost Birth Control—Where to Find It

Do you need no-cost birth control pills, diaphragms, condoms, or other family planning services? If you live in North Texas, here are two options to consider.…

READ MORE

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Top Medicaid Benefits for Children and Pregnant Women

Medicaid has a long list of services to help you—and your family—stay healthy and well. Just a few examples of benefits are dental care, allergy medicine, vaccinations (shots), birth control, hearing tests, rides to the doctor and more! …

READ MORE

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10 Health Tips for First-Time Mothers

After those long months of pregnancy, your baby is here at last! Take a look at the tips below for ideas to ease the first few weeks and months of motherhood.…

READ MORE

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All About Pyx

All expecting moms can use a little extra support. That’s why Parkland Community Health Plan is happy to offer the free Pyx mobile app to our pregnant members age 18 and older. …

READ MORE

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Black Maternal Health Week: Doing Our Part to Help Prevent Premature Births

In observation of Black Maternal Health Week, Parkland Community Health Plan (PCHP), in partnership with Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI) want to highlight our efforts in Dallas to prevent preterm births, which is especially impactful on women in under-served communities. …

READ MORE

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What is the Dallas Healthy Start Program?

The Dallas Healthy Start program is an in-home service that aims to reduce infant deaths, preterm, and low-weight births.  The staff is made up of English and Spanish-speaking community health workers…

READ MORE

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Developing Pregnancy & Parenting Skills with Lisa Summers & Nolana Johnson

For first-time mothers, there are lots of questions about pregnancy and birth.  Lisa Summers and Nolana Johnson, registered nurses at Parkland Health understand this and offer…

READ MORE

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What Are the Benefits of Breastfeeding? Valencia Moore Explains

For generations, breastfeeding has sustained life. In addition to its many health benefits there can also be difficulties and challenges for new mothers.  In this video, Valencia Moore, RN, IBCLC shares tips. …

READ MORE

Pregnancy

quick-facts-about-pregnancy image

Quick Facts About Pregnancy

Do you want to get pregnant? Or do you want to avoid getting pregnant? Either way, it’s important to learn as much as you can about how your body works. This is good information to share with your daughters. Ready to learn? Take a few minutes to read through these quick facts about pregnancy. …

READ MORE

how-to-prevent-preterm-labor image

How to Prevent Preterm Labor

A full-term pregnancy is 40 weeks. When your baby is born after the 37th week of pregnancy, they have a chance to develop as fully as possible before birth. However, if you go into labor and give birth before your 37th week of pregnancy, your baby will be considered “premature” or “preterm.”…

READ MORE

what-to-eat-and-not-eat-when-you-re-expecting image

What to Eat—and Not Eat—When You’re Expecting

Every day, you should try to get the nutrients your body needs so you can be as healthy as possible during your pregnancy. Keep reading for tips on which food and supplements provide these important vitamins and minerals.…

READ MORE

how-to-stay-healthy-after-giving-birth image

How to Stay Healthy After Giving Birth

After your baby is born, the first days and weeks back home can be exhausting. It’s important to take extra-good care of yourself as you recover from childbirth. …

READ MORE

what-happens-during-a-prenatal-doctor-visit image

What Happens During a Prenatal Doctor Visit?

Pregnancy is an exciting time, but it can also be stressful. Be sure to go to every recommended prenatal exam. During these visits, your provider will support you—every step of the way. …

READ MORE

free-meals-and-more-for-pregnant-members image

Free Meals—and More!—for Pregnant Members

If you need some help with your food budget, we have good news. There are many food-related resources available to pregnant women and families in North Texas. …

READ MORE

the-health-benefits-of-breastfeeding image

The Health Benefits of Breastfeeding

If you’re getting ready to welcome a new baby, you might be thinking about breastfeeding.…

READ MORE

finding-baby-formula-during-the-current-shortage image

Finding baby formula during the current shortage

You may know about the shortage of baby formula in local stores, caused partly by Abbott Nutrition’s recall of certain kinds of formula. Production is starting again soon, but it may be a few more weeks before things get back to normal.…

READ MORE

free-car-seats-free-safety-checks-and-more image

Free Car Seats, Free Safety Checks—and More!

Free car seats are just one of many Value-Added Services for pregnant women and new moms enrolled in our STAR Medicaid or CHIP insurance plan.…

READ MORE

no-cost-birth-control-where-to-find-it image

No-Cost Birth Control—Where to Find It

Do you need no-cost birth control pills, diaphragms, condoms, or other family planning services? If you live in North Texas, here are two options to consider.…

READ MORE

top-medicaid-benefits-for-children-and-pregnant-women image

Top Medicaid Benefits for Children and Pregnant Women

Medicaid has a long list of services to help you—and your family—stay healthy and well. Just a few examples of benefits are dental care, allergy medicine, vaccinations (shots), birth control, hearing tests, rides to the doctor and more! …

READ MORE

10-health-tips-for-first-time-mothers image

10 Health Tips for First-Time Mothers

After those long months of pregnancy, your baby is here at last! Take a look at the tips below for ideas to ease the first few weeks and months of motherhood.…

READ MORE

all-about-pyx image

All About Pyx

All expecting moms can use a little extra support. That’s why Parkland Community Health Plan is happy to offer the free Pyx mobile app to our pregnant members age 18 and older. …

READ MORE

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Black Maternal Health Week: Doing Our Part to Help Prevent Premature Births

In observation of Black Maternal Health Week, Parkland Community Health Plan (PCHP), in partnership with Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI) want to highlight our efforts in Dallas to prevent preterm births, which is especially impactful on women in under-served communities. …

READ MORE

what-is-the-dallas-healthy-start-program image

What is the Dallas Healthy Start Program?

The Dallas Healthy Start program is an in-home service that aims to reduce infant deaths, preterm, and low-weight births.  The staff is made up of English and Spanish-speaking community health workers…

READ MORE

developing-pregnancy-parenting-skills-with-lisa-summers-nolana-johnson image

Developing Pregnancy & Parenting Skills with Lisa Summers & Nolana Johnson

For first-time mothers, there are lots of questions about pregnancy and birth.  Lisa Summers and Nolana Johnson, registered nurses at Parkland Health understand this and offer…

READ MORE

what-are-the-benefits-of-breastfeeding-valencia-moore-explains image

What Are the Benefits of Breastfeeding? Valencia Moore Explains

For generations, breastfeeding has sustained life. In addition to its many health benefits there can also be difficulties and challenges for new mothers.  In this video, Valencia Moore, RN, IBCLC shares tips. …

READ MORE