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Pregnancy

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How Parkland’s Nurse-Family Partnership Can Help First-Time Moms

Are you expecting your first child? You may be unsure of what to expect or how to prepare for your new arrival. First-time moms who are PCHP members may be able to get extra support from our Nurse-Family Partnership program. …

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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All About Pyx Health

Whether you’re pregnant, a new mom, recovering from a trip to the emergency room, or experiencing stress and loneliness, everyone can use a little extra support. That’s why Parkland Community Health Plan is happy to offer the free Pyx Health program to our members.…

READ MORE

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What Is Low Birth Weight?

If a baby weighs too little at birth, they will need extra help during their first few hours and days in the hospital. They may also need extra care after you take them home. Low birth weight means the baby weighs less than 5½ pounds.…

READ MORE

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How Intimate Partner Violence Can Affect Pregnant Women – and Their Babies

About 6% of women who have recently given birth experienced emotional, physical, or sexual violence during pregnancy by a current intimate partner. Women who are abused while pregnant may be at higher risk for substance use, depression, and other mental health issues. Severe cases can even result in loss of life – recent studies have found that homicide is a leading cause of death among pregnant women in the United States. …

READ MORE

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How Dental Health Impacts Overall Health

Brushing and flossing removes bacteria on and between your teeth. During professional cleanings, your dentist removes bacteria more thoroughly, including the areas just under your gumline. …

READ MORE

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Earn Rewards by Visiting the Doctor

Parkland Community Health Plan’s Member Rewards program gives members the chance to earn reward points for completing health and wellness activities. Once you earn the points, you can use them to get gift cards and other items from a rewards catalog.…

READ MORE

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What to Expect at Your Postpartum Checkup

New moms should schedule a postpartum checkup within three weeks after giving birth, followed by a 12-week postpartum checkup. Depending on how you are feeling, your doctor may want you to schedule additional appointments.…

READ MORE

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How to Exercise Safely During Pregnancy

You will experience many changes throughout the nine months of your pregnancy. Regular exercise will help you to feel your best during all three trimesters.…

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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New Moms Are Now Covered for 12 Months After Pregnancy

As of March 1, 2024, Texas Health and Human Services (HHSC) has extended its postpartum Medicaid and CHIP coverage from 2 to 12 months of benefits for eligible women.…

READ MORE

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What Is Preeclampsia?

When a pregnant woman has preeclampsia, her blood pressure will be too high. This can become a medical emergency. That’s why it’s so important to see your doctor for prenatal exams.…

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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Recovering Safely After a Hospital Stay

Have you or someone in your family recently been admitted to the hospital? Some common reasons for a hospital stay include surgery, childbirth, or treatment for complications from diabetes. If you are recovering from any of those conditions, keep reading. Here, you’ll find tips to help you to stay safe and healthy during your first few days—and weeks—back home. …

READ MORE

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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. …

READ MORE

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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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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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How to Talk with Your Teenagers About Sex

As a parent, you know it’s important to talk to your children about preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). This is especially true when they become teenagers.…

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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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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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

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How Parkland’s Nurse-Family Partnership Can Help First-Time Moms

Are you expecting your first child? You may be unsure of what to expect or how to prepare for your new arrival. First-time moms who are PCHP members may be able to get extra support from our Nurse-Family Partnership program. …

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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All About Pyx Health

Whether you’re pregnant, a new mom, recovering from a trip to the emergency room, or experiencing stress and loneliness, everyone can use a little extra support. That’s why Parkland Community Health Plan is happy to offer the free Pyx Health program to our members.…

READ MORE

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What Is Low Birth Weight?

If a baby weighs too little at birth, they will need extra help during their first few hours and days in the hospital. They may also need extra care after you take them home. Low birth weight means the baby weighs less than 5½ pounds.…

READ MORE

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How Intimate Partner Violence Can Affect Pregnant Women – and Their Babies

About 6% of women who have recently given birth experienced emotional, physical, or sexual violence during pregnancy by a current intimate partner. Women who are abused while pregnant may be at higher risk for substance use, depression, and other mental health issues. Severe cases can even result in loss of life – recent studies have found that homicide is a leading cause of death among pregnant women in the United States. …

READ MORE

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How Dental Health Impacts Overall Health

Brushing and flossing removes bacteria on and between your teeth. During professional cleanings, your dentist removes bacteria more thoroughly, including the areas just under your gumline. …

READ MORE

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Earn Rewards by Visiting the Doctor

Parkland Community Health Plan’s Member Rewards program gives members the chance to earn reward points for completing health and wellness activities. Once you earn the points, you can use them to get gift cards and other items from a rewards catalog.…

READ MORE

what-to-expect-at-your-postpartum-checkup image

What to Expect at Your Postpartum Checkup

New moms should schedule a postpartum checkup within three weeks after giving birth, followed by a 12-week postpartum checkup. Depending on how you are feeling, your doctor may want you to schedule additional appointments.…

READ MORE

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How to Exercise Safely During Pregnancy

You will experience many changes throughout the nine months of your pregnancy. Regular exercise will help you to feel your best during all three trimesters.…

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

new-moms-are-now-covered-for-12-months-after-pregnancy image

New Moms Are Now Covered for 12 Months After Pregnancy

As of March 1, 2024, Texas Health and Human Services (HHSC) has extended its postpartum Medicaid and CHIP coverage from 2 to 12 months of benefits for eligible women.…

READ MORE

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What Is Preeclampsia?

When a pregnant woman has preeclampsia, her blood pressure will be too high. This can become a medical emergency. That’s why it’s so important to see your doctor for prenatal exams.…

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

recovering-safely-after-a-hospital-stay image

Recovering Safely After a Hospital Stay

Have you or someone in your family recently been admitted to the hospital? Some common reasons for a hospital stay include surgery, childbirth, or treatment for complications from diabetes. If you are recovering from any of those conditions, keep reading. Here, you’ll find tips to help you to stay safe and healthy during your first few days—and weeks—back home. …

READ MORE

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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. …

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

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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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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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How to Talk with Your Teenagers About Sex

As a parent, you know it’s important to talk to your children about preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). This is especially true when they become teenagers.…

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

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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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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

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