Sunday, April 30, 2017

Cappa Nurse Shares Her Sense Amongst Hug Your Infant Online Course

It is ever interesting to larn what professionals from unlike walks of life accept to country nearly their sense taking the HUG Your Baby online course. "11,000 babies" after as well as yet a lot to larn . . .

I am a Neonatal RN of 12 years, as well as accept had clinical sense amongst over 11,000 newborns. In addition, I accept taught newborn nurse clinicals as well as lectured at a local academy inwards their Bachelor of Science Nursing Program. Needless it say, I accept a lot of sense amongst newborns. I watched the HUG Your Baby video, as well as learned an amazing total of novel evidence-based data nearly babies. Even amongst all my knowledge, I took domicile novel data that has been extremely helpful inwards my practise equally a nurse, as well as equally the possessor of a postpartum doula service where nosotros prepare novel mothers on how to tending for their babies. I highly recommend whatsoever parent, newborn caregiver, or woman rear babe educator scout this video, equally it shed light, as well as gave nuggets of helpful data nearly newborns.  Rachel Ramsey, RN, BSN

Sunday, April 23, 2017

Health Educator Incorporates Hug Your Babe Into Her Operate Alongside Immature Families

Mary Gillett,  MS, CD(DONA), is a Health Educator inwards Greensboro, North Carolina. Though she has years of didactics novel parents, she discovered that HUG Your Baby farther enhances the aid she provides. She describes her procedure of becoming a Certified HUG Teacher.

Not solely has HUG Your Baby Teacher Certification enhanced my postpartum visits every bit a nascency doula, but it has every bit good increased my potential for facilitating multi-generational back upwards inwards families.  “Broadcasting” offers a agency to affirm positive behaviors without appearing intrusive.

I chose to document my “practice” HUG shape afterward I attended a articulation babe shower for 2 immature families. Their province of affairs is special because they own got i laid upwards of grandparents inwards common.  My intended shape of 4 shrank forthwith to iii because i nascency begetter decided non to attend, but inside a few minutes it grew exponentially when an assortment of grandparents, unopen identify unit of measurement friends, every bit good every bit a immature teenaged aunt in addition to her best friend decided to pile inwards for the class.

It was heartening to meet that the iii immature parents were comfortable alongside their parents in addition to identify unit of measurement friends attending, in addition to fifty-fifty wanted them at that spot to assistance empathise to a greater extent than or less of their needs in addition to desires every bit parents.  It was every bit good corking to meet 2 teenagers curious almost the needs of their sis in addition to sister-in-law in addition to what they could create to back upwards them.  

I was pleased that the older members of the audience listened alongside patience in addition to support, in addition to offered personal comments in addition to relevant input on their ain parenting journey, without dominating the conversation.  They all simply wanted to survive on the same page alongside the important couples, but it was clear that this sense ever calls dorsum your most brilliant memories every bit a immature raise alongside a newborn.  It is extremely challenging non to confine inwards in addition to plow over advice, peculiarly when in addition to therefore many things alter from i generation to to a greater extent than or less other (safe sleep, breastfeeding duration, going dorsum to work, nascency choices, etc.)


I am confident that those inwards attendance were opened upwards to learning in addition to to offering support, spell allowing the parents autonomy to brand their ain decisions.  As I own got followed i duad through their nascency in addition to kickoff calendar week of breastfeeding it has been gratifying to meet the back upwards of the extended identify unit of measurement every bit they own got the HUG principles in addition to are able to back upwards these practices every bit they aid for their immature adult woman in addition to granddaughter.

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Japanese Nurse Incorporates Hug Into Her Phd Research

Development of a Web-Based Comprehensive Educational Programme for Nurses to Facilitate Mother-Infant Bonding
Yasue Otal,  Mari Takahashi 
 Juntendo University graduate schoolhouse of wellness attention in addition to nursing Doctoral course 
 Juntendo University Faculty of wellness attention in addition to nursing
Juntendo University graduate schoolhouse of wellness attention in addition to nursing

Background: 
Yasue Ota on right
The acknowledgement of the importance of the operate nurses tin terminate play inward facilitating mother-infant bonding during the really early on postnatal catamenia has created many interventions. But most of them don’t appear to part likewise every bit expected due to depression availability, in addition to requirement of rigorous preparation in addition to certification. This motivated us to develop a user-friendly, easy-to-access, web-based comprehensive preparation programme for nurses to effectively heighten their responsiveness to postnatal mother-infant bonding.

Methods: 
First, observations of nurses in addition to mother-baby dyads were conducted. Then, semi-structured interviews amongst those nurses were implemented to generate a structural nursing attention model for facilitating mother-infant bonding during the early on postpartum period. Finally, this model in addition to a literature review were synthesized. And in addition to thus the theory of the ICE model (F. Young) in addition to the Reflective approach model (G. Gibbs) were applied to pattern our educational programme. It was pilot-tested amongst x midwives at a nascency centre.
Results: Our educational programme comprises a web-based programme in addition to a illustration written report through reflection on clinical practice. The web-based programme has 3 next steps: Step 1, application of HUG Your Baby programme (J. Tedder) to heighten noesis in addition to skills nigh infants’ behaviours; Step2, construction of effective communication skills in addition to sustainable childrearing back upward to engage every bit an “Attacher”, who helps heighten mother-infant bonding and; Step 3, illustration studies for incorporation of acquired noesis in addition to skills into clinical practice. The procedure evaluation generated positive feedback regarding its course of instruction length, interestingness in addition to levels of difficulty.

Conclusion: 
This comprehensive educational programme for nurses has the potential to contribute to facilitating nurses’ responsiveness to infants in addition to mother-infant bonding inward the early on postnatal period.
Keywords: early on postnatal nursing care, mother-infant bonding, educational programme


References: 
Yasue Ota, Mari Takahashi (2016). Nurses’ back upward to facilitate mother-infant attachment during the early on postpartum period. Japanese Journal of Maternal Health, 56(4), 618-625.

Monday, April 17, 2017

Opening Our Hearts - Hug Your Baby's Outreach To Muslim Americans

HUG Your Baby honors the goodness inwards every somebody as well as strives to run into each novel baby--and all those who serve expectant as well as immature families--with an opened upwards as well as welcoming heart. At this fourth dimension of national strain as well as partition HUG Your Baby wishes to gain out to colleagues who mightiness detect themselves, or the families they serve, targets of anger as well as disrespect.

Belinda M.., a childbirth educator, was inspired past times HUG Your Baby. She contacted me to tell that she was grateful that "people who facial expression similar me" are included inwards the electrical current edition of the HUG Your Baby video. Our conversation moved me to usage a particular chance for American Muslims who run equally birth, lactation, as well as parenting professionals. 

HUG Your Baby is delighted to offering an 75% discount to qualified professionals taking HUG Your Baby online courses. Qualified professionals are: 1) Muslim Americans, who are 2) practicing doulas, nurses, early on childhood educators, lactation specialists, or infant massage as well as childbirth educators, amongst 3) a want to start out or consummate HUG Your Baby training.

30 scholarships are available. To asking this scholarship, delight e-mail January at jan@hugyourbaby.org  She volition shipping you lot a brief application as well as then that she tin plough over the sack larn close your hopes for incorporating HUG Your Baby into your run amongst immature families.




Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Cappa Gets The Hug At Their National Conference!


It was my pleasance to verbalise at the 2016 national CAPPA conference in addition to to part HUG Your Baby amongst nascence in addition to parenting professionals committed to innovative, evidence-based care. What a joy to reconnect amongst colleagues I accept known for years in addition to to run into novel professionals eager to larn a family-friendly approach to helping parents empathize in addition to bond amongst their newborn! After my presentation my exhibit tabular array was a buzz amongst enthusiastic professionals wanting to farther their HUG preparation in addition to to access effective resources for their clients.

Here are the stats in addition to feedback comments CAPPA sent me nearly the 2016 HUG presentation:


“Fabulous! Bring January to every conference!”

“Great information! I can’t await to select this all habitation in addition to part amongst my co-workers in addition to families.”

“Understandable, in-depth, lovely pedagogy manner.”


“My favorite speaker! Love her personality, her pedagogy techniques, in addition to her expertise in addition to cognition on the subject!

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Evaluation Of Hug Your Baby's (Part I) Online Course

Feedback is similar a shot available from 296 professionals who lately completed the HUG Your Baby online course: Helping Parents Understand their Newborn. Here's what they accept to say.









Nuova Insegnante Certifcata Hug Inwards Italia (Genoa)

TERESA-LIN SIMONAZZI DE LORENZO, Midwife, Genoa, Italy. Il programma HUG mi ha permesso di arricchire il mio bagaglio c...