Manassas Midwifery Recieves Grant from the Reston Giving Circle of Hope
November 2011
Manssas Midwifery received a second year of funding from the Reston Giving Circle of Hope to support our free Childbirth Education and Breastfeeding Education classes.
The fclasses provide information to help women make informed choices during childbirth and the grant makes the classes available to women who would be otherise unable to afford them.
For more information, call 703 330-3285 or visit the Reston Giving Circle website at
March 2011
Monthly Doula Meeting Features information about Midwives for Haiti
The monthly meeting of the Manassas Midwifery Volunteer Doula Group, held March 24, featured Gillie Kehoe telling her stories and sharing her pictures from her recent 2 weeks spent in Hinche, Haiti with the non-profit group, Midwives for Haiti.
Gillie is a nurse in the newborn nursery at Prince William Hospital, as well as a student nurse midwife at the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing. A native of Warrenton, Virginia, Gillie combines nursing and travel, every chance she has. She worked as a public health volunteer in Kenya with the Peace Corps in 2007 and later, as a travel nurse in several Los Angeles area newborn intensive care nurseries.
In Haiti, Gillie worked alongside Haitian midwifery students working in the classroom, mobile clinics and the hospital where skills that have been proven to save lives in developing countries are being taught to the students in real world situations.
Currently, in Haiti, 76% of all deliveries are done by non-qualified persons, contributing to the highest infant and maternal mortality in the western hemisphere.The mission of Midwives for Haiti is “to teach women of Haiti preventive care and life-saving skills that they can provide to rural Haitian women during the childbearing years.” Through partnerships with other organizations in Haiti and across the world, employment opportunities are being created for the new midwives, as they provide skilled care to women in local villages to help safeguard pregnancy, labor, birth and the newborn baby’s early days and weeks of life. Thus, in time, infant and maternal mortality rates will decline while families and communities in Haiti will be strengthened.
For more information about Midwives for Haiti, or to contribute to further their work, visit the website at www.midwivesforhaiti.org. For more information about the Manassas Midwifery Volunteer Doula Group, visit www.manassasmidwifery.com or call 703-330-3285.
January 2011
A New Year of Serving the Community!
We are excited to enter a new year of providing services to mothers and babies in Manassas!
There are many exciting things happening at Manassas Midwifery, including a FREE Childbirth Education Series each month on the second and third Saturday AND a FREE Breast feeding Support Group on the fourth Saturday each month!!!
We will continue to offer Centering group prenatal care. This fun, innovative way of receiving prenatal care took flight in 2010 as a result of the efforts of one of our midwives, Kathleen McClelland,
and a generous grant from the March of Dimes!
For more information about how you can participate,
please call 703 330 3285!
October 2010
Manassas Midwifery and Women's Health Center
Celebrates National Midwifery Week
On Thursday October 7th , Manassas Midwifery celebrated National Midwifery week with a reception and DVD presentation of "Birthing Under An Illusion", a documentary that sheds light on the effects of the media's portrayal of birth on the public. Attendees had the opportunity to share their experiences and discuss midwifery and doula care in Northern Virginia.
September 2010
Manassas Midwifery and Women's Health Center Join the new Prince William County Chamber of Commerce
Manassas Midwifery and Women's Health Center joined the Prince William County Chamber of Commerce. This organization is comprised of local businesses in Prince William County.To learn more about the Prince William County Chamber of Commerce, please visit their web site at
www.pwchamber.org
August 2010
Manassas Midwifery and Women's Health Center Celebrates One Year of Serving the Community!
On Saturday August 28 2010, Manassas Midwifery Celebrated its one year anniversary! Walgreens Pharmacy partnered with us to host a wonderful event that was attended by Manassas Midwifery clients and community members. A fun time was had by everyone! We look forward to many more anniversaries as we continue to serve the women of Manassas and the surrounding communities.
February 2010
Manassas Midwifery Awarded Grant from March of Dimes
Manassas Midwifery and Women's Health Center has been awarded a grant from the March of Dimes to initiate Centering Pregnancy care at Manassas Midwifery and Women's Health Center! Centering Pregnancy care is an innovative way of combining prenatal care and education in a group setting.
A training for providers interested in Centering Pregnancy will be held spring 2010. For more information on Centering, please visit the following website: http://www.centeringhealthcare.org/
We thank the March of Dimes for supporting our efforts to reduce preterm births and improve prenatal care services through the use of Centering Pregnancy care. To learn more about the March of Dimes, visit the following web site:
http://www.marchofdimes.com/
For more information about our upcoming training or to schedule an appointment, please call us at 703 330 3285.
