by HealthyStart | Nov 15, 2018 | Breastfeeding, Careers, Childbirth, Postnatal, Press
FROM THE DESK OF INDIAN RIVER HEALTHY START COALITION CEO, ANDREA BERRY. When my second child Finnegan was born, my oldest Sullivan had just turned two. It was a wild time — looking back, I can say that babywearing saved me. It would have been nearly impossible...
by HealthyStart | Oct 30, 2018 | Breastfeeding, Careers, Childbirth, Events, Press
Nine months after launching, Indian River County Healthy Start is experiencing their own birth, with a successful Community Doula program paving a path to provide a unique, free program available to every mother, every family, every baby. Doulas are trained,...
by HealthyStart | Oct 10, 2018 | Breastfeeding, Childbirth, Postnatal, Prenatal, Press, Support
Following several months of planning and generating community support, Indian River Healthy Start recently announced that it launched the Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) program in August, which will locally serve 25 first-time mothers in the Gifford area. The Nurse...
by HealthyStart | Nov 3, 2017 | Breastfeeding, Childbirth, Postnatal, Prenatal, Press
The Indian River County Healthy Start Coalition has taken one of their successful programs, originally named Belly Beautiful, and expanded it by leaps and bounds including a name change to Babies & Beyond, showing the scope of what the new program now offers. CEO...
