{"id":4904,"date":"2018-12-17T17:56:08","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T22:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/chesapeake\/?p=4904"},"modified":"2018-12-18T13:19:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T18:19:59","slug":"storks-nest-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/chesapeake\/2018\/12\/17\/storks-nest-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Stork\u2019s Nest Baby Shower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The tables were overflowing with donated baby items that ran the gamut from diapers to bottles, from onesies to hand-knitted hats. Members of Assistance League\u00ae of the Chesapeake purchased the items, coming together to do their part to help young mothers deliver healthy babies.<\/p>\n<p>A healthy baby starts with a healthy pregnancy. But engaging pregnant women who do not receive regular prenatal care and are at an elevated risk for having a low birth weight baby or premature birth can be problematic. One of the local programs that addresses this issue is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umms.org\/bwmc\/health-services\/womens\/storks-nest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stork\u2019s Nest<\/a> at the University of Maryland\u2019s Baltimore Washington Medical Center (BWMC). Stork\u2019s Nest is an incentivized prenatal education program. Young mothers-to-be attend prenatal classes and earn \u201chealthy behavior\u201d points that they can use to shop in the Stork\u2019s Nest baby-supply \u201cstore.\u201d Participants continue to earn points up to a year after the birth of their baby by attending well-baby checkups and making sure immunizations are received on time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/chesapeake\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/12\/IMG_1483-items-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4905 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/chesapeake\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/12\/IMG_1483-items-web-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Donated items at the Stork's Nest Baby Shower\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/chesapeake\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/12\/IMG_1483-items-web-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/chesapeake\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/12\/IMG_1483-items-web.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Prenatal experts at BWMC conduct classes on labor and delivery, breastfeeding, basic infant care and safe sleeping. At the same time, Assistance League of the Chesapeake members are busy purchasing infant care items to donate to the Stork\u2019s Nest. This happens at the annual Stork\u2019s Nest Baby Shower, held this year on December 13 in Annapolis. Generous members donated hundreds of items for infants including baby clothing and supplies, shoes, teething rings, diapers, bottles, hats, monitors and outwear. These amounted to a combined value of over $3,000.<\/p>\n<p>At the shower, the items were personally handed to representatives of Stork\u2019s Nest to take back to BWMC. \u201cThe Stork\u2019s Nest wouldn\u2019t be what it is without Assistance League of the Chesapeake,\u201d said Kathy Burk, executive director of the BWMC Foundation. Added Lyn Hopkins, Assistance League of the Chesapeake president, \u201cIt gives us a wonderful sense of purpose and reward to know how many lives are changed. The babies have a vastly increased chance of a healthy start in life due to our joint effort with BWMC, now in its twelfth year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tables were overflowing with donated baby items that ran the gamut from diapers to bottles, from onesies to hand-knitted hats. Members of Assistance League\u00ae of the Chesapeake purchased the items, coming together to do their part to help young mothers deliver healthy babies. A healthy baby starts with a healthy pregnancy. 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