Dana Bennett, RD, LD, IBCLC
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Dana O’Meallie Bennett, RD, LD, IBCLC has worked at the Allen County Health Department since 2001. She is one of 11 Regional Breastfeeding Promotion Coordinators in the state. She was a late bloomer in picking her profession, having finally earned a BS in Dietetics just before she turned 30. Which was also the last year she set age-related goals. Although her official title of RD came late, she has been eating (for research purposes) since 1965. Dana is one of 5 kids and the only one who does not have human children. Being from New Orleans brings a different perspective to all the places she has lived, including Colorado and West Berlin: it’s all above sea level!
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Susan Brown, RN, ICCE, IBCLC, RLC
and SIDS/Childhood
Death Grief Counselor
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Registered Nurse with over
32 years of experience in MCH. ICEA Certified Childbirth Educator, Board Certified Lactation Consultant, KY’s statewide folic acid campaign coordinator promoting perinatal health with focus to preconception health, the prevention of neural tube defects (NTDs- birth defects of the brain and spine) and the prevention of late preterm birth—both can be improved by the daily consumption of folic acid by all childbearing age women PRIOR to conception to reduce the risk of prematurity by 50% and the risk of NTDs by 70%. Ways Susan can help you: 1. Recognize preconception concerns so that you can address them with your HCP 2. Prepare for pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, parenting, and breastfeeding 3. Learn ways to communicate with your HCP team to achieve the birth experience you desire, and develop a birth plan 4. Learn coping skills and breathing and relaxation techniques 5. Learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of preterm labor and what to do next 6. Distinguish between normal and abnormal symptoms to help ensure you receive the care you need in a timely manner 7. Lactation consultation and Grief counseling 8. Recognize and seek help if needed for postpartum depression Email Susan |
Lisa Dalporto, Certified Nurse-Midwife
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Lisa Dalporto is
a certified nurse-midwife and health promotion specialist living in
Warren County. Her work has led her to serve families in many
capacities, including delivering babies in hospitals as well as in two
out-of-hospital birth centers in her native West Virginia, one of which
she founded and helped grow into a comprehensive health center now
serving patients of all ages. She has been a Wellness Director for two
companies, both garnering national attention as award-winning corporate
health programs. Her career took a new turn in 2008, when she spent
four months in Africa, returning to her midwifery roots by training
Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA's) in a remote area of Ghana. Later
that same year she was invited to Bermuda as a consultant for The
Bermuda Integrative Health Co-Op. She now divides her time between
Bermuda, where she attends home waterbirths and Kentucky, where she
serves part time as a mental health nurse for a correctional facility.
Lisa's passion is working with people of diverse backgrounds and talents
to develop the consensus and enthusiasm needed to achieve a common
goal. With over 25 years of experience delivering babies in all
settings, plus having had a homebirth herself, she is excited about the
growing enthusiasm for birth options in western Kentucky and looks
forward to joining with others interesting in expanding birth options
for women and their families.
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Michelle Howell, Farmer, Doula, Community Development
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Michelle is a wife, mother, doula and farmer passionately helping families overcome obstacles and find their best through healthier habits, better birth experiences and authentic connection within their present community. Michelle also helps coordinate the BabyNet Community events held the last Monday of each month at the ALIVE Center.
Ways Michelle can help you: 1. Get you connected to families in the area that have similar interests, challenges or lifestyles (such as adoptive families, breastfeeding support, homeschooling). 2. Help you find a doula or lactation consultant. 3. Schedule you to speak or present at an upcoming BabyNet Community meeting. You will find out more about Michelle from her monthly articles in the SOKY Happenings as well as on her family's website: www.needmoreacres.com Email Michelle |
Misty Johnson, LSW
Misty Johnson, LSW
Social Services Coordinator,
Family Support Worker Supervisor
Phone:
270-781-2490 ext. 220
Email:
Misty.Johnson@barrenriverhealth.org
Social Services Coordinator,
Family Support Worker Supervisor
Phone:
270-781-2490 ext. 220
Email:
Misty.Johnson@barrenriverhealth.org
Bonnie Reed, Doula, IBCLC
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An experienced International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and Birth & Postpartum Doula, Bonnie Hannibal Reed has been working with pregnant and parenting women and their families for 20 years. She was the Child Development Specialist for the largest obstetric/pediatric practice in Boston, where she taught childbirth education, newborn care, parenting skills, and has lectured at several universities on childhood developmental and behavioral issues. She has a Master’s degree in Child Development from Boston College, and did her doctoral studies in Developmental Psychology at New York University. She most recently contributed to Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding (2009).
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