Baby Your Baby is a program that focuses on making sure expecting mothers get recommended prenatal care. From financial help to preparing for pregnancy, Baby Your Baby helps guide new parents through the pregnancy process, birth, as well as the first few years of being a parent.
In this first episode of the Baby Your Baby Podcast, Holly Menino talks with Marie Nagata from the Utah Department of Health about the history of the Baby Your Baby program, resources available to new and expecting moms, as well as financial help available for low income women.
What is Baby Your Baby?
Baby Your Baby is a program at the Utah Department of Health to help low income women receive prenatal care early on in their pregnancy. Baby Your Baby pays for doctor’s visits until a woman can get on Medicaid. Every woman should see her doctor as soon as she knows she’s pregnant. The program does not want anyone to wait to see a doctor, while she is waiting on paperwork to go through.
Thirteen Weeks and Thirteen Visits:
All pregnant women should have their first doctor’s appointment by their 13th week of pregnancy and visit their doctor at least 13 times throughout their pregnancy.
Most first time moms are good about going to their doctor throughout their pregnancy. The problem most often seen with women not getting the prenatal care they need, usually comes with moms who are having their 2nd, 3rd or 4th baby. Sometimes women think that because their other pregnancies were fine, this one will be the same. Every pregnancy, and every baby, are different.
It is important that with every pregnancy, a woman sees her doctor before the 13th week of pregnancy, and at least 13 times throughout her pregnancy. Testing for things like Gestational Diabetes and other health problems that often occur during pregnancy is important to the health of your baby. Using Gestational Diabetes as an example, we see many women who haven’t had Gestational Diabetes during previous pregnancies, who get it during their 3rd or 4th pregnancy. Gestational Diabetes can have severe health effects on both mother and baby, so it’s important to see your doctor and make sure you are getting the right tests. This is just one example of something that could show up in one pregnancy and not have occurred in another. That is why it is so important to make sure you are seeing your doctor 13 times during your pregnancy.
Getting signed up for Baby Your Baby:
Getting signed up for Baby Your Baby is easy. You can call 1-800-826-9662 or apply online.
Resources:
Even if you don’t qualify for financial help through the Baby Your Baby program, there are many resources for all pregnant women and new moms in Utah.
The Baby Your Baby website contains resources with information from before you get pregnant, until your baby is 5 years old.
There is also expert advice from the Utah Department of Health and Intermountain Healthcare that air each week on KUTV 2News.
Take 2 tackles the week’s biggest political issues:
Utah sinning legalized: Fornication, sodomy and adultery are now legal. Why does it matter? Greg Hughes says Utah County kept prosecutions in the category alive and well.
3.3 beer now 4.0 in grocery stores. Jim Dabakis is willing to let Utah cities decide their own alcohol content or ban booze all together.
Governor signs bill to ban abortion after 18 weeks. Is this a giant waste of money or a much needed moral stand.
Governor Herbert has one veto so far: Was it worth it?
Utah Supreme Court tackles medical marijuana. The people verses the legislature. What will they ultimately rule?
Sen. Mike Lee makes Colbert. Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Tonton’s unite.
Is Consistent Law and order seriously lacking in the USA? Think Mueller, Smollet, Rich parents buying their kids into colleges.
The latest edition of the Weekly Huddle Utah Jazz podcast is now available for download.
Dave Fox and Jazz reporter Kristen Kenney have a full menu as KK shares some Jazz anecdotes including how Rudy Gobert found out he had set the NBA single season dunk record — he actually didn’t know at the time it happened.
Ricky Rubio has new found style of play that is sending him to the free throw line, just the way the coach wants it. Plus in Jazz bites these Jazz teammates can not stop complimenting each other.
And regarding home court advantage in the playoff race. How much do the Jazz players really pay attention to seeding? Check out the Weekly Huddle podcast, All That Jazz edition with Kristen Kenney here.
Episode 8 of the Take 2 podcast proved to be lively with a debate between former state lawmakers Greg Hughes and Jim Dabakis.
2News Heidi Hatch posed the following questions and moderated the responses that were worlds apart:
The Mueller Report is at long last complete: Should it be released and was the process fair? (Final bonus topic as Mueller handed report to AG while we were wrapping up recording)
Rumor Mill: Is Chris Stewart headed to the Trump Cabinet?
Could Ambassador Jon Huntsman reprise his role as Utah’s Governor?
Does Utah’s Legislature need more than 45 days to pass more bills?
Utah’s GOP is a by many accounts a mess: Will a new Chair fix the infighting?
Could Utah host a 2020 Presidential debate? The little state that could.
Free Speech on our college campuses. Did POTUS make a smart move in that direction this week?
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The Jazz are riding a win streak with a favorable schedule down the stretch, and the latest edition of The Weekly Huddle, All That Jazz podcast is on line to explain and break down all the high notes! Alema Harrington joins our Dave Fox.
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Episode 7 of the Take 2 podcast was hosted by 2News Anchor/Reporter Brian Mullahy with former state lawmakers Greg Hughes and Jim Dabakis. The panel discussed the best and the worst of the 2019 legislative session with lively debate about a tax overhaul in an upcoming special session. Additional discussion addressed:
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Back by popular demand, the Take 2 podcast moderated by 2News Anchor Heidi Hatch gets an exclusive update from former state lawmakers Greg Hughes and Jim Dabakis on the Utah legislature killing the massive tax overhaul.
The duo answers the big question about why tax policy is being addressed as a “problem” in the Beehive State.
Episode 6 of the Take 2 podcast was an emotion one with Heidi Hatch facilitating discussion about the Utah legislature with former state lawmakers Greg Hughes and Jim Dabakis.
When the topic of a bill that died in the legislature that would’ve banned conversion therapy for gay teens in Utah was posed, Dabakis – who is openly gay – issued a question of his own.
How hard would it be for you to change? How many sessions would you need so you could suddenly become gay?
Other topics discussed that had lively debate included:
Will Utah be stuck with 3.2 percent beer forever?
Should the Legislature allow first cousins to procreate?
Utah’s Constitution references men: Has the time come to make it gender neutral?
The only thing certain in this session: Death and taxes, or at least the death of a massive tax overhaul.
