Abed’s worker COVID-19 positive, Sheraton store closed for stocktaking
Management of Abed’s posted a statement on the company’s Facebook page today after an employee at the Sheraton Mall, Christ Church branch tested positive...
Editor’s Note
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In the midst of this pandemic, the uncertainties of local vs community spread, the vaccines, quarantine, tests and long wait for results, it’s good to know that some normal things remain normal. A great example is a father’s angst and anxiety about becoming a father for the first time.This month we continue The Dad-to-be Chronicles with a funny recount of medical visits and nosy people.
Maternity Matters
Maternity Matters
by
Midwife Andrea Jordan
THEY SAID I NEEDED A
CAESAREANGOOD
THING I WAS PREPARED!
Caesarean births are now one of the most common surgeries in the world, with worldwide totals showing that we now perform approximately 18.5 million yearly (WHO 2010). Some mothers are choosing this method of delivery, even where there is no significant medical reason, but the majority
THE NEW DAD TO-BE CHRONICLES
THE
NEW
DAD TO-BE
CHRONICLES
by
Philip Garnes
It’s not every day you go into a room, find the love of your life sprawled out on a bed pretty much naked, with some shiny foreign substance rubbed all over her belly. Oh, and the lights were dimmed to an intimate setting. “What in the name of cou cou and flying fish going on here?”
Welcome back to the chronicles of a dad to
Loving without
Loving without Expectations BETTER FAMILIES
by
Jomo Phillips MSSW-MFT (Clinical Fellow AAMFT) Couple & Family Therapist/Clinical Social Worker
During this Valentine’s period, when love is in the air, there is often a discussion about romantic love’s true nature, mainly if it is without expectations. When I started my training as a helping professional, I remember the challenge my
CHILDREN’S HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH
CHILDREN’S HEALTH AWARENESS
MONTH
by
Katrina Welch
The month of February is recognised as Children’s Dental Health Awareness Month. According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 20 per cent of children between the ages of five and 11 have at least one decayed tooth which has never received treatment. Furthermore, their data also reveal that cavities