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Megan Paulsen, MD recently received an internal research grant from the Children’s Minnesota Research Institute to redefine outcomes for...
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Baby Bilal, who was born 17 weeks prematurely at just over 23 weeks gestation, is finally home after spending a year at Children’s...
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Anne and Josh’s journey with their second child, Ollie, was not what they expected. About halfway through the pregnancy, the couple...
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This blog was medically reviewed by Emily Kvasnicka Friedrichsen, MD, associate lead physician at Allina Health. Weaning your child from...
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This information was provided to The Mother Baby Center by Nest Collaborative. What is Nest Collaborative? Nest Collaborative is the...
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Looking at 5-year-old twins Axel and Barrett today, you’d never guess everything they went through, even before they were born. But when...
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The benefits of human milk for newborn babies are very important, especially for those babies born prematurely or have stays...
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This blog was medically reviewed by Dr. Katherine Howard, Allina Health family medicine obstetrician. Have you recently found yourself...
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On a brisk March morning in 2024, Elizabeth Hansen and her husband, Chris, nervously woke up in Minneapolis rather than their own bed more...
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This blog was medically reviewed by Dr. Gigi Chawla, chief of general pediatrics at Children’s Minnesota. As a new parent, you may wonder...
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This blog was medically reviewed by Kathrine Simon, DNP, ARPN, CNM, FACNM, Allina Health midwifery program manager. Pregnancy is a journey...
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This blog was medically reviewed by Dr. Katie Braski, neonatologist at Children’s Minnesota. As soon-to-be parents eagerly anticipate...
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