First-time parents find new allies in journey to safer
births
When you become a parent of this generation, the first
thing you do is google everything about pregnancy. Social media has played a
big role in our decision during our pregnancy period. I was actually envy that
there such a thing like this so that you don’t feel alone and vulnerable for
nine months. It’s a different thing
talking to parents to be like you.
The importance of social media and technology were also
felt by health agencies and that is why FWD Life Philippines President and CEO
Peter Grimes believes that combined efforts by a consortium of like-minded
advocates will only help make safer births more achievable for Filipino
families.
The consortium—spearheaded by FWD in partnership with the
Department of Health (DoH) and the University of the Philippines-National
Institutes of Health (UP-NIH), among others—is seen to become instrumental in
building a community that actively helps first-time parents prepare for the
wide range of health and financial risks tied to pregnancy. Complementing the
consortium is FWD’s community parenting app for expectant parents, “Ready to
Parent”.
What is a Ready to Parent App, it’s that app where parent
to be can chat, learn information from articles that are publish. As its
contribution to the promotion of safer pregnancy, FWD recently introduced its
mobile-first community parenting app—“Ready to Parent” —designed as a companion
for first-time parents. Tied to DoH’s vision of creating a community of
empowered and informed Filipino parents, FWD’s “Ready to Parent” app, which may
now be downloaded from the Apple App Store or Google Play, will serve as one of
the channels through which first-time parents can share their journey to
parenthood, as well as exchange useful tips and advice on better maternal and
infant health, all done in real time. Through the app, expectant parents can
chat with fellow community members, learn from a host of shareable parenting-
and pregnancy-related articles, and journal their pregnancy journey.
The highlight of the consortium, dubbed as “PATH TO
LIFE,” will be the partnership with DoH spokesperson and long-standing public
health champion Dr. Eric Tayag, and obstetrics and gynecology expert, Dr. Blanca
de Guia.
The Path to Life consortium aims to reach out to families
whose mothers, newborns, and fathers will benefit from being ready for the
risks that come with this life-changing journey.
Download you Read to Parent App. It’s for moms to be and
dads to be as well
Learn things without stressing yourself
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