by First Year Cleveland | Jul 26, 2023 | Community Stories
CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER After the loss of her twins, Samantha P. used fitness as a way to move through her grief. As a personal trainer and owner of Renegade Soul, she extends the space for her clients to do the same. Every week on Instagram, she posts about Infant...
by First Year Cleveland | Jul 26, 2023 | Community Stories
ADVOCATE FOR SAFE SLEEP After the devastating loss of her grandson, Brandyce, in 2013, due to an unsafe sleeping arrangement, Marlene B. turned her sorrow into activism. Marlene has shared her story in an effort to spread the importance of the ABCDs of safe sleep,...
by First Year Cleveland | Jul 26, 2023 | Community Stories
As a busy working couple, Katie H. and her husband Joseph were excited to welcome their first child (a girl!) to the family. Katie heard about CenteringPregnancy at University Hospitals from her midwife, and decided to try the nontraditional program for her prenatal...
by First Year Cleveland | Jul 26, 2023 | Community Stories
I liked the CenteringPregnancy program because it gave me an opportunity to hear the answers to questions that I didn’t even know I had. The opportunity to “crowdsource” for questions and thoughts was fantastic. Additionally, it let me know that I wasn’t crazy as it...
by First Year Cleveland | Jul 26, 2023 | Community Stories
CO-OWNER LUCAS FUNERAL HOME Yolanda L., co-owner of Lucas Funeral Home, has been sharing her story with other parents grieving the loss of their infants as part of the First Year Cleveland Pregnancy and Infant Loss group. Here, she details her 10-year journey to...
