Mommy Moments: Guess who’s coming!
One big question hung in the air in a birthing suite at Columbia Center on April 5, 2008. Were Justin and Melissa Yanke having a boy or a girl?
Justin is one of four boys and Melissa one of four girls, so the chances seemed pretty even. The fresh paint in the nursery was a green with “very neutral” bedding. They were ready either way.
While they didn’t want to know the gender of their first...
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Mommy Moments: Moms’ Group brings best friends together
Mommy Moments:
Moms' Group brings best friends together
By Erica Jones
When Laura O., Anna M., and Sue N. walked into the Moms' Group at Columbia Center four years ago, new babies in tow, they knew they were embarking on a very important personal journey into motherhood. But little did they know they were also starting on a remarkable journey of friendship.
Their story began when Anna and her husband...
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Mommy Moments: Checking in — First baby is one
When Beau Charles Peiffer of Belgium was born Sept. 20, 2007, he became Michelle and Sean’s fourth child and Columbia Center’s first, in our new hospital, that is. So we thought we would check in on the birthday boy.
“Beau is just starting to get into everything,” says Michelle of her busy toddler. Just the other day he was toilet papering the bathroom.
He’s well on his way to fitting in...
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Mommy Moments: Birthdays have new meaning for new mom
Sini Mulloy has a new appreciation for birthdays. When she celebrated her birthday earlier this year, she was pregnant and that got her thinking about her own mother. “I thought to myself that this is the anniversary of the day my mother was giving birth. Now my new tradition is to call my mom on my birthday and celebrate her special day.”
For Sini, birthdays are now all about being a mother....
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Mommy Moments: First baby born at Columbia Center
Michelle Peiffer is the proud mother of Beau Charles Peiffer, who was the first child born at the new Columbia Center. He was born at 12:29 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 20. Beau is the fourth child of Michelle and Sean Peiffer of Belgium. Beau weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces and was 20 inches long at birth.
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Mommy Moments: Karen and Wilder Gervais
With Mother’s Day approaching, Mom e-news asked Karen Gervais of Bay View what it meant to her to be a mother. Karen and Wilder participate in a new Moms' Group at Columbia Center, where the staff has nicknamed Wilder “the chairman of the board.”
"I fell madly in love with Wilder at exactly 9:59 pm on September 29, the second he was born. I can’t believe how much he has enriched my life in...
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