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Show sr .-- ;- - ' f v ' 7 ' ' : " :. l After proclaiming Healthy Baby Week in Utah, Governor Gov-ernor Calvin L. Rampton congratulates Kristen Peterson Pet-erson on being Utah's Healthy Baby for 1971. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Peterson of Salt Lake. Healthy Baby Week Proclaimed By Utah's Governor Rampton Healthy Baby Week, May 9 through 15, has a long-range long-range goal : prevention of birth defects. Beginning on Mother's Day, members of The National Foundation-March Foundation-March of Dimes and Delta Kappa Gamma will speak out on prenatal care as an important step in this direction. di-rection. "Seeing a doctor early and regularly during pregnancy preg-nancy is a must," says Mrs. Edmund P. Evans, State Volunteer Advisor for the March of Dimes. "Professional scrutiny at this time can detect pos- sible danger to the unborn baby." Women who fail to seek prenatal care, either through a private physician physi-cian or at a clinic, may be Putting themselves and their children to needless risk. Today, a mother certainly cer-tainly should be warned against smoking. There is no longer any question about the link between cigarettes and low birth weight, often a threat . to the child. Every woman should have medical advice about proper diet, nutriton and vitamins, If toxemia is spotted early enough the condition can be corrected. correct-ed. A woman exposed to infectious in-fectious illness, particularly particular-ly venereal disease, should have prompt, treatment. ' ? Haphazard self- medication medica-tion or use of home remedies rem-edies is another danger that a woman should a-vo'ej. a-vo'ej. She should take only on-ly what a doctor or nurse recommends. Healthy Baby Week is a national public health education edu-cation project sponsored by leading service groups. |