·         Cornelia van der Ziel, MD, and Jacqueline Tourville have published Big, Beautiful, and Pregnant, a pregnancy guide for the plus-size woman.  Almost half of all pregnant women in the United States today are considered overweight or obese. They have a special set of challenges during pregnancy, from facing an elevated risk for certain medical complications to finding trendy maternity clothes. Big, Beautiful & Pregnant, authored by van der Ziel, a practicing obstetrician, and Tourville, a childbirth educator, is one of the few books that addresses these issues and more for the plus-size woman. The book has been praised by Ina Mae Gaskin, author of Spiritual Midwivery, and Ann Douglas, author of The Mother of All Pregnancy Books. The Library Journal has named it one of the best consumer medical books of 2006 and has endorsed it as an essential part of every public library's pregnancy section. Big, Beautiful & Pregnant is available at most local and online book stores, including Borders and Amazon as well as through the publisher at www.perseusbooksgroup.com. More information is available at www.bigbeautifulandpregnant.com.

·        Section member Cassandra Joubert has published Losing Control:  Loving a Black Child with Bipolar Disorder, the true story of her struggle with her daughter's mental illness. The book is a courageous discussion of the difficulties in managing her child's symptoms, the lack of social and emotional support, and her grief when the diagnosis is finally determined. 

·        Linda J. Smith of the Bright Future Lactation Center in Dayton, OH has published Comprehensive Lactation Consultant Exam Review, for those contemplating the exam to become a lactation consultant.  The book is available through Jones and Bartlett Publishers at http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/9780763740290/.  Linda also contributed the article Impact of Birthing Practices on Breastfeeding, in the November/December issue of the Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health.  Continuing education credits are available from ACNM for parts of that issue of the journal.  The journal is available at http://www.jmwh.com/issues/contents.  Linda herself can be contacted at www.bflrc.com.

·         Fredrica Kumah was inducted into the National Scholar Honor Society when she received her MPH from the University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health in December 2007.  The focus of her degree was health service policy and management.  Congratulations, Fredrica!