Tulsa Health Department Hosts Community Baby Shower For New And Expecting Parents

Welcoming life into the world is no easy task … especially if it’s your first time like Delana Majors, who’s 23 weeks pregnant.

“No morning sickness, heartburn, so everything has been going pretty smooth for me,” she said. 

Come February, Majors will be a mom to twins. 

“I’m feeling great, overjoyed, excited, but nervous because it’s two,” she said. 

Expecting one child is hard enough … but Majors says twins are a whole different ball game. She says the challenges feel even harder since the father isn’t fully present. Still, Delana says she feels prepared.

“I’m used to doing things alone,” she said. 

Luckily, she doesn't have to. Delana and other expecting parents got some much-needed support at the Tulsa Health Department’s Community Baby Shower.

“Our objective is for our families to become autonomous, but until then we want to make sure that they have the support and the wraparound they need so that they can do the things they need to do,” said Byron Dixon. He is a fatherhood coordinator with Tulsa Healthy Start. 

He says parents were able to meet with vendors to gain helpful parenting information, covering everything from a baby's health to safety.

“The expectation is to have a wealth of resources to have the things that they need to accomplish whatever goals that they have for themselves in the future,” Dixon said. 

It's advice Delana says she's grateful for while on her journey to motherhood.

“It helps me with planning even more than what I already, because I’m a first-time mom, so I don’t know all the resources, so it’s nice to know that there’s more opportunities than what I know for myself,” she said. 

And she’s excited for the future of her little ones, knowing she’ll be there every step of the way.

 “Whatever they want to do, I’m 10 toes behind them,” she said.