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Taxes and Business Filings To boost the post’s SEO, include a keyword in the title. Pay your GE Tax Use this link to pay your GE Tax bill. Check here to get answers to frequently asked questions about General Excise tax. Find updated filing dates for this year at State of Hawaii Department of Taxation . Business Filings Here is a link for Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Here is a link for Professional and Vocational Licensing

What is baby trying to tell me? Recognizing a baby's signs and cues can be confusing, especially if a care giver is sleep deprived! The following videos of real babies can help us start to recognize 6 universal signs of baby activity and sleep so that we can start learn to anticipate a baby's needs and decode the 'Secrets of Baby Behavior' Awake States, Hunger Cues and Crying Quiet Awake I'm taking it all in Active Awake I love you but this takes a lot of work (moving towards

Body Care Recipes Pad-sicles  Herbal Sitz Bath Hydration Making A Simple Herbal Tea, Iced or Warm  Place a tea bag in your cup or mug. If using loose tea, fill the infuser with the amount of tea specified on the package for how many servings you need. Bring fresh, cold water to a rolling boil.  Once boiling, pour over the tea bag and steep according to the timing above based on your tea variety. Herbal tea can be steeped overnight.  Remove the tea bag from the cup/ strain loo

Seeing real newborn babies nurse can be reassuring and help caretakers troubleshoot common feeding challenges.  Latching is the first skill a mother and baby master in the first hours after birth.  The whole first 24 hours is perfectly designed to allow a mother and baby to practice the skill of latching before the baby's body is ready to process and absorb the nutrients of breastmilk for the first time.  Learning How to Attach your Baby at the Breast  Is My Baby Getting Enou

Losing a pregnancy, baby, or child is an unimaginable heartbreak—one that no family should have to navigate alone. In Hawai‘i, where community and ‘ohana (family) are at the heart of our way of life, we honor the depth of your grief and offer support to help you through this journey. This page provides resources for families who have experienced loss, including emotional support, support groups, and connections to professionals who understand the complexities of grief. Whethe

Abortion is legal in Hawaii with some restrictions . Right now, abortion is legal in Hawaii until "viability," the stage of pregnancy when a fetus has developed enough that it is able to survive outside the uterus with medical help. When it happens depends on how the fetus is developing and can be different for every pregnancy. This is typically interpreted as up to 17 weeks. A health care provider can determine whether a pregnancy has reached viability. Although Hawaii allow

American Adoption https://www.americanadoptions.com/hawaii-adoption/maui-adoption State of Hawaii Human Services https://humanservices.hawaii.gov/ssd/home/child-welfare-services/foster-and-adoptive-care/

Kaiser https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/hawaii/ Kaiser Location 80 Mahalani StWailuku, HI 96793 Get directions Hours Monday - Friday, 8 am to 5 pmKaiser Phone numbers: 24-hour cancellations 808-243-6000 After-hours advice 1-800-467-3011 Appointments 808-243-6000 HMSA/Blue Cross Blue Shield or UHA Malama I Ke Ola Health Center . This center also takes Quest. If a pregnant person plans to birth at home and share this with the team there, they will promptly deny that person

Maui Hospital Information Maui Memorial Medical Center Maui has only one hospital that delivers babies:  Maui Memorial Medical Center . Maui Memorial Maternity Center 221 Mahalani St Wailuku HI, 96793 808.244.9056 MMMC is currently providing Virtual Tours of the Labor and Delivery rooms.  Please see the virtual tour here OB/GYNs and L&D nurses  are your care teams while in labor and birth. You will have whichever OB/GYN is on call depending on your insurance. There's always

Child and Family Services https://www.childandfamilyservice.org 392 N. Market Street, Wailuku, Hawaii 96793 (808) 877-6888 Mission- Strengthening families and fostering the healthy development of children. Through nearly 50 programs that welcome everyone from keiki to kūpuna across the Islands, we help Hawai‘i families address some of life’s most serious situations including poverty, abuse, and neglect. Maui Family Support Services http://mfss.org/contact-us/ 1844 Wili Pa Lo

Sexuality The Maui Sexual Assault Center (808) 873-8624 392 N. Market Street, Wailuku, HI 96793 https://www.childandfamilyservice.org/programs/msac/ Mission: A place for support, healing and education for all victims of sexual assault and their families. We focus on education to help prevent sexual violence, and healing and support for victims. We start by believing. Each healing process is unique. We are here to listen, support and discuss difficult feelings at any point in

Lay of the land for midwifery care and licensing in Hawaiʻi  Image based on the work of Carol Gautchi, who is a Traditionally trained and licensed Midwife on the Washington Peninsula who developed and presented the framework for Classical Midwifery Care in the image above.  The Midwifery Model of Care Midwifery Care is: A women-centered approach which perceives  Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum as an optimal state of Wellness with unique physical, spiritual, emotional, nutriti