Mommy-to-be/Mommy and Me Offers Unique Help for New Mothers

There’s plenty of information and help for first-time mothers on health, nutrition and physical practicalities for themselves and their newborns. But there’s surprisingly little help that addresses the emotional side of being a new mother.

Becoming a parent evokes strong feelings. Parenthood changes all our relationships: to the world, to our own parents, to our partners and, most importantly, to ourselves. No doubt about it, it transforms our lives. Join Dr Annie Abram and a small group of other expectant-and-then-new mothers to begin building a strong emotional foundation for your baby and the whole family.

You’ll learn how to:

• Recognize which emotions are tied to physical and hormonal changes and which
  may be connected to other causes.
  Build a beautiful relationship with your baby.
  Establish an effective support network – grandparents, friends, family members – without giving up your parental choices and while maintaining healthy boundaries.
• Evolve with your spouse or partner into the joint parental role – while keeping your couple relationship solid.
• Choose qualified and compatible outside caregivers – pediatricians, nurses,
  nannies.
• Keep overall family dynamics on a happy footing.
  Create a safe emotional environment for your baby.
  Understand how your role as a mother can contribute to your own emotional
  growth.
• Negotiate the emotional and day-to-day practicalities of the end of pregnancy and the beginning
  of motherhood.

Description:

• Facilitated discussion group
• Four consecutive weekly sessions, 90-minutes each, prior to birth
• A break while babies are being born
• Four consecutive post-birth weekly sessions with the babies, 90-minutes each

When:

• Morning Groups 10:30 a.m. – Noon
• Evening Groups 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
• Call or email for next available enrollment days/dates.

Participants:

• Mommy To Be – Women in third trimester of pregnancy
• Mommy & Me – Same group reconvenes with babies in tow
• Minimum 6/Maximum 10 per group

Fees: $570 per Mommy (Babies – No Fee)

Topics: Generated by the facilitator and the group