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The HRP Mamas New Moms Support Group
The HRP Mamas New Moms Group Series is a weekly facilitated support and discussion group for moms of infants 0-5 months. Our New Mom Support groups are a wonderful way to share thoughts with other mothers while receiving guided support from a parent educator.
The goal of the HRP Mamas New Mom Support Group is to provide both expert – and peer to peer support – during the post-partum transition period. The HRP Mamas New Moms Support Group helps mamas forge friendships with other HRP Mamas in a supportive educator-led environment. At the end of the series Mamas are encouraged to continue meeting up beyond the initial guided sessions.
Whether you are a first time mom, or this is your second, third, fourth child - all mamas with infants 0-5 moms are welcome and encouraged to register.
Share experiences with each other while getting expert guided support on:
Session 1: Understanding The 4th Trimester
Session 2: Infant Sleep (a.k.a. When Do We Get Some?)
Session 3: Becoming "Us" -- Changing Roles and Family/Partner Dynamics
Session 4: Heading Back to Paid Work/Pumping
Session 5: Your Pelvic Floor & Self-Care Strategies
Each week we will leave room for additional topics that may arise based on the specific needs of the mothers in the group, such as: Looking ahead past the infant stage, work/life balance, finding and maintaining childcare, and more topics as needed.
The HRP Mamas New Moms Group runs for 5 weeks and can accommodate a maximum of 12 mothers.
Your group will meet for 2 hours on the below specified dates.
- Quotes From Past Participants of the HRP Mamas New Moms Groups
“I absolutely loved the new mom support group. It was exactly what every new mom needs - meeting other moms with similar questions and concerns and professional guidance and answers to those questions. Vanessa leverages her professional knowledge and experience with her experiences as a mom of 2 to provide the best advice and guidance that is effective. She gets to know each baby and mom and tailors her recommendations and ideas on what actually works for you!”
"Vanessa was fantastic and was an invaluable resource to my family and we made our way through the first several weeks answering questions and giving suggestions from everything from childcare, breastfeeding and mom-care. Hearing that other moms had similar challenges and experiences we comforting and Vanessa did a great job moderating the group so we learned to help each other and establish a friendship.”
"I absolutely loved this class! Vanessa creates such a safe place to be open and vulnerable during such a tremendously transitional stage in your life. The topics that were covered were so helpful but most of all, the relationships made with other moms has been the best part!”
“From the first week I was able to see what a difference it made in terms of getting through an overwhelming, confusing time with more confidence.”
“All my questions and concerns were addressed from week to week, and for the ones I was too nervous to ask out loud, Vanessa made sure we dealt with them.”
“When the internet and family advice left me in doubt, I knew I could come to this group and hear personalized information that made sense for my family.”
“We were always encouraged to be real and honest, to come as we were, no matter what. I often showed up unshowered, in my yoga pants, vulnerable and tired, and left feeling rejuvenated.”
“From discussing in-laws to the witching hour to guilt to pumping to contraception, this group helped me feel safe to deal with the big and little things on my mind.”
"I'm so glad I invested in the support group. I picked up quite a few useful tips and techniques, but the best part for me was just having a pleasant, stress-free social activity to look forward to each week. Vanessa sets a very warm and genuine tone for the group.”
EVENT DETAILS:
Dates: Wednesdays: 4/8 + 4/15 + 4/22 + 4/29 + 5/6
Time: 12:00 to 2:00PM
Location: ONLINE VIA ZOOM VIDEO GROUP
Registration: Required.
The facilitator for this session is Erica Lyon
About Erica:
Erica Lyon has been teaching pregnancy, postpartum and parenting for 25years. In the 1990's to the early 2000's she worked at the Elizabeth Seton Childbearing Center developing and teaching classes that became a city wide resource. She was the Founder of NYC's first pregnancy and parent education center, Realbirth from 2003-2010 and is the Author of The Big Book of Birth, Penguin 2007. She has her Bachelors of Science in Human Development with a focus in Maternal Child Health and a Master in Public Health. She is the mother of three ages 26, 22 and 10.
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Registration is non-refundable & non-transferable.
We do not offer make-up sessions for this series.