Mother's Support Group
posted by Mommy
Today, I attended my first Mother's Support Group offered by my hospital. It's basically intended for new moms and moms-to-be a place to meet others in similar situation to share their concerns and offer feedback. There is also a hospital staff there to offer additional advice and suggestions.
I didn't know what to expect from it but I was encouraged to attend by my husband as it was advertised during our many baby classes. So I said "what the heck!". There were about 12-15 moms there, 99% with their babies ranging from 2 weeks to 5 months old. Some are 2nd time moms but still wanted to attend the support group with their babies. It's pretty neat. None of the moms were shy about breastfeeding or changing their babies in front of everybody. That's pretty supportive.
I was the only mom-to-be in the group today but they were all very open and nice. I asked a few questions ranging from delivery details to excercise plans to birth control options for afterwards and was replied with open and honest responses. So it's pretty nice to know that "Hey, I'm not alone in this!" A couple of the moms also got together afterwards to do lunch but by that time I was too tired to go anywhere so decided not this time.
The only thing is this support group meeting time conflicts with my local gym's post-natal exercise class. I'll have to see afterwards which one I should go to but I'm thinking ahead for now.
Today, I attended my first Mother's Support Group offered by my hospital. It's basically intended for new moms and moms-to-be a place to meet others in similar situation to share their concerns and offer feedback. There is also a hospital staff there to offer additional advice and suggestions.
I didn't know what to expect from it but I was encouraged to attend by my husband as it was advertised during our many baby classes. So I said "what the heck!". There were about 12-15 moms there, 99% with their babies ranging from 2 weeks to 5 months old. Some are 2nd time moms but still wanted to attend the support group with their babies. It's pretty neat. None of the moms were shy about breastfeeding or changing their babies in front of everybody. That's pretty supportive.
I was the only mom-to-be in the group today but they were all very open and nice. I asked a few questions ranging from delivery details to excercise plans to birth control options for afterwards and was replied with open and honest responses. So it's pretty nice to know that "Hey, I'm not alone in this!" A couple of the moms also got together afterwards to do lunch but by that time I was too tired to go anywhere so decided not this time.
The only thing is this support group meeting time conflicts with my local gym's post-natal exercise class. I'll have to see afterwards which one I should go to but I'm thinking ahead for now.
posted by Jigme | 1:33 PM
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