SUPPORT GROUPS
Offered by The Nest for ALL Stages
The Nest offers ongoing support groups from pregnancy through parenting designed to support ALL families as you prepare for birth, navigate the birthing process, and embrace early parenting. Our goal is to support families to build community at every stage.
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Embracing Pregnancy
AFTER YOGA ON MONDAYS: Connect and Thrive
Are you seeking pregnancy support and connection during your prenatal journey? The Embracing Pregnancy Circle provides a welcoming, safe, and confidential space with dedicated time to embrace your journey alongside others, providing pregnancy support through the many shifts and changes of becoming a parent.
To ensure all families have access to vital pregnancy support, Embracing Pregnancy operates on a donation basis to cover classroom costs.
Facilitated by Ashlee, immediately following Prenatal Yoga
Drop-In on Mondays at 7:00 PM
At The Nest in downtown Grass Valley
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OUR IN-PERSON GROUP
Wednesdays 11-12
156 S. Auburn St, Grass Valley
FREE weekly group for parents of babies under 12 months. Join our postpartum and breastfeeding support circle to ask questions about breast-feeding, pumping, sleep, postpartum recovery/healing and parenting. Weigh your baby to track their growth and get tummy time practice. All are welcome!
IF YOU ARE SEEKING INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT: Reach Out!
Parenting Support
EVERY MONDAY: Connect and Thrive
Our parenting groups are every Monday at noon virtually so busy parents can always pop in and listen, share and ask parenting related questions for all ages. We also meet every other Monday at the park from 10-11:30
We cover topics ranging from biologically normal sleep patterns, child development and solid foods to supporting emotional development, parental differences and co-parenting
Facilitated by Katie DaMota
Mondays at 10:00 and noon
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Early Motherhood
Offered Quarterly
Join a closed circle, 4- week series with weekly discussions and opportunities for connection and dialogue, blended with guided exercises and community that make this a one-of-a-kind experience. Mothers with babies in arms (up to 9 months) are welcome. Your baby is welcome and encouraged, but not required, to attend with you.
Topics include: nourishing your body and mind in new motherhood, co-parenting or solo parenting, birth story processing, welcoming baby and building parent community
Need additional parenting content?
check out our expert led podcast
A practical and experience-based discussions on babies, births, pregnancy, and early parenthood. Listen in each week as Katie DaMota, a parenting mentor and lactation consultant, and David Arrell, Men’s Coach and author of Welcome To Fatherhood, get together and bring real world experience and authentic voices to all things baby.