The Womb Room MKE

Great Expectations: A guided conversation about postpartum preparation  Saturday, January 20th, 10am-12pm Suggested donation: $10     The childbearing year brings many changes and challenges to individuals and couples as they prepare their  homes and hearts for a new baby. And everyone brings their own personalities and perceptions along with them  on their parenting journey right from the start. We are influenced by our upbringings, our families, our  cultures, personal biases, current societal trends and more. All of this will impact what we expect of ourselves  and our partners (and even our babies) as we step into our new roles as parents.     Join postpartum doula Sara Deacon for an informal and informational discussion where you can explore these expectations, hopes and fears with others in a safe and supportive circle. We will encourage each other as we briefly touch on a range of topics including birth, postpartum, relatio...

On Sunday, January 21st, we start a very wonderful partnership with Brenna Kempf, a gifted and kind friend of littles. She will be offering an Expo Day with two different time slots for Momma and Me Yoga and Kidding Around Yoga (ages 2-4). Pleas join us! And if you are interested in attending regularly, please vote for the time that works best for you with your attendance on Sunday. Based on attendance, she will offer ongoing Momma and me and Kidding Around Yoga.

One of my sadhana's (spiritual practices) during challenging times, is to look for the clearest, easiest path. I know we are taught that struggle brings glory and good things come to those who wait. In my life, however, I've found that when I am most unclear, if I step back, allow the clouds of ego to part, what the great Quaker teacher Parker Palmer calls "way opening" becomes obvious. As does what he calls "way closing." I can sometimes get mired in turning backwards, ruminating on the door that has closed. This time, I only looked at that door for a little tiny bit, because the way opening was almost immediately and abundantly clear. Need a new space? Here it is. Need help? Here it is. Need a place for the interim? Here it is. Need decorating skills? Here's Annie. Need a vision for a play space so that folks can attend with little ones in tow? Here's Kristen. A cozy tea nook? Hi, Rachel! Need paint? Hello, Carl's painti...

Birth Boot Camp: Out-of-Hospital Birth Series  4 weeks Tuesdays, 1/16 - 2/6, 6-8:30pm If you are planning to have your baby at home or at a freestanding birth center, this class will give you the nuts and bolts of labor. Learn what happens before, during, and after birth, as well as variations of labor.  This is an evidence-based comprehensive natural birth education series that helps prepare couples for pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, and more. Be prepared, informed, and active in your birth! Workbook included. $200, register here Kat  Chronis is  a lifelong lover of education and aspires to start graduate studies to become a family nurse practitioner once the kiddo(s) are a bit more independent. Advocating and educating are two big reasons she became a nurse experiences in neurosurgery, intensive care, and home hospice. She found her calling as a nurse and practices holistically at an integrative family practice in Milwaukee, caring for all...

Herbs for Womb Care 101 Friday, January 5th, 5:45-7pm Join Anne Na Phatthalung for a workshop on healing herbs for the womb and reproductive health. A great introduction to herbal allies for reproductive experiences, including pregnancy and postpartum care, menopause and loss. This workshop honors the knowledge of the wombspace, and will connect related topics such as digestion, foods, fertility, mood, and inflammation. Course content is appropriate for all bodies and expressions of gender.   Cost is $13 and includes various herbal samples on the day of class and homegrown herbs to take home. Tea, coffee and something baked will be provided courtesy of Momming MKE. Anne Na Phatthalung is a rootworker at Me-Me's Apothecary and a doula and Director of National Resources at Wisconsin Doulas of Color Collective. This workshop is part of the Grand Opening Week at the Womb Room MKE! Please register early via the ticket link , so that supplies can be prepared. Follow Anne ...

Dear Community: Welcome! Welcome to this community of folks working to bring the best and most healing impulse to the Milwaukee birthing community. Literally everything about this venture is forming/ gestating right now. But, here a is a landing place for now. You can also check out the Facebook page here . Offerings will be posted here, but the calendar, for now, will be at the Facebook link. So, if you are looking for offerings like Herbs for Womb Care, Postpartum Support Group, Essential Oils for Pregnancy + Baby, the Momming MKE meet-ups and more, check there. If you are interested in yoga for prenatal, postpartum, with your littles, for your 10-17 year old, and, eventually, for prenatal yoga teacher training (May 2018), here's your place . Dear Ones, this is such a fruitful and exciting time! I can't wait to see the face of this beautiful being! xoxoxoxox Amy