Was your labor/birth/postpartum not what you had hoped? Did the unwished-for, unwelcome events leave you feeling fragile, broken, or as if you somehow “failed?” If so, I hope to see you here next Weds, April 13 from 6:15-8:30pm, at Life Song Perinatal Wellness Center, located in the lower level of the Bellingham Birth Center. Registration/Info: maryburgess555@gmail.com / 360.510-0188 / www.lifesongperinatal.com
Posts Tagged ‘bellingham doula’
Birth Film: Guerrilla Midwife at 3 OMS Yoga, Feb 6, 7:30-9pm
Posted in Bellingham Birth Community, Exciting Information, Home, tagged 3 oms yoga, amy robinson, Bellingham, bellingham doula, birth film, bumi sehat, guerrilla midwife, kathy wilbur, Life Song Perinatal Services, Mary Burgess, robin lim, WA on January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Amy Robinson, Mary Burgess & Kathy Wilbur Present:
Birth Film Night at 3 Oms Yoga
Showing: Guerrilla Midwife, Midwife Robin Lim’s award-winning film about gentle birth as a peace movement. Great for pregnant and new parents, childbirth professionals, and anyone interested in the politics of gentle birth choices.
Date: Sunday, February 6
Time: 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Where: 3 Oms Yoga, 1210 Bay St # 100 Bellingham, WA 98225
Other:
- Popcorn will be served
- Please bring something to sit on (a soft chair or cushion would be perfect)
- Q&A to follow film
Donations of $5-25 gladly accepted, and all donations will goto Robin Lim’s Bumi Sehat (http://www.bumisehatbali.org/)
Info: www.lifesongperinatal.com / www.3omsyoga.com / maryburgess555@gmail.com
Caring For Your Baby (And Yourself) this Sat. at Bellingham Co-Op
Posted in Bellingham Birth Community, Exciting Information, Home, tagged Bellingham, bellingham community co-op, bellingham doula, caring for your baby, deborah craig, Life Song Perinatal Services, Mary Burgess, natural birth support, postpartum, WA on January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Caring For Your Baby (and Caring for Yourself), a wonderful offering co-sponsored by Deborah Craig and myself, is happening this Saturday – January 15th from 1:00 – 4:00 pm at the Connection Building at the downtown Food Co-op. We have an interesting line up of presenters . . .
- Infant Massage – Lisa Tenney
- Mother/Baby Yoga – Charlotte Davis
- Conscious Fathering – Brian Mulligan
- Coth Diapering – Michelle from GreenDiapers
- Baby Wearing – Laurie Grey
- Making Homemade Baby Food – Shannon Logan
- and more . . . .
Just $10.00 for this amazing class – register at the Food Co-op.
Registration: (360) 734-8158
Info: maryburgess555@gmail.com
Breastfeeding Cafe – January 3, 2011
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bellingham doula, Breastfeeding Cafe, life song perinatal, Mary Burgess on December 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
New Mothers, New Babies, New Years…
How are you, as a new mother, unfolding?
Come to Breastfeeding Cafe Monday morning, January 3, 2011 as we talk about the Unfolding Mother. Come on in. Bring a friend. Pre-registration requested. Contact me: maryburgess555@gmail.com / 360-510-0188
Deep nurturance for mothers at Life Song
Posted in Home, tagged bellingham doula, Breastfeeding Cafe, childbirth classes bellingham, childbirth education bellingham, deep nurturance for mothers, life song, life song perinatal, Mary Burgess on December 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Perhaps the best way to care for ourselves, our babies, our families, is to deeply nourish ourselves as Mothers during the season of darkness. At Life Song, we are creating communities of Mothers and Babies and Families, nurturing them with wonderful and unique class offerings and services. Spend some of the dark days, deeply nestled into your cave. And spend at least one day per week nurturing yourself in community. Check out Breastfeeding Cafe, come in and weigh your baby, take a Breastfeeding Class, nourish your deep self with a massage. You’ll see, your whole family, and all you touch, will benefit from the gentle practice of deeply nourishing yourself.
Come on In. Bring a Friend.
Autumn turns toward Winter – poem for mothers
Posted in Home, Poetry, tagged bellingham doula, childbirth classes bellingham, childbirth education bellingham, life song perinatal, Mary Burgess, poem for mothers, winter poems on December 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Autumn turns toward Winter
Light softens, days shorten, nights, shivery and cold
Leaves swirl to the ground
caught in invisible gusts
Fires and candles softly light the evening
Soups are made from brightly colored squashes and root vegetables
Sipping hot tea and rubbing their bellies
Women wait for their babies to arrive
Wondering, Wondering
New parents rock and shush and soothe their milk-drunk babes
as the darkness of this inward season settles in.
- Mary Burgess
Late Autumn at Life Song Perinatal
Posted in Exciting Information, Home, tagged bellingham doula, birth poetry, life song perinatal wellness center, Mary Burgess, pregnancy poems on December 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Life Song Perinatal Wellness Center
located at 2430 Cornwall Avenue, in the lower level of the Bellingham Birth Center
Pregnancy – Birth – Postpartum – Breastfeeding – Massage
Autumn turns toward Winter
Light softens, days shorten, nights, shivery and cold
Leaves swirl to the ground
caught in invisible gusts
Fires and candles softly light the evening
Soups are made from brightly colored squashes and root vegetables
Sipping hot tea and rubbing their bellies
Women wait for their babies to arrive
Wondering, Wondering
New parents rock and shush and soothe their milk-drunk babes
as the darkness of this inward season settles in.
- Mary Burgess
Perhaps the best way to care for ourselves, our babies, our families, is to deeply nourish ourselves as Mothers during the season of darkness. At Life Song, we are creating communities of Mothers and Babies and Families, nurturing them with wonderful and unique class offerings and services. Spend some of the dark days, deeply nestled into your cave. And spend at least one day per week nurturing yourself in community. Check out Breastfeeding Cafe, come in and weigh your baby, take a Breastfeeding Class, nourish your deep self with a massage. You’ll see, your whole family, and all you touch, will benefit from the gentle practice of deeply nourishing yourself.
Come on In. Bring a Friend.
December/January Life Song Offerings
(see Calendar page for registration details)
- FREE Baby Weighing for mamas & babies, Mondays, 10am-10:30am. Registration requested. A lovely and free way to check on how baby is gaining weight.
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- Breastfeeding Cafe Weekly gatherings on Monday mornings 10:30am-11:30am for breastfeeding mamas and their babies. $10. Registration Requested: contact Mary Burgess 510-0188 / maryburgess555@gmail.com.
- Birthing In Awareness 6-week Birthing From Within series with Mary Burgess. January 12-February 16 (sign up now). $200.
- Home Made Baby Food Class with Shannon Logan,December 9, 6-8pm
- Breastfeeding Your Baby with Deborah Craig. December 18, 10am-12:30pm. Get off to the best start breastfeeding your baby. $30.
- Natural Birth Classes with Deborah Craig. Dec 28-Jan 25. $150.
- Massage - for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, for Mama & baby.
- Infant Massage with Lisa Tenney, December 16, 6-8 pm. $25/parent + baby.
- Expecting Siblings with Rachel Haley, January 22, 10-noon. $20/family.
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Autumn at Life Song
Posted in Bellingham Birth Community, breastfeeding, Home, Poetry, Uncategorized, tagged autumn poetry motherhood, autumn poetry pregnancy, bellingham doula, birthin again, birthing from within, birthing in awareness, Breastfeeding Cafe, breastfeeding in bellingham, childbirth classes, childbirth classes bellingham, free baby weigh, life song, Life Song Perinatal Services, life song perinatal wellness center, Mary Burgess, nurturing mothers on November 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Autumn turns toward Winter
Light softens, days shorten, nights, shivery and cold
Leaves swirl to the ground
caught in invisible gusts
Fires and candles softly light the evening
Soups are made from brightly colored squashes and root vegetables
Sipping hot tea and rubbing their bellies
Women wait for their babies to arrive
Wondering, Wondering
New parents rock and shush and soothe their milk-drunk babes
as the darkness of this inward season settles in.
- Mary Burgess
Perhaps the best way to care for ourselves, our babies, our families, is to deeply nourish ourselves as Mothers during the season of darkness. At Life Song, we are creating communities of Mothers and Babies and Families, nurturing them with wonderful and unique class offerings and services. Spend some of the dark days, deeply nestled into your cave. And spend at least one day per week nurturing yourself in community. Check out Breastfeeding Cafe, come in and weigh your baby, take a Breastfeeding Class, nourish your deep self with a massage. You’ll see, your whole family, and all you touch, will benefit from the gentle practice of deeply nourishing yourself.
Come on In. Bring a Friend.
- FREE Baby Weighing for mamas & babies, Mondays, 10am-10:30am. Registration required. A lovely and free way to check on how baby is gaining weight.
-
- Breastfeeding Cafe Weekly gatherings on Monday mornings 10:30am-11:30am for breastfeeding mamas and their babies. $10. In Gratitude: Nov 22 Cafe only $5 when you bring 2 cans of food for the Bellingham Food Bank. Registration Required.
- Birthing In Awareness 6-week Birthing From Within series with Mary Burgess. January 12-February 16 (sign up now). $200.
- Birthin’ Again – A Childbirth Refresher Weekend Workshop with Mary Burgess. January 8 (6-8 pm) and January 9 (10am-4pm). $100.
All the details of these and more can be seen on our website:
www.lifesongperinatal.com
Intro to Birth and Parenting at Bellingham Co-op
Posted in Bellingham Birth Community, Home, Uncategorized, tagged Bellingham, bellingham doula, birth, breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Cafe, community food co-op, deborah craig, life song perinatal, Mary Burgess, natural birth, natural birth support, WA on October 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Birthingham?
Are you Pregnant? A New Parent? Work with New Moms?
Looking for prenatal/birth/breastfeeding/postpartum/parenting options in Bellingham, WA?
Please join us for a wonderful, 3-part series:
An Introduction to Birth & Parenting
Presentations & information by many local childbirth educators, doulas, breastfeeding educators, yoga instructors, massage practitioners, and so much more.
Details:
- Birthing Your Baby, Saturday, November 6, 1-4pm
- Breastfeeding Your Baby, Saturday, December 4, 1-4pm
- Caring for Your New Baby, Saturday, January 15, 1-4 pm
All classes are held at the Community Food Co-Op Connections Building, 1220 North Forest St, Bellingham, WA, 98225. Space is limited. Early Registration encouraged. Contact the Community Food Co-op: 360.734.8158
$10 per class or $25 for all 3 classes
There are so many amazing opportunities for pregnant, birthing, and parenting families in Bellingham, WA. No wonder some folks are beginning to call it “Birthingham.”
Hope to see you there!
These classes are co-sponsored by Deborah Craig of Natural Birth Support and Mary Burgess of Life Song Perinatal Wellness Center.
Breastfeeding In Bellingham – Check out this site!
Posted in Bellingham Birth Community, breastfeeding, Exciting Information, Home, Mothering, postpartum, tagged Bellingham, bellingham birth center, bellingham doula, breastfeeding, breastfeeding for new parents, breastfeeding in bellingham, breastfeeding your baby, deborah craig, lactation support in bellingham, Mary Burgess, shannon logan, WA on September 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m very excited to announce that the new Bellingham Breastfeeding site is up and running (and still has a lot to add, but there’s a lot there already)!
Are you looking for breastfeeding resources, classes, support circles, or breast pumps in Bellingham? Then check out this site:
Bellingham Breastfeeding: www.bellinghambreastfeeding.wordpress.com
It tells about so many of the incredible oferings for breastfeeding women in Bellingham WA, including:
- Breastfeeding Cafe: Weekly drop-in group for breastfeeding mothers and their babies
- Breastfeeding Your Baby: Class with Deborah Craig (next one this Saturday, Sept 25, 10-12:30!)
- Breastfeeding for New Parents: Class with Shannon Logan
So many incredible things happening for breastfeeding mothers! Lucky you!
