Resources for general information about pregnancy, birth, and becoming a parent.
Baby Connections
Free home visits and consultations for parents of Winona County babies. Provides hellp with parenting, infant development, and community resources.
Winona,
MN
Phone: 507-494-0812
Catherine Burns
Morningstar Birth Center
Registered Somatic Movement Specialist. Pregnancy, birth trauma/unexpected outcomes, infant loss, postpartum issues.
6111 Excelsior Blvd.
St. Louis Park,
MN
55416
Phone: 612-227-3071
Website: http://www.mamabebe.org/
Help Me Grow – For Families with Special Needs Children
Minneapolis Interagency Early Intervention Committee. This program through the Mpls public schools collaborates with multiple agencies to help identify and support families with special needs children. Connects parents to support groups and other community resources, offers workshops, online videos, newsletter, parent-to-parent resources, helps parents develop IEPs, etc.
New Mama Group by Amma Maternity
A six-week class for new mothers with babies 0-8 weeks old.
Addresses infant care, postpartum adjustment, and more.
Phone: 952-926-BABY
Website: http://www.ammamaternity.com/
New Parent Connection Support – Metro Area & Education Groups
For parents and their infants, ages birth to 4 months old. Led by a licensed
parent educator, topics include: moving from pregnancy to parenting,
arranging feeding schedules, monitoring sleep routines, smoothing sibling adjustments, readjusting to a work schedule, choosing childcare providers.
No registration necessary; Free.
Parents welcome to join anytime thorough their infant’s fourth month.
Internet message board allows families to ask questions and to support to each other.
Coon Rapids: Mercy Hospital. Thursdays, 2-3:30pm. - 763-236-3003
Parent/FamilyEducation:
Fridley: Unity Hospital. Mondays. 1-2:30pm. - 763-236-3003
Parent/Family Education:
Shakopee: St. Francis Regional Medical Center. 1st Wednesday of each month, 1:30-2:30pm. Shakopee Community Education: - 952-496-5029
St. Paul: United Hospital. Tuesdays, 1:30-3:30pm.
Contact Kathy Morris: - 651-241-6204
The Childbirth Collective
Doula support, Parent Topic Nights: pregnancy, birth, postpartum
St. Paul, Minneapolis, St. Croix Valley, Duluth, Fargo/Moorhead
Website: http://www.childbirthcollective.org/
The International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN)
Support for cesarean prevention & recovery, promotes vaginal birth
after cesarean (VBAC).
Website: http://www.ican-online.org/
Twin Cities Attachment Parenting Group
A philosophy based in the practice of nurturing parenting methods that create the strong emotional bonds between infant & parent, believed to be the foundations for a child’s secure, empathic, peaceful, and enduring relationships throughout life. Parenting support meetings, playgroups, bookgroups, Mom’s Nights Out & more. Use website for calendar, support & conversation. For more info:
Karen & Staven Bruce wherethebrucesare@gmail.com - 612-825-9636
Clemma Muller clemmaj@gmail.com - 612-722-0926
Jennifer Russell jennifer@russellmlps.com - 651-485-8001
