Macedon Ranges BaBs Group program

The Macedon Ranges group meets 2nd & 4th Mondays – during school term, excluding public holidays, at Gisborne Community Health Centre, 5 Neal St Gisborne.
For more information contact Tanya tan_pete_graham@bigpond.com

TERM 1
9-February LAUNCH OF RESOURCE LIBRARY & book review of Robin Grille's "Heart to Heart Parenting - Nurturing your child's emotional intelligence from conception to school age."

23-February BIRTH TRAUMA - exploring distressing childbirth experiences and acknowledging the impact of post traumatic stress. JESS MAUDE, a local counsellor, will share her birth stories and passion for supporting women who have experienced birth trauma.

9-March - LABOUR DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY - no meeting

23-March ART THERAPY FOR BIRTH - a look at how art therapy can be used in healing birth trauma, visualising your ideal birth and connecting with baby during pregnancy. Local counsellor JESS MAUDE, who also has a graduate diploma in Art Therapy will conduct this very informative topic.

TERM 2

27-April CONCEPTION & CONTRACEPTION - guest speaker from WOOMB will discuss "The Billings Method: Using the body’s natural signal of fertility to achieve or avoid pregnancy" which was developed in the 1960's by Melbourne based Dr Evelyn Billings and has been hailed as 'knowledge every woman ought to have'.

11 May CONSCIOUS PARENTING - A discussion about breaking negative patterns experienced in our own upbringings and being conscious, creative, collaborative, competent and compassionate in our parenting.

25-May YOUR PLACENTA - It is the organ which links our blood supply to baby, so why is this lifeline often treated as medical waste? A discussion about its function, delivery, appearance, uses and respectful disposal.

22-June LOW TOXIC LIVING - a discussion about ways to avoid harmful chemicals in and around the home. There are a myriad of products claiming to be environmental friendly, but how do you know what to trust? Guest speaker RACHAEL MCLEOD will introduce her online business 'Products by Nature'

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