Full Moon's Daughter » Nurture http://fullmoonsdaughter.com Healing Midwifery Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:37:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The Birth of Sabine http://fullmoonsdaughter.com/blog/2009/10/the-birth-of-sabine/ http://fullmoonsdaughter.com/blog/2009/10/the-birth-of-sabine/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:44:32 +0000 Courtney http://fullmoonsdaughter.com/?p=720 A Birth Movie Event

Come and eat pastries, recieve henna, and become
inspired by a beautiful birth movie.

Location: Nurture 1614 NE Alberta st
Time & Date: Saturday, October 17th at 11am
Hope you can come a celebrate the power of birth.
Come and meet other pregnant mamas, and see beautiful Nurture.

Contact info: JenniferMurdockPhotography@gmail.com
The Birth of Sabine, is a lovely story portraying the anticipation of a couple entering parenthood. It is a silent 10 min film, showing the story of a woman’s labor, and the excitement of when and how the baby arrives.

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This preparation workshop is for any woman thinking about starting a family, any couple that thinks they might want to start a family, and anyone who already has children and wants more education and information.

As with all our classes, the Early Pregnancy Workshop is organic to what each person wants to learn. In addition to customizing the class to your needs, we will also cover the following topics:

  • The difference between OB/GYN, Certified Nurse Midwives, Naturopathic Midwives, Direct Entry Midwives
  • Hospital Birth Centers, Free-standing Birth Centers and Homebirth options
  • What type of prenatal class best addresses your needs and lifestyle
  • What are pregnancy, labor and postpartum doulas
  • Healthcare support while pregnant and postpartum (Acupuncture, Reiki, Chiropractic, Massage)
  • Nutrition and exercise
  • Baby and new mom essentials
  • Breastfeeding resources and accessories
  • Sleeping options for baby
  • Diapering options and cloth diaper demo
  • Baby sling demos
  • Guest presenters who specialize in pregnancy and newborn care
  • Grab bags full of community resources, handouts. coupons, tea and much more will also be provided.

Upcoming class:
When: October 17 & 18
Where: Nurture, a center for growing families. 1614 NE Alberta St.
Extras: Each couples walks away with a goodie bag full of free samples, CDs, coupons and community resources, an opportunity to meet birth professionals in the community and potential friends. Ohh yeah, and don’t forget about the organic, vegeterian meal included during both nights.
Cost Options: The complete workshop is offered on a sliding scale between $75 – $90 per couple, based on what you can afford. Couples can choose to attend one day for $40 – $50.
Day 1: Choosing a Care Provider, Birth Place, Prenatal Classes and Services
Day 2: Doulas, Breastfeeding & Eco-friendly baby care

]]> http://fullmoonsdaughter.com/blog/2009/09/early-childbirth-workshop/feed/ 1 Attn Portland Doulas: Doula Meet and Greet at Nurture http://fullmoonsdaughter.com/blog/2009/09/attn-portland-doulas-doula-meet-and-greet-at-nurture/ http://fullmoonsdaughter.com/blog/2009/09/attn-portland-doulas-doula-meet-and-greet-at-nurture/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:39:33 +0000 Courtney http://fullmoonsdaughter.com/?p=636 Nurture will be hosting an open doula meet and greet…

On October 3, 2009 from 4-6pm, Nurture will be hosting a Doula Meet & Greet which will be open to the public. All local antepartum, birth, and postpartum doulas are welcome to attend. This is an opportunity for potential clients to meet local doulas face to face to get a general sense of compatibility. This event will be mix-and-mingle style, with light refreshments provided.

To attend this event, we request $10/doula. Doula collectives are welcome to have more than one representative, also at $10/doula. There will be no charge for the families to attend. Proceeds from this event will be used to help develop Nurture’s non-profit status and programs.

If you are a doula, please come prepared with business cards and brochures to be carried by you. There will not be table space for advertisements during the event.

To register, please send a logo, sized 129 x 75 pixels, in .jpeg format; your website address; & the names of each doula attending to info@nurturepdx. com. You may pay by credit card (go to www,nurturepdx/ doulameetandgree t.html) or check. Please make checks out to Mychelle Moritz and send them to Nurture, c/o Mychelle Moritz, 1614 NE Alberta St., Portland, OR 97211

We will be advertising this event at our Green Sprouts booth as well as various other locations.

We look forward to seeing you on October 3rd!

]]> http://fullmoonsdaughter.com/blog/2009/09/attn-portland-doulas-doula-meet-and-greet-at-nurture/feed/ 3 Mothergarden at Nurture http://fullmoonsdaughter.com/blog/2009/08/mothergarden-at-nurture/ http://fullmoonsdaughter.com/blog/2009/08/mothergarden-at-nurture/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:45:29 +0000 Courtney http://fullmoonsdaughter.com/?p=615 Mothergarden
A free drop-in group for moms & babies
Come meet other moms, laugh, cry, tell our stories, and most of all, support each other.

Mondays 10:30-noon, starting September 7
Nurture, Center for Growing Families
1614 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR  97211

Hosted by Welcome with Love Family Care, and Nurture, Center for Growing Families.

What is Mothergarden? Mothergarden is a space to relax and share your experience of being a mother, meet other moms, trade stories and suggestions, find the support you need, and simply enjoy the company of other moms & babies.

How did Mothergarden come to be? Mothergarden has been birthed from a lovely partnership between Nurture and Sarah Nuxoll of Welcome with Love Family Care. Sarah’s vision of helping women as they grow into their roles as mothers is perfectly complemented by Nurture’s mission to provide a warm and welcoming space for growing families to find the support they need. Our intention is to bring together moms & babies to help bring forth the collective wisdom, humor, and compassion that sustain and nourish us as mothers.

Who is invited? Although we created Mothergarden to help new mothers find support and companionship, we also welcome expectant mothers, dads & partners, grandparents, friends, and others who are interested in creating a parenting community to support each other.

For more information, visit Nurture, or contact Sarah at welcomewithlove@gmail.com.

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As part of the continuing parenting workshop series at Nurture, a Center for Growing Families in NE Portland, below are details for two innovative workshops coming up. The description was written by Sarah Nuxoll.
This month, on August 22nd, Nurture will present “Parents are People too: Reclaiming our Personal Expression as Parents.” This will be a fun workshop about the importance of honoring our own creative expression, and how to find new ways to do so in the midst of parenting.
Next month, on September 12th & 19th, due to continued interest, Nurture is again offering their two-part birth workshop: “Moving Beyond a Difficult Birth: Embracing Healing and Connecting with your Baby.” This is a powerful, transformative workshop for any mother who has experienced trauma around her birth experience, to help her with tools for healing and heartfelt exercises for reconnecting with her baby.
Please consider passing along this information to clients, colleagues, friends, family, or anyone who might enjoy or be helped by these workshops. If you would like to receive a hard copy (or several) of the flyer, please let me know.
Parents are People Too: Reclaiming Our Personal Expression as Parents
August 22, 2pm-4pm    $30

As a parent, it is so easy to get caught up in the flow of daily obligations, leaving little time or energy for expressing who we are and what captures our imagination. Yet this creative exploration is essential to feeling fulfilled in our lives, which in turn translates into feeling more relaxed and happy in our role as parents. In this workshop, we will explore fun ways for re-igniting our creativity, loosening up preconceptions around what it means to be creative, and finding new means of personal expression that work in our daily lives as parents.

Moving Beyond a Difficult Birth:
Embracing Healing and Connecting with your Baby

September 12 & 19, 2pm-4pm $45

The experience of birth doesn’t always happen the way we imagine. Intense emotions from a challenging pregnancy or birth can make it feel difficult to be fully present with our baby. These emotions need and deserve to be expressed and acknowledged, before we can allow ourselves to release them and begin true emotional healing. Then we can relax more deeply into a heartfelt, intuitive connection with our child.

Part One: Birth Healing through Story and Art

Telling our story in a safe, supportive circle of women can be a profoundly powerful experience. In Part One of this workshop, we will share our birth stories together, while exploring artistic and body-mind tools for expressing and releasing difficult emotions and inviting emotional healing.

Part Two: Connecting Deeply with your Baby

What babies most need from us, is heartfelt connection. In Part Two of this workshop, we will explore creative exercises for healing our emotional connection with our baby after a difficult birth, helping us bring forth our intuitive wisdom as mothers for welcoming our babies fully and lovingly into our lives.

Both workshops held at Nurture, Center for Growing Families, 1614 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR  97211. Sliding scale is available. For more information or to register, contact Sarah at 503.285.4906 or welcomewithlove@gmail.com.

About the presenters
Sarah Nuxoll
After several years of feeling frustrated as a parent, I began working toward deeper body-mind clarity and emotional and spiritual healing. Now I feel excited about helping myself and others to engage life, move with our creativity, and allow ourselves to feel happy as parents. In these workshops, I share insights from my experience as a mother of two, as a spiritual practitioner, and as a former apprentice homebirth midwife. I look forward to meeting you! (www.welcomewithlovefamilycare.com)
Mychelle Moritz
Having experienced the beautiful yet challenging transition to parenthood, I have developed a passion for helping women and their growing families. I am an artist, an art therapist, and a licensed professional counselor, as well as the co-founder of Nurture. My two active young children keep me very busy and I enjoy watching their creative antics. (www.nurturepdx.com)

]]> http://fullmoonsdaughter.com/blog/2009/08/more-great-workshops-at-nurture/feed/ 0 Looking for Childbirth Education Classes? http://fullmoonsdaughter.com/blog/2009/04/looking-for-childbirth-education-classes/ http://fullmoonsdaughter.com/blog/2009/04/looking-for-childbirth-education-classes/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:22:00 +0000 Courtney http://fullmoonsdaughter.com/wpmain/?p=10 Choosing Confident Birth means you are choosing to trust your body and your baby during your labor and birth. And this leads to confident parenting!

Nurture is offering a 5-week series of Confident Birthing classes beginning May 2 through June 6 (no class held on May 16) from 10 – 12 on Saturdays. Cost is $125 per couple and snacks are provided. 


What will you learn at Confident Birth classes?

  • Pregnancy education
  • Labor and Birth preparation
  • Partner’s role in birth
  • Coping techniques
  • Medical interventions
  • Postpartum care
  • Breastfeeding education


Why should you take Confident Birth classes?

  • Those interested in learning how to use their intuition during pregnancy, labor and parenting
  • Women interested in relaying on their own body’s signals during the childbearing year
  • Families wanting to understand the technology and science used in the labor and delivery rooms of hospitals
  • Women seeking confidence in their ability to birth and raise a healthy baby
If you have questions or are interested in attending, please contact confidentbirth@gmail.com or call Angela Gunther at 503.890.1361.

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To read more of this article, visit Nuture’s blog.
]]> http://fullmoonsdaughter.com/blog/2009/02/kids-and-maternity-clothes-swap/feed/ 0 Nurture Blog Posts http://fullmoonsdaughter.com/blog/2009/02/nurture-blog-posts/ http://fullmoonsdaughter.com/blog/2009/02/nurture-blog-posts/#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:21:00 +0000 Courtney http://fullmoonsdaughter.com/wpmain/?p=33 I’ll be linking to blog posts from the Nurture blog as I write them for Nurture and as interesting topics and events appear. Just another way to get the word out about local Portland birth and family events.

Portland is such a rich birthing community and I am honored to be a part of it.
]]> http://fullmoonsdaughter.com/blog/2009/02/nurture-blog-posts/feed/ 0 Nurture- A Center for Growing Families http://fullmoonsdaughter.com/blog/2009/02/nurture-a-center-for-growing-families/ http://fullmoonsdaughter.com/blog/2009/02/nurture-a-center-for-growing-families/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:56:00 +0000 Courtney http://fullmoonsdaughter.com/wpmain/?p=34 I am happy to announce that I have joined Nurture’s wonderful collective of health care providers as a Doula. Check out my bio to learn more about the services I’m offering.
Nurture’s mission is to provide space for growing families to access multiple resources for their needs. We offer midwifery care, doula services, acupuncture, art therapy, fertility consultation and much more. 
Nurture is located on Alberta Street in Northeast Portland in an older home with ample room for workshops, baby clothes swaps, healing circles and play groups. 
If you’re interested in learning more, let me know.

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