Join our drop-ins for BIPOC families with babies under 12 months.

This is a great opportunity to get outside with your little one this spring/summer and meet other culturally diverse families. Connect with our doulas with your pressing postpartum questions, have a snack, and “shop” in our free store. Each session includes facilitated check-ins, peer support, refreshments, and social time for babies.

Upcoming Dates:

• May 14, 10am-1pm

• May 28, 10am-1pm

• June 11, 10am-1pm

• June 25, 10am-1pm

Location: Compost Education Society, 1216 North Park Street

Cost: Free

This is a nature-based therapeutic group for first-time BIPOC birthers with babies under 12 months. The intention of this group is to create a safe space for new parents to find deeper understanding and meaning of the postpartum period through a variety of group-based and self-reflective nature activities. If you are looking to find rest, reconnection, and rejuvenation with nature and community, this group is for you.

Sessions will take place outdoors for the entire duration. Participants should feel comfortable in the outdoors and be prepared to engage in nature-based activities in a public park setting. Please come prepared for all kinds of weather. 

Babies are welcome in the group if participants feel comfortable holding or wearing baby during the session. Please note, this is not a baby play group; it is a nature-therapy group that welcomes babies in the session.  

The group is facilitated by Sarina Piercy (she/her), a postpartum doula and counsellor (RSW). Sarina identifies as a mixed-race parent of two. As someone whose own postpartum experience was marked by incredible highs and lows, identity challenges, and grief, Sarina brings a balance of lived and professional experiences to her facilitation style. 

Upcoming Dates:

• May 20 10:30-12:00

• June 17 10:30-12:00

• July 29 10:30-12:00

• Aug 19 10:30-12:00

Location:Beacon Hill Park, 815 Circle Drive (Meet at the Children's Farm entrance)

Cost: Free

Limited Spots, Registration Required.

Please contact Sarina at: hello@shapeshiftcounselling.ca

This one-day course is created to support all birthing families in preparation for labour, birth, and postpartum. We center the needs and preferences of birthing people in planning for the birth they want while empowering participants with information and self-advocacy tools to navigate unexpected situations and the health care system.

Our team of skilled and experienced Doulas and Childbirth Educators host an inclusive and accessible space for everyone including BIPOC, trans, non-binary, and queer folks. Participants are welcome to attend on their own or bring a partner, family member, or friend. We recommend that the person you choose to bring with you is the same person who will be at your birth. This is an opportunity to connect with other expecting families as well as birth workers in your community. 

Outline:  

• Community building and getting know each other

• The physiological progression of labour and tools for each stage

• Coping with pain using non-medical or medical options as well as practice with comfort measures

• Birth planning for self-advocacy, informed consent, and the right of refusal

• Postpartum adjustment planning and practice skills to care for a new born

• Options for feeding your baby and building confidence for breast/chest feeding

• Physical recovery and postpartum mental health

Next Session: To be announced