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Moms Like Me is a powerful, multi-dimensional event to raise awareness, lessen shame, and provide resources and information about the postpartum experience. Many mothers and families feel alone during this major life transition. The goal of Moms Like Me is to change that - to air the laundry, so to speak - so that parents everywhere will look around and feel, "yes, me too. I am not alone, we are not alone." Moms Like Me creates a safe space for connection and a bridge to local resources. |
Moms Like Me 2018
Date: Saturday May, 5 2018
Time: 4-6 PM
Location: Pilgrim Congregational Church
The second annual Moms Like Me event, scheduled for May 5 at Pilgrim Congregational Church, will be held during National Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week. This FREE public event intends to raise awareness, lessen shame and provide resources and information about the postpartum experience.
Moms Like Me will open with three local mothers sharing heartfelt stories of their postpartum experiences, inviting audience members to recognize the healing power of storytelling. To dismantle the myth that postpartum depression always looks like “depression,” the stories will weave through experiences of postpartum rage, anxiety, depression, and the light at the end of the tunnel.
Afterwards, we invite audience members to be a part of the Q&A panel comprised of seven local professionals who currently work with families in the postpartum period. The panelists represent the multi-faceted level of optimal postpartum health and will include: Marilee Simons, OB/GYN, Cassie Belzer, CNM, Sheila Idzerda, MD, Katie Regnier, LCPC, Daisy Zell, RN, Terri MacNichol, IBCLC, Holcomb Johnston, ND.
The goal is that members of the audience will leave knowing where to turn when in need.
**Childcare will be provided at the church for a limited number of children. Stay tuned for registration details.
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Date: Saturday May, 5 2018
Time: 4-6 PM
Location: Pilgrim Congregational Church
The second annual Moms Like Me event, scheduled for May 5 at Pilgrim Congregational Church, will be held during National Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week. This FREE public event intends to raise awareness, lessen shame and provide resources and information about the postpartum experience.
Moms Like Me will open with three local mothers sharing heartfelt stories of their postpartum experiences, inviting audience members to recognize the healing power of storytelling. To dismantle the myth that postpartum depression always looks like “depression,” the stories will weave through experiences of postpartum rage, anxiety, depression, and the light at the end of the tunnel.
Afterwards, we invite audience members to be a part of the Q&A panel comprised of seven local professionals who currently work with families in the postpartum period. The panelists represent the multi-faceted level of optimal postpartum health and will include: Marilee Simons, OB/GYN, Cassie Belzer, CNM, Sheila Idzerda, MD, Katie Regnier, LCPC, Daisy Zell, RN, Terri MacNichol, IBCLC, Holcomb Johnston, ND.
The goal is that members of the audience will leave knowing where to turn when in need.
**Childcare will be provided at the church for a limited number of children. Stay tuned for registration details.
Connect with Moms Like Me on Facebook
History
In the spring of 2016 following a series of inspirational and tragic events that highlighted the need for maternal mental health support, a group of engaged mothers and professionals rallied to form the Maternal Mental Health Collective to “do something” about the lack of resources for postpartum women in the Gallatin Valley. The initial collective included psychotherapists, lactation counselors, doulas, naturopaths, and other proactive mothers who worked tirelessly to put together the first annual event, Moms Like Me: Shattering the Myth of the Postpartum Experience in February 2017. Over 150 people attended the first Moms Like Me event to hear three women sharing their heartfelt stories of the postpartum experience followed by a panel of professionals working in this developmental stage.
Based on the enthusiastic response from the community and the hundreds of families undergoing the transition from pregnancy to parenthood every year, the collective acknowledged the need to host this event annually. To support their efforts, Roots Family Collaborative stepped in to provide sustainability and ensure that the committee is poised to proactively address maternal mental health in our community.
In May 2018, Moms Like Me celebrated over 100 people at the second annual event, showcasing three new storytellers and seven professionals. The committee continues to stay connected with the local community on social media providing information and resources. Each year, the Moms Like Me planning committee is dedicated to improving the experience to best meet the needs of our community.
Connect with Moms Like Me on Facebook
In the spring of 2016 following a series of inspirational and tragic events that highlighted the need for maternal mental health support, a group of engaged mothers and professionals rallied to form the Maternal Mental Health Collective to “do something” about the lack of resources for postpartum women in the Gallatin Valley. The initial collective included psychotherapists, lactation counselors, doulas, naturopaths, and other proactive mothers who worked tirelessly to put together the first annual event, Moms Like Me: Shattering the Myth of the Postpartum Experience in February 2017. Over 150 people attended the first Moms Like Me event to hear three women sharing their heartfelt stories of the postpartum experience followed by a panel of professionals working in this developmental stage.
Based on the enthusiastic response from the community and the hundreds of families undergoing the transition from pregnancy to parenthood every year, the collective acknowledged the need to host this event annually. To support their efforts, Roots Family Collaborative stepped in to provide sustainability and ensure that the committee is poised to proactively address maternal mental health in our community.
In May 2018, Moms Like Me celebrated over 100 people at the second annual event, showcasing three new storytellers and seven professionals. The committee continues to stay connected with the local community on social media providing information and resources. Each year, the Moms Like Me planning committee is dedicated to improving the experience to best meet the needs of our community.
Connect with Moms Like Me on Facebook