Local Pregnancy Support Groups:

Birth Matters Richmond is a organization whose mission is to improve the culture of birth in Richmond by promoting an evidence-based model of maternity care, and supporting care providers who practice mother friendly care.  There goal is to help women and families make informed choices throughout their childbearing years.  For more information email richmond@birthmattersva.org. 
 

Birth Talk is an organization working to form an inclusive circle of trust and support for pregnant and postpartum women by:

• Sharing stories, options for local providers, birth locations and birth educators.

• Inspiring power and confidence throughout the experience of pregnancy, birth and parenthood.

• Discovering how to become your own birth advocate.

• Celebrating the life-changing experiences of pregnancy, birth and parenthood.

Birth Talk meets the first Monday of each month at Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road and the third Monday of each month at Lewis Ginter Community Building,  3421 Hawthorne Avenue.  Birth Talk meets from from 6:30 - 7:00 for guest speakers and 7:00-8:30pm for circle.  For more information contact Jennifer Kyzer at 440-2498 or safe-n-happy@iglide.net

ICAN of Richmond is a mother-to-mother support group for cesarean prevention, recovery and vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). Free monthly meetings:

Southside: Every second Thurday @ 7:30 pm. Classrooms at St. Francis Medical Center, Charter Colony Pkwy, Midlothian, VA 23114.  Mary Callender, Leader  382-VBAC.

West End: Every Third Thursday @ 7:30 pm.  St. Mary's Hospital, Educational Center, Rm. 161.  Maryann Combs, Leader  836-8403.

For more information call 804.236.8660, visit the website, or email ICAN at icanofrichmond@yahoo.com.