Transitioning to Motherhood: Navigating the ups and downs from pregnancy through early childhood

Facilitated by Drs. Holly Serrao and Jessica Martin

Cost: $55

This workshop will provide support, information, and resources for pregnant women and mothers of infants or toddlers.

Becoming a mother is beautiful and hard. Pregnant women and new mothers grapple with mixed emotions, challenging thoughts, and changes in their social and work lives. For many, transitioning into motherhood brings with it the excitement and challenges of a changing identity. All of this is normal. There is even a name for the process of transitioning to motherhood - matrescence. However, many women do not feel prepared for or fully supported in the vast changes they undergo as mothers. This workshop will bring together a small group of pregnant women and mothers (both new mothers and those with more than one child) to discuss the complicated transition into motherhood. Group leaders will provide information and resources to support mothers experiencing mental, emotional, social, vocational, and physical changes in the process of becoming a mother and raising a newborn or toddler.