Birth Bucks - Local Savings for Pregnancy & Baby

SAVE Hundreds $$$ on local mama-picked businesses for birth and baby...

Sample Savings:

• Free Childbirth Series

• Free Classes: childbirth preparation, prenatal yoga

• Free Exercise Band & Exercises

• Complimentary Photography Planning Session & $100 off sitting fee

• $50 off Aqua-baby swim lesson

• 50% off home cleaning service

• $40 off your first order of organic baby food

• $40 towards a ring resize or jewelry cleaning

• 30% off first naturopathic well baby visit

• $20 towards a postpartum lactation consultation

• $20 towards your next acupuncture treatment

• $10 off a spa treatment

• $10 towards a prental massage

• Hundreds more savings

For participating business: www.birth-bucks.com

Review Mother Tree Online

Here's a chance to share your review of our services online at a neat new resource--
http://mamasource.com/add_business/direct_share_add

And as always we'd love to have your review at www.urbanmamas.com. Search doula and respond to any of the doula requests. : )

Mom's Pregnancy Support Groups

Mamas have been asking us for pregnancy support groups. Here's one that is up and coming

EXPECTATIONS: A GROUP FOR PREGNANT WOMEN

This group will explore the emotional experience of pregnancy in a supportive environment. Topics will include how to improve your support network, stress management, positive childbirth experience, and self-care. Other topics will be generated together by group members and the facilitator.

Some attention will be given to strategies to improve emotional health during the postpartum period.

The group begins Wednesday April 2, and will run for 6 sessions. Each session is 1 ½ Hours from 5:45pm-7:15pm. Fees are on a sliding scale from $15-$25/session.

This group is an inclusive group, and is affirming of all ages, cultural/ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientation and relationship status.

Please Call Meghan Campbell MS Ed., NCC at

503-706-7751 for more information and to register.

meghancampbell.net

Mother Tree Tea Party Jan 26th

Wild Babies Welcome! - Join Winter Tea Party on Jan 26
*By Jesse Henderson, CD, LCCE*
Solstice Babe

It smelled like wild babies. Not the powdered, fabric softener swaddled,
binkied baby smell -- but the fresh, warm, earthy smell of a new life
emerging from the salty depths of mystery.

Getting in touch with the wild lands of our souls is often what is so
surprising and inspiring about birth--truly nothing can prepare us for the
moment that we meet the new being that lands in our arms. We are forever
changed. Transformed. We are ourselves born as mothers. Born as fathers.

And so a new year is born--our wildest dreams come alive...the potential of
new our new life emerges. A chance to start anew. We invite you to come
together as parents and friends to celebrate the little acorns that have
sprouted into our lives this year. A chance to honor the new beings whose
wildness still reminds us of all that is yet to be discovered in the world.

Please join us around the Mother Tree for our annual *Mother Tree Winter Tea
Party*, Saturday, January 26th 1 to 4 pm at the West Hills Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship 8470 SW Oleson Rd. Portland 97223. (Take 1-5 South,
Exit Multnomah Blvd, West to Oleson Rd) Meet other new parents, see your
doula and enjoy delicious treats. *Wild Babies Welcome! Please RSVP*:
events@mothertreebirth.com

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Mother Tree Family - Nanny Share Available

We are three families looking for another family to join in our nanny
share. We currently have 2 kids everyday except Wednesday when there
are three. We would love someone for M, T, Th and F but we could work
with someone who needs all 5 days. We have a 16 month old girl, a 11
month old boy, and a 8 month old boy. We would love to have someone
16 months or a little older.

Our kids spend as much time as possible outdoors. They eat healthy,
mostly organic food. They don't watch TV. We would like someone
interested in meeting occasionally with all the parents, kids and
nanny to talk about the little ones and to just relax and catch up.

Please contact us if you are interested. We look forward to meeting you.
alissa.lancaster@gmail.com

The Business of Being Born Viewing Invite

UrbanMamas, Activistas, Mother Tree and the Zenana Spa and Wellness Center are sponsoring a screening of The Business of Being Born.

The Business of Being Born created and produced by Ricki Lake is an honest look at the affects that business and corporate structures have on women and their families, their choices and the community.

And of course there'll be an opportunity afterward to discuss the film and, hopefully, brainstorm ideas for next steps, if that makes sense. We'll definitely be discussing the film - and anything related - with some expert input. We've all got birth opinions, I just know it. Bring 'em with you.

Planning to come? Excellent! We'll be at Zenana Spa on Saturday, 1.26.08 @ 3 PM and again on Sunday 2.10.08 @ 12:30 PM (it's 85 minutes long). The cost is $5/person; all proceeds will be donated to the Nursing Mothers Counsel of Oregon (a big thanks to urbanMamas for paying for the film and Zenana for donating the space!). And if you wish to donate more, no one will stop you!

RSVP
http://urbanmamas.typepad.com//activistas/2008/01/the-business-of.html
Donation of $5 and proceeds go to: Nursing Mother's Counsel

THE LANGUAGE OF PARENTING~WORDS WEAVE MAGIC!

Part of raising capable, confident children is mastering the artful use of language. This five-week class series gives parents new tools for using language to gain cooperation and enhance self-esteem. Janet Allison is a Parent Educator, Waldorf Teacher and Family Coach. Class begins Monday, November 12th through December 10th, 7-9 p.m. at the Historic Overlook House. $125 includes manual. Call Janet at 503-493-7404 or email janet.familycoach@comcast.net to register.

The flyer is attached.

Also, giving a free talk entitled, "5 Words that Weave Magic!" at Zenana's Spa & Wellness Center on Thursday, December 6th from 1-2:30. Please pre-register with Janet at 503-493-7404 or janet.familycoach@comcast.net Child care is available, call Zenana's Spa to sign up on a first-come, first-served basis, 503-238-6262.

ALSO, I am available to come and talk with your parents on a wide variety of topics! In addition to the above, I'm a mom of two grown daughters. Have recently moved to Portland from Ashland and am thrilled at the array of support for families here - way to go!

Janet Allison

503-493-7404