Support Groups

In the Round: A Virtual Pregnancy Group for Moms

You are not alone. Join our trimester specific weekly groups that prioritize the wellness of your whole person. We hold space for all the messy and joyous parts of pregnancy. In traditional prenatal care, a client starting care in the first trimester has anywhere from 10-16 one-on-one scheduled in-person visits with their care provider for health assessments and counseling. These visits can be as short as 15 minutes — leaving lots of space for questions and uncertainty. In the Round groups offer pregnant mamas the option to join weekly educational and listening sessions with a small group of other pregnant folks who are at the same stage of pregnancy as they are.

Every week. Sundays. Tuesdays. Thursdays.

Virtual groups can be especially helpful for those who cannot travel long distances to in person meetings, who have barriers to taking time off from work or who are juggling commitments related to their family responsibilities. These online groups have the added benefit of providing the opportunity to build lasting relationships with other families and building your network of prenatal and postpartum support. Our group facilitators— trained therapists, experienced doulas and health educators — help to guide the group’s discussions around pregnancy and postpartum topics, covering everything from normal pregnancy symptoms to crafting a birth plan to common challenges with newborn care.

Groups are not only an efficient way to deliver information but they impede the isolation that can come with pregnancy as well as the frustrations of social distancing and spending more time at home by creating an environment where expectant parents can learn from and support each other. You’ll have the opportunity to form lasting friendships at these sessions, and get to experience the progress of your pregnancy with other moms. Let’s do this together!  Due to COVID-19 and social distancing guidelines, In the Round is being offered virtually for the remainder of the 2021 calendar year.

The ZOOM link for our virtual groups will be provided in your confirmation emails once registered.

Footsteps: A Postpartum Group for Moms

Regardless of how prepared a woman is or how much she looked forward to her pregnancy and her baby's birth, the perinatal period may include some unexpected "highs" and "lows." Footsteps is a weekly postpartum support group sponsored by Project Motherpath, which is offered on Thursdays at The Gathering Place. 

Every week. Every Thursday. For you. 

Thursdays is Footsteps. Every Thursday from 11:00am - 1:00pm. For almost eight years now. Since before there was an us, and before there was place we gathered, before The Gathering Place, there was Footsteps. A group for mamas to BE postpartum. Before there was a Biscayne Blvd building, when it was just in a little two room space in the design district, there was footsteps. And now, that it's in a cozy classroom inside of Magnolia Birth House, it still is, Footsteps. A group, that's free, for moms to BE, together. Before we had grand ideas and big dreams. Before we hosted green baby fairs and big latch ons and great cloth diaper changes, before there was a doula service, and birth center, before us, there was Footsteps. Whether it was once a month with bottles of hoppy beer and freshly made beignets or once a week with babies on cushions between a bevy of wooden toys, there was Footsteps. Then it was just led by us, now it's facilitated by an awesome volunteer team of mama-psychologists. But it's still free. And it's still for moms. And you're STILL welcome. At the heart of everything we have ever done for pregnant and parenting families in Miami is Footsteps, and its foundational idea that there should be a place to gather, and be supported. And be heard. And be seen. In all your fabulously perfect imperfection. And be accepted anyway. So if you're looking for a place, to be. With other mamas. Come to Footsteps. It's still here. Every week. Every Thursday. 11-1. For you.  Due to COVID-19 and social distancing guidelines, Footsteps is being offered virtually for the remainder of the 2021 calendar year.

The ZOOM link for our virtual groups will be provided in your confirmation emails once registered.

THURSDAYS, WEEKLy
11AM - 1PM

Completely free. Every week. Our group is facilitated by a trained therapist (Gloria Lopez of Beyond the Birth) and operates under a peer support model. Babies in arms are welcome.