BAHC Baby Clothes & Gear Swap

Saturday 11/16 from 10 AM - 1PM
5735 Shattuck Avenue, Oakland

This Saturday marks our free biannual swap where you'll find gently used baby and pregnancy clothing, toys, and gear for all ages and stages. Give and/or get - you don't need to bring stuff to take stuff! Friends and family welcome!

Friday Postpartum Groups - East Bay.

Every Friday, 10am-12pm. Oakland Birth and Wellness.

Our Postpartum Group is a place for all parents and caregivers to come socialize and build community. The group is drop in and low key, and on the last Friday of the month we ask a guest to join us to speak about a postpartum topic such as pelvic floor health or infant massage. We are open to all who have pre-crawling babies so bring your friends as well! Suggested donation of $1-10 are welcome but not required. 
Visit oaklandbirthandwellness.com for more details.
Suggested $1-10 donation.

*NEW! Tuesday Postpartum Groups - East Bay.

Every Tuesday, 10am-12pm. East Bay Midwives.
902 Stannage Avenue, Albany, CA 94706

Share your joys and challenges plus build community with local families in this weekly support group facilitated by local midwives. All kinds of wonderful topics abound including infant sleep, grown-up sleep, breastfeeding/ chest-feeding, self-care, relationships, parenting, mind-body wellness, development, and more! 

Visit eastbaymidwives.com for more details.

First group starts Tuesday, November 26
Suggested $1-10 donation.

Monday Homebirth Lake Walks - East Bay.

Every Monday, starting at 10:30. Lake Merritt.

A casual weekly meet-up with midwife Ellen Levitt. Start at the Lake Merritt pillars and walk around the lake together! This is an event to encourage families to meet one another while moving our bodies and getting a breath of fresh air!

This is a free event. Text Ellen in the AM to make sure she is not at a birth - 510 459-8708.  All family members and friends welcome. This path is accessible to babies in strollers. There are two stops for bathrooms, and several water fountains along the path. No food provided. Bring your own snacks, and make sure you have enough water! Rain cancels event.

Homebirth 411 - San Francisco
The second Saturday of every month, you'll find BAHC midwives hosting a free informational session about homebirth and midwifery care. Held at Natural Resources on Valencia Street near 25th Street, the presentation covers what it's like to work with a midwife for prenatal, birth and postpartum care. We discuss many aspects of the care, answer lots of questions, and show a short video of a home water birth in Sausalito. All are welcome to join.
When: 2nd Saturday of every month from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Where: Natural Resources, 1367 Valencia Street, San Francisco, near 24th St BART Station

Why Not Home Movie Screening - San Francisco
What if the choice of where to give birth wasn'’t limited by cost or insurance coverage, fear or misinformation? What would change if families had access to the care provider of their choice in the setting that best fits their unique needs and values? The families featured in Why Not Home - —obstetricians, nurse-practitioners, family physicians - —know well the landscape of hospital-based birth: the routine interventions, the stress and difficulty of making autonomous decisions within an institutional setting, the time constraints imposed on laboring women. And they have chosen to give birth at home. Come see this beautiful movie, and find out why. Movie followed by a Q&A with community midwives.
When: TBD. Sign up for a showing.
Where: Natural Resources, 1367 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA 94110
Cost: Free
Sign up on the Natural Resources website here. 

Labyrinth Walk at Grace Cathedral - San Francisco
Join prenatal yoga teacher Jane Austin and BAHC midwife Sue Baelen in a guided walking meditation. It’s a time for quiet reflection and a chance to connect with your authentic self as well as an ideal way to actively meditate and prepare for birth.
When: 3rd Thursday of every month, gathering at 11:45 am
Where: Grace Cathedral Labyrinth (sometimes indoors, sometimes outside). California and Taylor Streets