Our Mission

Our mission is to protect the birth experience by providing women and their families with education, resources, and advocacy. 

Our Vision

We are dedicated to empowering women to honor and celebrate the birthing process. We envision a community where parents access resources to make informed choices for their birth and early parenting experiences.

 

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Next Meetings

 Friday, FEBRUARY 26th, 2010 ~ 6:30-8:30pm

Friday, MARCH 26th, 2010 ~ 6:30-8:30pm

Parents' Place @ Pacific Grove Adult School ~ Earth Room

1025 Lighthouse Ave, Pacific Grove, CA 93950

Open to the public.  Please join us!


Noted Upcoming Events

  Check our Events page for more about these and other upcoming happenings!  There's good stuff coming up!  Hope to see you!


  • SUN, FEB 21, 2010: "OPTIMIZE YOUR HOSPITAL BIRTH EXPERIENCE" Panel and Q&A Event
    • Learn about your birthing options and how to better prepare yourself for your hospital birth!
    • Click on the image below for all the details. 
    • See you there!




News & Announcements
  • TAKE THE BIRTH SURVEY TODAY! -- We encourage everyone to take a few minutes to complete CIMS's (the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services) Birth Survey.   
    • "The Birth Survey is an ongoing online consumer survey that asks women to provide feedback about their birth experiences.  Women's responses abut specific providers and facilities will be available online to other women in their communities to help them decide where and with whom to birth.  As they become available, the official facility-level intervention rates gathered form the state departments of health will be paired with the women's survey responses to help families make their birthing decisions."
  • Interesting Articles 
    • Birth Network Member Feature -- Our very own Gail Root, the founder of "Parents' Place" was featured in the Summer 2009 APPPAH (the Association for Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology & Health) Newsletter (To read the article, click here and then on the "Summer 2009" link.  The article is on page 5.)
    • Exciting Monterey County News! -- "Natural Birth after C-Section Possible at NMC Again" -- "Monterey County women who've had a c-section don't have to leave the county to give birth naturally anymore.  Natividad Medical Center announced Wednesday that so-called VBACs (vaginal birth after cesarean) are back..."  (Click above to read the full article.)

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