Growing Together 1: From Partners to Parents

This workshop creates a space in which to thoughtfully prepare for the transformative and profound journey from couplehood to parenthood, particularly focusing on methods to build awareness of both strengths and opportunities for growth in your foundation as a couple. The workshop will build communication around the following:

What We’ll Cover:

• Anticipation and Preparation: Who’s excited? How excited? Are you coming to my appointments? Do we need to move? What are our practical expectations around pregnancy, and do they match?
• Big Feels: Is what I’m feeling normal? Is it okay if we’re feeling different things? How do we bridge the emotional gap between what it’s like to be the birthing person and what’s it like to be waiting in the wings? What is postpartum depression, and is it going to happen to me?
• The Postpartum Experience: How often are my in-laws going to be in my house? How will we recover when our birth experience is different from what we expected? What do you mean you weren’t planning to change any diapers? I’ve never been very good at asking you for help, and now I need So Much Help.
• The Support Squad: How do I identify and build the best support team for my partner and I?

By the end of this workshop, you and your partner will have a clearer picture of what’s ahead and tools to support one another through the incredible transition to parenthood.