A non-profit improving the care of
mothers and babies.

Better Beginnings is a new non-profit dedicated to improving care for women and babies in pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding. Birth is a pivotal event for women and their families with long term effects. The empowered transformation of women and men into mothers and fathers is vital. We can promote social, medical and emotional well being by creating a culture supportive of these fundamental experiences.

What is needed is:

Wanted and/or accepted pregnancies

Prenatal care with respect (social, ethnic, emotional)

Faith and trust that, for most women, pregnancy and birth are normal

Gentle birth in a supportive environment focused on the woman and baby

Midwifery for the masses, with proper back-up and support

A doula for every woman

Support for breast-feeding

Human milk for human babies

Supportive home care for new mothers and fathers

Mentors for positive early parenting (mothers teach mothering)

Please contact us for more information, to donate or to volunteer.

Better Beginnings
583 Summerfield Road
Santa Rosa, CA 95405
707.931.4479

www.betterbeginningsforbabies.org
info@betterbeginningsforbabies.org

 

BIRTH the play by Karen Brody

October 8-11

Glaser Center
547 Mendocino Ave
Santa Rosa, CA

Tickets: $15.00
Seniors: $10.00
Students with current student ID at the door: $5.00

October 8 show time 7:00 PM
Talk back panel & local practitioners

October 9 show time 7:00 PM
Talk back panel & local practitioners

October 10 show time 7:00 PM
Silent Auction wine and horsdoeuvres

October 11 show time 2:00 PM

You can buy tickets online at:

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/70087

Proceeds from the play will support:

• Community education projects such as the production of Birth: The Play in Sonoma County, film screenings, community discussions and networking events focusing on what
  women need for better birth experiences,
  
• A support group for women who have had surgical birth,
  
• Education for doctors, midwives, and doulas on attending women who have had prior surgical or traumatic birth experience,
  
• Labor support, particularly for poor and at-risk women, in labor and birth,
  
• Support for breastfeeding and new parenting with home visits by specialists trained in lactation, parenting and postpartum depression.

Together, we can make a difference, one family at a time.