Mama Circle Midwifery

The Virtual Village is *free* and serves the mission of 4th Trimester AZ by bringing families as well as maternal health professionals together, to explore important topics affecting prenatal and postpartum families, including postpartum mood disorders, changing relationship & family dynamics, healthy boundary-setting, postpartum nutrition, breastfeeding, s*x & intimacy, physical health of the mother following birth, and so much more.

For our July gathering, we’ll be exploring options to support postpartum parents with healing ceremonies, including Seven Sisters, Belly Binding, Yoni Steams, and more!

Whether you are a professional serving parents, or a pregnant person or postpartum person interested in getting accurate information to support yourself & your family, this is a topic you don’t want to miss. We hope to see you there!

The amazing Princess from will be teaching about Belly Binding; An incredibly knowledgeable midwife, Mary, from will teach us about herbal yoni steams, and a fantastic local doula, placenta Encapsulator & childbirth educator, Caitlyn, from will teach us about “Placenta Readings.” This promises to be a lovely discussion, where we’ll all be inspired & learn something new!

There will be opportunities for Q & A, as well, so please join us on Zoom!

Link in bio, to register!

It takes a Village to raise a child... let’s do this, together!

Phoenix-area Midwives and birth & postpartum Doulas! ❤

You invited to come enjoy a relaxing & fun evening, networking, enjoying yummy treats, receiving wellness & self-care services, as well as an opportunity to secure new professional headshots, onsite, with any size donation to Arizona Community Birth Coalition.

The amazing Caitlyn from Manifest Birth Services will be offering free Reiki to birth keepers! ✨

For those who desire, we’ll have the option of a backyard night swim after-party.

There will also be an optional dinner meet-up, beforehand, at Flower Child on Ray!

This event is FREE, and preregistration is required.

Drop a ❤️, if you’d like more details!

Please share with any local midwife or doula friends!

Parents, Midwives, Doulas, and anyone who serves families in the first 5 years of a child’s life, our local conference is here! 🙌🏼

This is an EPIC gathering of local resources, workshops, self-care opportunities, community-building, and more!

I encourage you to register today!

And, believe it or not, the whole event is only $25, and free for AHCCCS participants!

4Th Trimester 2024 Conference - The 4th Trimester Arizona We believe comprehensive, equitable postpartum support will only occur when we move beyond fragmented interventions and toward a collaborative approach…..

Birthkeepers & Mamas! ❤️

We had such a lovely time, together, at our Summer Reiki Share.

Let's join together, as a community, to celebrate the Fall 🍂🎃season and take good care of one another, as mothers.

Birthkeeper sisters, save the date! 🙌🏼

As keepers of supported birth, we are care providers who hold massive space on the regular, have unpredictable sleep schedules, witness the most beautiful triumphs, and sometimes, the most heartbreaking outcomes. We give big, and yet, for many of us, we haven’t yet created an ongoing system to receive.

As we replenish our cups, we have the ability to sustain this sacred work, and to show up at our best, not only for our clients, but also for our own families, and for ourselves.

You are invited to join the amazing Reiki practitioner & Doula Caitlyn Martens and myself for a nourishing self-care circle, especially for Birthkeepers.

We’ll enjoy networking, sister circle time, a relaxing meditation, and Reiki. All of this is designed to fill our cups and support us in deepening our collective sisterhood of birthkeepers, here in the Valley.

Space is limited to 12, so reach out, if you know for sure you’d like to come!

All my love,
Jen❤️🐺

Local friends, please spread the word… Magical Maidens is here again! ❤️✊🏼🏹

Local moms & grandmothers & aunts are invited to bring daughters, nieces and granddaughters, ages 8-16 to a Flower Crown Circle on Saturday, August 12, 2pm - 3:30pm! Feel free to invite mom friends & their daughters! The circle is free, and registration is required. No experience needed, and all supplies provided!

Comment here or DM for a free ticket. 🎟️

This is a casual get-together for girls and their guardians to each make fresh flower crowns and engage in Q&A about the upcoming 9-month Magical Maidens Program!

Magical Maidens is an empowering 9-month women's health & sister circle program for girls aged 9 through 16.

In Magical Maidens, we celebrate the female body, the menstrual cycle and moon cycles, foster personal empowerment, body positivity, and sisterhood among girls. We highlight the importance of the mother/daughter bond, learn about leadership, have fun with crafting herbal body products, and we learn and grow together.

This year, we also have a field trip to a horse ranch to experience Equine Assisted Social/Emotional Learning!

Membership includes monthly sister circle workshops, a dance party, a family potluck picnic, a mother/daughter Day Retreat and transformative graduation ceremony.

For our homeschooling families, we have just received ESA approval and are an approved vendor!

Formal curriculum begins in September 2023 and completes in May 2024.

Thank you, for a beautiful song circle at for the East Valley Village!

Our voices can heal us! ❤️

Happy International Homebirth Day! ❤️👶🏽🏡

In addition ti holding space for badass birthing mamas, as a homebirth midwife, since 2011, I’m a home birthin’ mama, myself! ❤️

I share these photos, today, to illustrate the simple sacredness of birthing at home, and also the freedom!

Eight support people? Awesome! Singing bowls while I push? Yes! Catch my own baby? Fo’ sho’! Teenage son in the other room playing video games? Cool! Cord attached till two hours after birth? Of course!

And then sleeping in my own bed, afterwards… priceless!

You know, even if a transfer is necessary, the freedom and empowerment from homebirth midwife prenatal care makes all the difference!

I am grateful to have experienced this, and grateful to get to provide support to other mamas, to do the same, through my work at & .

Thank you for being by my side, and reminding me of my badassery, on that magical day!

Love,
Jen🐺❤️

This job has its perks… ❤️👶🏽

It takes a village to raise a child! Join our East Valley Village monthly community gatherings.

Join us at the AZCEND GIlbert Heritage Center for our FREE East Valley Village Gathering.

When: May 18, 11:30am to 1pm

Where: AZCEND Gilbert Heritage Center, 132 W. Bruce Ave. Gilbert, AZ 85233

Come join our FREE in person parent support circle!

Free childcare is available on a first-come-first-served basis. And, you are welcomed to have your children with you, as well!

This month, we are celebrating being moms!

Come meet other moms, in a casual get-together with bagels & cream cheese & coffee, and make a fresh flower crown for yourself!

All supplies provided, and no crafting experience necessary.

My insta story has the link. ❤️

Please be sure to check out our website, where you can find all of the free monthly 4th Trimester Villages, including Central Valley Village at the i.d.e.a. Museum, Black Mamas Village, Spanish-Speaking Village, Indigenous Parents Support Village, and More!

https://www.4thtrimesteraz.org/villages/

It takes a village to raise a child!

This month, at we'll be exploring the topic of skin changes in pregnancy.

Hormones can cause pigment changes, acne, redness, dryness, or all of the above!

Naturopathic Physician Dr. Kira DuCharme .kiraducharme will share ideas, tips and tricks to healthier skin during pregnancy and postpartum as well as answer questions.

Please join us at
AZCEND
132 W. Bruce Ave.
Gilbert, AZ 85233

Dr. DuCharme is a licensed naturopathic physician and founder of DuCharme Integrative Dermatology. Her clinical focus is on holistic dermatology and preventative aesthetics. Cosmetic Acupuncture, Botanical Medicine and Nutrition are key modalities used in her practice. She offers virtual and in-person appointments. Dr. DuCharme provides each client with an individualized plan to achieve and maintain healthy skin.

Please be sure to check out our website, where you can find all of the free monthly 4th Trimester Villages, including Central Valley Village at the i.d.e.a. Museum, Black Mamas Village, Spanish-Speaking Village, Indigenous Parents Support Village, and More!

Mama, have you been craving connection with nature on a deeper level?

Perhaps it’s time to get away for a bit…

I am excited to share that I will be cofacilitating an immersive and transformational retreat with a powerful & wise Modern-Day Medicine Woman,
in late April. 🌱

In sisterhood, in the forests of Payson, just as it's getting hot in the Valley, you are invited to a weekend getaway where we will enjoy both western and indigenous plant medicine experiences.

🌿We'll be connecting with nature, eating a picnic lunch in the cool breeze, at Horton creek, and embarking on a transformative Medicine Walk.

🌸We'll be crafting a healing salve made from Juniper berries we gather ourselves as well as lavender from the local lavender farm that we'll visit together.

🌳We'll be in the forest together, digging our hands in the Arizona dirt, for quartz crystals.

🕯️ We'll be enjoying an herbal bath bar, and a candlelit bath, all to ourselves.

🥘We'll be using food as medicine, enjoying delicious meals prepared together and by our hosts.

🌲 We'll craft Juniper smoke bundles, to bring this retreat energy home, and to cleanse our living space.

⭕️We’ll be setting sacred intentions, wrapping traditional to***co bundle offerings.

🔥 And, we'll be learning about and enjoying plants as medicine, for our minds, bodies, and spirits, around the fire.

✨This affordable and intimate retreat is for 10 ladies. We can't wait to gather with you!

⚡️Leave a ❤️ here, if this speaks to you, or feel free to DM with questions!

All the details are on the website!

Magical-Mama.com under “retreats.”

It takes a village to raise a child!




Come gather to create a collage with purpose! We'll be spreading out magazines on the floor, and cutting out images and words that express our hopes and dreams for 2023... a Vision Board!

Taking this home and seeing it each day keeps our dreams alive, and helps us remember our goals and inspirations! No experience necessary, and all supplies are provided. All parents and those who support parents are welcomed!

Preregistration is required. And, limited childcare spots are available. Please only register childcare spots, if you are certain you can attend.

We look forward to seeing you in circle!

Please be sure to check out our website, where you can find all of the free monthly 4th Trimester Villages, including Central Valley Village at the i.d.e.a. Museum, Black Mamas Village, Spanish-Speaking Village, Indigenous Parents Support Village, and More!

https://www.4thtrimesteraz.org/villages/

Thursday, January 5th, 10am to 11amish!

Aurora Midwifery] Cherry Blossom Doula Services]

Root & Rise Collective
4121 E Pueblo Ave, Rear House
Mesa, AZ 85206

Our location is in a neighborhood at the very end of the street where you run into a dead end. It is the small house at the end of the road with batting cages out front and there is a Root & Rise sign on the building.

We meet every other Thursday, from 10am to 11am-ish

If you are a parent in your first year of your 4th Trimester, you are invited! And, it’s free! Come join us in your PJ’s with spit up in your hair! We’re here for it! ❤️❤️❤️

Aurora Midwifery] Cherry Blossom Doula Services]

Moms, families, and professionals who support families!

Join us at the GIlbert Heritage Center for our FREE East Valley Village Gathering.

When: December 15th from noon to 1:30pm
Where: AZCEND Gilbert Heritage Center, 132 W. Bruce Ave. Gilbert, AZ 85233
Come join our FREE in person parent support circle!

Childcare is available, with pre-registration. Because we are limited to 10 children in the childcare area, we ask that you please only pre-register with children, if you know you will be attending.

For December's East Valley Village gathering, we will be introducing 4th Trimester AZ East Valley Village and getting to know one another.

For 2023, we have amazing events planned, including visionboarding, babywearing basics, and much more!

In order to prepare for the appropriate amount of attendees, all attendees must register on Eventbrite to join this event.

Let’s gather in community to create the Village! 🙂

Thursday, December 8th, 10am to 11amish!

Alyssa Johns (Midwife/Owner)] Cherry Blossom Doula Services]

Root & Rise Collective
4121 E Pueblo Ave, Rear House
Mesa, AZ 85206

Our location is in a neighborhood at the very end of the street where you run into a dead end. It is the small house at the end of the road with batting cages out front and there is a Root & Rise sign on the building.

We meet every other Thursday, from 10am to 11am-ish

If you are a parent in your first year of your 4th Trimester, you are invited! And, it’s free! Come join us in your PJ’s with spit up in your hair! We’re here for it! ❤️❤️❤️

Alyssa Johns (Midwife/Owner)] Cherry Blossom Doula Services]

It's time for quarterly holding space event!

Come join in an online circle, with Jennifer Hoeprich, mothers’ circle facilitator, meditation teacher, hypnotherapist, and homebirth midwife, as she guides us in “holding space" for one another.

So, what does it mean to "hold space?"

Holding space means to be with someone, intentionally, actively listening to them and seeing them as capable, whole, and complete, exactly as they are, without judgment.

We'll do this in circle and also have some private paired shares with other moms.

This type of interaction allows us to truly feel seen and heard, which we all need!

This Village, our theme is "The Holidays." We'll have space held for us to share what we're looking forward to, and what we're not looking forward to, what's easy, and what's hard, and also have time to brainstorm together, about how we can take good care of ourselves, during the holiday season ahead.

So, what is "active listening?" Actively listening means to *just* listen to the person speaking... not trying to fix, not formulating a response, not trying to discover how what is being said relates to your own life. Just being fully present in the moment and listening. We very rarely get to give or receive this, as parents in the 4th Trimester.

This practice is perfect for beginners and those with a lifetime of experience in active listening. All are welcomed!

Register with the link provided to join us for this event and all East Valley Village monthly gatherings, for free!

4thtrimesteraz.org ❤️❤️❤️

By far everyone’s number one post partum hack… Baby wearing!

moms, dads, doulas, postpartum Doulas, midwives, childbirth educators, tune in to find out all the info on baby carriers!

what are the different kinds? How can we use them safely? What are the price points?

The amazing Dr. Dara he’s going to give us the down low on all of this, and more! Come with your questions!

And, it’s free! Share with your peeps!

Thursday, October 13th, 10am to 11amish!

Alyssa Johns (Midwife/Owner)] Cherry Blossom Doula Services]

Root & Rise Collective
4121 E Pueblo Ave, Rear House
Mesa, AZ 85206

Our location is in a neighborhood at the very end of the street where you run into a dead end. It is the small house at the end of the road with batting cages out front and there is a Root & Rise sign on the building.

We meet every other Thursday, from 10am to 11am-ish

If you are a parent in your first year of your 4th Trimester, you are invited! And, it’s free! Come join us in your PJ’s with spit up in your hair! We’re here for it! ❤️❤️❤️

Alyssa Johns (Midwife/Owner)] Cherry Blossom Doula Services]

Come join our FREE in person sharing circle at the I.d.e.a. Museum located at 150 W Pepper Pl. Mesa Arizona 85201.

Come enjoy the museum with your littles before and after the our village gathering as a complimentary pass from our gracious partners at the ! Just let them know you are there for the village and they will let you in free of charge for our event.

Our sharing circle will be lead by Jennifer Hoeprich, mothers’ circle facilitator, meditation teacher, hypnotherapist, and homebirth midwife, as she guides us in “active listening."

So, what is “active listening?” And what does it mean to "hold space?"

-Active listening means to *just* listen to the person speaking... not trying to fix, not formulating a response, not trying to discover how what is being said relates to your own life. Just being fully present in the moment and listening.

-Holding space means to be with someone, intentionally, actively listening to them and seeing them as capable, whole, and complete, exactly as they are, without judgment.

This type of interaction allows the person sharing to truly feel seen and heard, which is an experience they may not have in any other area of their lives. And, it allows the active listener to know they are making a difference for the other, and participating in something extraordinary. It can actually feel very relaxing to be actively listening!

This practice is perfect for beginners and those with a lifetime of experience in active listening.

All are welcome!

Registration link in bio!

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This Saturday! Magical Mama, LLC] is hosting a free Magical Maidens Flower Crown Circle at The Healing Tree from 10-11:30am 🌸

You are invited to bring your daughters, their friends & moms, your nieces and granddaughters, aged 8-16. Registration is required Magical Mama, LLC] Linktree!

This is a casual get-together for girls and their guardians to each make fresh flower crowns and to learn about and discuss the upcoming 6-month Magical Maidens Program 🤗

In tribute of the Queen today 👸🤍🙏
May she Rest In Peace.

This is Queen Elizabeth after her fourth home birth 🏠💛


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Queen Elizabeth after her fourth Homebirth

Thursday, September 8th, 10am to 11amish!

Root & Rise Collective

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You only get to do this whole baby having journey a limited amount of times. Not all midwives, not all OBGYNS, not all hospitals are created equal.

We’re so lucky in the Phoenix metro area to have amazing OBGYNS, Midwives in hospitals, birth centers and home that will always provide evidence based and family centered care. You deserve it- your experience matters.

🤷🏼‍♀️Feeling like you’re not heard when you express concerns- switch.
🤷🏿‍♀️Feeling like your appointments are rushed - switch.
🤷🏽‍♀️Feeling like you’re being mislead?- switch.
🤷🏻‍♀️Not loving the options you’re being given?- switch.

This is the first step in your parenting journey- you have the power to make your decisions collaboratively with your team. Let that mama bear instinct kick in and take control. You’re gonna rock it. 💫

& ❤️

East Valley Village

Postpartum Hack: Boundary Setting

Thursday, August 18th
10am -11:30am
On Zoom
Free & all are Welcomed!

Boundary-setting can be one of the most challenging aspects of planning for childbirth and postpartum life.

From strangers wanting to touch your pregnant belly... to family members asking to be in the room when you give birth... to people saying they're coming over to see the baby at 24 hours old... and to everyone and their grandmother giving you allll the unsolicited advice... setting up healthy boundaries can be emotional and just plain hard! ❤️

Join in the conversation, as we speak with Michelle Lacey, Certified Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner and Director at . We encourage you to come with questions and stories, as we explore tips and tricks for healthy boundary setting that honors and preserves our relationships and at the same time prioritizes and communicates our own needs and choices with relatives, care providers, and anyone else who may be involved in the birth experience or the 4th Trimester!

This event is free, and preregistration is required. All are welcomed!

You can follow the link in my profile to register (takes 30 seconds!)

I hope to see you there!

Parents & Babes!

It’s time, again, for our Postpartum Support Circle!

Thursday, August 11, 10 AM to 11 AM-ish

Root & Rise Collective
4121 E Pueblo Ave, Rear House
Mesa, AZ 85206

Our location is in a neighborhood at the very end of the street where you run into a dead end. It is the small house at the end of the road with batting cages out front and there is a Root & Rise sign on the building.

We meet every other Thursday, from 10am to 11am-ish

If you are a parent in your first year of your 4th Trimester, you are invited! And, it’s free! Come join us in your PJ’s with spit up in your hair! We’re here for it! ❤️❤️❤️

I am especially stoked to be facilitating this month's East Valley Village: Healthy Boundary Setting!

Thursday, August 18th, 10am - 11:30am on Zoom & Facebook Live.

Man, can't we all use this?! But especially during the vulnerable seasons of pregnancy, the birth experience, and postpartum.

ALL are welcomed to this discussion, which will be facilitated by an amazing therapist specialized in prenatal and postpartum mental health!

Please join and have your clients and friends join in too! There is no cost, and it is online, so anyone can join from anywhere!

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"Boundary-setting can be one of the most challenging aspects of planning for childbirth and postpartum life.

From strangers wanting to touch your pregnant belly... to family members asking to be in the room when you give birth... to people saying they're coming over to see the baby at 24 hours old... and to everyone and their grandmother giving you allll the unsolicited advice... setting up healthy boundaries can be emotional and just plain hard.

Join Perinatal Specialist Therapists at Women's Health Innovations, and come with questions and stories, as we explore tips and tricks for healthy boundary setting that honors and preserves our relationships and at the same time prioritizes and communicates our own needs and choices with relatives, care providers, and anyone else who may be involved in the birth experience or the 4th Trimester!

This event is free, and preregistration is required. All are welcomed!"

4thtrimesteraz.org under “For Parents” and “Villages” to Register… it takes literally 30 seconds! ❤️

Congratulations to for winning 2022 Best of the Valley “Best Place to Give Birth” in the East Valley!

🏠 is where the ❤️ is…and the 👶🏽!

Go, us!

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I never thought I’d be in love with a Stanley, but here we are, inseparable! 💘💘

Thank you, for taking such good care of me, and making sure I’m well hydrated for postpartum visits on these hot summer days with all your amazing families! ❤️👶🏽🏠

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Have you or has someone you know experienced a flood of negative emotions with each let-down, when breastfeeding?

There’s a name for this! And there are some techniques that can help! ❤️