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New Parents Circle
with Ellen Kunkle, MMC Childbirth Education

Come together to share the story of your parenting journey and receive support and inspiration from other new parents.
Discussion topics include sleep, feeding, nurturing yourself, and relationship changes. This group is flexible to address your own needs and concerns. This group is facilitated by a childbirth educator who is also a trained doula and breastfeeding counselor.
This group meets in person (with a hybrid Zoom option, too) at the MaineHealth Medical Building, 5 Bucknam Rd, Falmouth. (Ground floor, lots of parking!)
This group meets every Thursday morning from 10am - 12pm. Please register here. When you register you will receive the zoom link to log in.
The group is free but registration is required. Join anytime throughout the year. New members are always welcome!
Breastfeeding Support Group (2025)
with Brooke Cottman, MMC Childbirth Education

This free peer support group is a great opportunity to meet other new breastfeeding parents in your community, share experiences, and receive postpartum and newborn care information and support. A lactation consultant facilitates the group and can answer your questions.
Please register here to receive log-in or call-in information for this weekly group which meets on Tuesdays 9:30am - 11:30am.
This group meets in person (with a hybrid Zoom option, too) at the MaineHealth Medical Building, 5 Bucknam Rd, Falmouth. (Ground floor, lots of parking!)
FREE but registration is required to receive Zoom info. Join anytime throughout the year. New members are always welcome!
Lifestyle Medicine - 2025 Nutrition Classes (IN PERSON)
with MaineHealth Primary Care Falmouth, MaineHealth Medical Group

Come join us for a FREE one-hour, evidence-based discussion healthy nutrition! Each session is designed to build on another, but is also useful on its own if you can only make a few! We will focus on quality and quantity of foods and learn how to incorporate a whole-food plant-based eating pattern as recommended by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.
Note: Please arrive at 2:45.
Instructors: Amy Pearl BSN, RN, CWHC and Shannon Marotta BSN, RN, CWHC, DipACLM
Attendance Policy: It is the expectation that the patient will cancel their registration if they cannot attend. If a patient does not show to 2 classes, they will have any following sessions canceled and will have to contact the office to discuss enrolling in future classes.
Lifestyle Medicine - 2025 Nutrition Classes (VIRTUAL)
with MaineHealth Primary Care Falmouth, MaineHealth Medical Group

Come join us for a FREE one-hour, evidence-based discussion healthy nutrition! This is the virtual sign-up option, see Zoom link to join below. Each session is designed to build on another, but is also useful on its own if you can only make a few! We will focus on quality and quantity of foods and learn how to incorporate a whole-food plant-based eating pattern as recommended by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.
Instructors: Amy Pearl BSN, RN, CWHC
To Join the Zoom Meeting:
Meeting ID: 596 576 2953
Attendance Policy: It is the expectation that the patient will cancel their registration if they cannot attend. If a patient does not show to 2 classes, they will have any following sessions canceled and will have to contact the office to discuss enrolling in future classes.
Perinatal Support Group
with MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital and Waldo Hospital Events

We offer a safe place for new and pregnant mothers and families to talk, listen, get support and gain education on postpartum experiences. This is a free group for moms, moms-to-be and family members who want to connect with others for support. Registration is encouraged, but drop-ins are welcome. Please call (207)505-4140 for more information or to register.
This group meets on the 2nd Monday of each month, from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Cancer Support Group
with Paula Holmes, MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital and Waldo Hospital Events

Join Paula Holmes, LCSW, for this supportive atmosphere where you can talk as little or as much as you’d like, hear others’ perspectives, process thoughts and feelings and share laughter and camaraderie with others who are experiencing cancer.
If you’d like to attend by video conference, Paula can send you a link.
For more information call 207-505-4200
MidCoast Mamas
with Erin Kirkpatrick, Mid Coast Maternity

Please join our postpartum support group to find the village you deserve! You will get to meet other new moms and find out that many of the struggles you may be experiencing are common and you are not alone. You will also get good ideas for coping. We vent, we celebrate, we cry, we encourage, we drink coffee and eat snacks! You can weigh your baby here and ask any questions at all to another mother or a nurse.
The group meets every Wednesday morning at 10:30am at MidCoast Hospital. Sometimes we meet in Conference Room 1, right next to the cafeteria. If that room is not available, our back up location is the waiting room outside the Maternity unit. The group is led by our breast/bottle feeding specialists. Mothers with children 0-6 months are welcome.
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Nursing Support Group
with Lynn Tauss, MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital and Waldo Hospital Events

This informal support group for breastfeeding families provides interaction as well as individual assistance when needed. Women wanting more information about breastfeeding are also welcome. This group is facilitated by a lactation consultant from the Women and Infants unit.
Please call (207)301-8337 for more information.