Chicopee Area Families!
We are hosting FREE workshops in your area in September. Kick back with Sacred Start Doulas, enjoy refreshments and conversations around Pregnancy, Parenthood, and Beyond. Please use the link below to get signed up for any8 (or all) workshops of your choosing!
**Limited transportation vouchers are available*
***Children are welcome! Childcare is not provided***
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Doula-Led Community Workshops
"Understanding your body, your rights, and your choices."
"Understanding your body, your rights, and your choices."
"Understanding your body, your rights, and your choices."
Learn about your healthcare rights, birth options including home birth for low-risk families, informed consent, and your rights regarding your placenta after birth. Gain the knowledge and confidence to make informed decisions throughout your pregnancy and birth journey.
"Making Space for Pregnancy Loss...In All Its Forms"
"Understanding your body, your rights, and your choices."
"Understanding your body, your rights, and your choices."
Pregnancy loss can take many forms, and every experience deserves to be acknowledged with compassion. This supportive workshop creates space to honor grief, explore healing practices, understand the physical and emotional changes after loss, and connect with resources in a welcoming, judgment-free community. Whether your loss was recent or years ago, you are welcome here.
"Postpartum is more than the first 6 weeks..."
"Understanding your body, your rights, and your choices."
"Postpartum is more than the first 6 weeks..."
Explore what real postpartum recovery looks like beyond the six-week checkup. Learn about physical healing, emotional wellness, rest, nutrition, community support, and cultural postpartum traditions from around the world. Together, we'll discuss nourishing foods, practical self-care, and ways to support your body, mind, and spirit throughout the postpartum journey.
"Family Nutrition for the Growing Family"
"LGBTQ+ Family Planning, Pregnancy, Pregnancy, & Beyond
"Postpartum is more than the first 6 weeks..."
Food is more than fuel. Food is culture. Food is connection. Food is care. Join us as we explore simple, affordable ways to nourish your growing family while honoring the foods and traditions that make your family unique. Together, we'll share practical meal planning strategies, budget-friendly recipes, nutrition for pregnancy and growin
Food is more than fuel. Food is culture. Food is connection. Food is care. Join us as we explore simple, affordable ways to nourish your growing family while honoring the foods and traditions that make your family unique. Together, we'll share practical meal planning strategies, budget-friendly recipes, nutrition for pregnancy and growing children, and ways to make the most of community resources like WIC, SNAP, and HIP so every family can leave feeling confident in the kitche
"Feeding Foundations & Lactation Support"
"LGBTQ+ Family Planning, Pregnancy, Pregnancy, & Beyond
"LGBTQ+ Family Planning, Pregnancy, Pregnancy, & Beyond
Every family's feeding journey is unique. This interactive workshop offers practical, judgment-free support for breastfeeding, chestfeeding, pumping, bottle feeding, and formula feeding. Learn how infant feeding works, recognize hunger cues, safely prepare and store milk, troubleshoot common challenges, and discover ways your whole support system can help nourish your baby with confidence
"LGBTQ+ Family Planning, Pregnancy, Pregnancy, & Beyond
"LGBTQ+ Family Planning, Pregnancy, Pregnancy, & Beyond
"LGBTQ+ Family Planning, Pregnancy, Pregnancy, & Beyond
Every family deserves affirming, compassionate care. Whether your family includes one parent, two parents, multiple caregivers, chosen family, or another unique family structure, this workshop welcomes people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions. Join us for practical guidance, advocacy tools, community r
Every family deserves affirming, compassionate care. Whether your family includes one parent, two parents, multiple caregivers, chosen family, or another unique family structure, this workshop welcomes people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions. Join us for practical guidance, advocacy tools, community resources, and a supportive space to learn, connect, and grow together.
"Supporting Perinatal Mentally and Emotionally"
"Supporting Perinatal Mentally and Emotionally"
"Supporting Perinatal Mentally and Emotionally"
Explore the emotional journey from a girl's first period through fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, pregnancy loss, and menopause. We'll discuss cultural traditions, stigma, mental wellness, and ways to build support and resilience through life's many transitions.
"Home Apothecary on a Budget"
"Supporting Perinatal Mentally and Emotionally"
"Supporting Perinatal Mentally and Emotionally"
A well-stocked home apothecary doesn't have to be expensive. Learn how to build a practical collection of herbs, teas, tinctures, salves, syrups, and everyday remedies using affordable ingredients and simple techniques. We'll explore traditional healing practices, safe herbal preparations, pantry staples, and how to confidently care for
A well-stocked home apothecary doesn't have to be expensive. Learn how to build a practical collection of herbs, teas, tinctures, salves, syrups, and everyday remedies using affordable ingredients and simple techniques. We'll explore traditional healing practices, safe herbal preparations, pantry staples, and how to confidently care for your family through common seasonal illnesses and everyday wellness without breaking the bank.
Your Partner in Perinatal Care
Homebirth & Midwifery
- Seven Sisters Midwifery and Community Birth Center
→ Free-standing birth center with water birth, prenatal + postpartum care - River Valley Midwives
→ Homebirth midwife services serving Western Mass Massachusetts - Connecticut Childbirth & Women's Center (Danbury CT Birthing Center
→ Birth center in Southern CT
Hospital Systems
Western Massachusetts
- Baystate Medical Center
→ Classes, lactation support, midwives, parenting education - Cooley Dickinson Hospital
→ Known for midwife-integrated hospital births
Connecticut
- Manchester Memorial Hospital (part of ECHN)
→ Offers doula support programs within hospital system - Hartford Hospital
- Yale New Haven Hospital
Parenting + Family Support (Western MA + CT)
- Advancing Chicopee Together
→ Family support, WIC, food access, parenting programs - OK2Pause Inc (501c3)
→ 24/7 support for overwhelmed parents - Lucinda's House
→ Support, education, and maternal health resources
Childbirth Education
We offer a personalized "class" during your prenatal doula visits. This educational experience includes demos, labor management, "when to call", know your rights, etc.
Breastfeeding Support
Krystal is a certified Breastfeeding Peer Support Specialist and can assist you or connect you to an IBCLC in your area that accepts your insurance.
Postpartum Recovery
Our postpartum recovery services will help you heal and regain your strength after delivery, both physically and emotionally.