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Classes available this Fall!
Mama Bird will be offering Private and Group Classes to Prepare YOU and your family for Life After Birth!
Please click to receive Mama Bird's latest updates and class availability!
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Classes:
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Breastfeeding Class
Newborn and Mother Care Class
Back To Work & Caregiver Class
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All Classes are created and taught by Certified breastfeeding Educator, Madison Hendry.
Each class provides the most recent evidence-based research, accurate information and follow the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommendations and policies.
Classes available this Fall!
Mama Bird will be offering Private and Group Classes to Prepare YOU and your family for Life After Birth!
Please click to receive Mama Bird's latest updates and class availability!
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Classes:
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Breastfeeding Class
Newborn and Mother Care Class
Back To Work & Caregiver Class
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All Classes are created and taught by Certified breastfeeding Educator, Madison Hendry.
Each class provides the most recent evidence-based research, accurate information and follow the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommendations and policies.
Events
Mama Bird is dedicated to providing FREE community events to support, promote, and celebrate breastfeeding! If you would like to donate to help Mama Bird and her efforts, please consider making a donation! Mama Bird is not a non-profit. However, all proceeds go directly to our birthing community!
Mama Bird has awarded birth doula scholarships, provided care to NICU Families and hosted many events with the funds donated by you. THANK YOU!
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Upcoming Mama Bird Events
Get Ready! Mama Bird's Raffle is all about bringing together our incredible Birth Community in Cleveland and to Celebrate Families. The purpose of this Raffle is to raise funds, so that I, Madison Hendry, Owner of Mama Bird can keep doing what I do best ---- Support families through their breastfeeding journey --- and specifically, NICU Families. 100% proceeds go directly to my NICU Family Scholarship! Local businesses come together to provide AMAZING Raffle Prizes and the evening is just SO much fun! and we get to raise funds so I can get to these families who need the most support during a very difFicult time. Thank you so much for supporting my mission!
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If you are a Business owner and would like to Donate a Product/Service, Please fill out THIS FORM
a Suggested $25 Donation is welcomed towards my NICU Family Scholarship Fund
I am Thrilled to announce I am hosting Cleveland's Very FIRST Breastfeeding Retreat!
Save the DATE!!! Details coming Soon!!!
Past Events
Mama Bird Presents:
Kangaroula Training
w/ BirthWorks International and Trainers, Jill & Dr. Nils Bergman
BirthWorks International
Advanced Kangaroula Workshop
w/ Jill and Dr. Nils Bergman
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Virtual Training Via Zoom
Saturday - Tuesday
September 18-21, 2021
9am - 1:30pm
About Nils and Jill's Kangaroula Program:
A Note from Mama Bird:
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Thank you for your interest in becoming a BirthWorks Kangaroula!
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I am pleased to announce that I have partnered with BirthWorks International to bring Internationally-known Trainers, Jill and Dr. Nils Bergman to the US in again in Feb 2021 for a Virtual Workshop in Kangaroula Mother Infant Care. As you may know, Nils Bergman is a perinatal neuroscientist who has performed groundbreaking research on the decrease in preterm infant mortality with Kangaroo Mother Care.
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A Kangaroula – How sweet does that sound?! A Kangaroula has additional training in skin-to- skin contact (Kangaroo Mother Care) and advocates primarily for the baby to provide this essential support for the health and wellness of both the mother and baby.
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My Vision for Every Birth: The Kangaroula will provide continuous physical and emotional support to the mother throughout the labor and birth. Now with a trusted bond created between the mother and her Kangaroula, the mother feels safe in knowing she has this continued support, so that she can gain confidence in providing care for her fragile infant directly after birth. I yearned for this support person to help guide me through this uncertain time and to ensure my baby’s needs were met as I transitioned into this role of Mother. I needed my own Kangaroula.
Collectively, we all want our babies to thrive. Whether you are a medical professional or birth worker wishing to enhance your knowledge in mother infant care, or a mother with a passion for birth and supporting women throughout the transition into motherhood - THIS TRAINING IS FOR YOU!
With the combined efforts and passion from our medical care providers, birth workers and mothers like myself, I know our Cleveland community will continue to be a visionary for mother infant care.
Together, we can gain further knowledge and skills to provide the best practice towards optimal health and well-being for both mom and baby. Looking forward to hearing seeing you in September!
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If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at anytime!
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Sending love,
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Madison Hendry
Owner of Mama Bird
Certified Breastfeeding Educator
and Proud Preemie Mama
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A HUGE Thank You to the following who, without you this would not have been possible:
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Dr. Ann Witt @ Breastfeeding Medicine of NE Ohio
Dr. Candace Gesecki @ Cleveland Chiropractic
Project NICU
Dr. Jess Madden @ PrimRose Newborn Care
Lisa Falkenstein @ Nurtured Foundation
Jacklyn Bartcowski @ Beyond Measure Maternal Wellness
Shay Mullen
and of course, to my own Mama - Gramma!
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2020 Mama Bird Donor List
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Thank you for supporting Mama Bird and the Cleveland Birth Community!
The following businesses and individuals who made this all happen, THANK YOU!
Community is KEY - Here is a list of super helpful businesses who not only donated to my Raffle, but provide support throughout your transition into parenthood!
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The Badass Breastfeeding Podcast
Baby Wearing of North East Ohio
Beyond Measure Maternal Wellness
Emily Forsgren, Family Wellness
Beth Bucher - Rodan and Fields
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Mama Bird on Delivering Strength Podcast
Join Mama Bird and Delivering Strength for a discussion about Pregnancy After Premature Birth- This is a wonderful insight to Mama Bird's personal story and how she uses her own experience to empower others!
Research Study regarding Safe Sleep for Pre-Term Infants
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Caring for a preterm baby can be challenging. We are seeking ways to better understand decisions regarding sleep arrangements for preterm infants.
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Research Study: Mothers’ Decision-Making Concerning Safe Sleep for Preterm Infants:
What are the influencing factors? The purpose of this research study is to identify factors influencing mothers’ decisions regarding sleep practices for preterm infants.
The study is being conducted by Beverly Capper, as a requirement in the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Case Western Reserve University. Beverly reached out to Mama Bird during the development of this study. It was such an honor to discuss the relationship between mother and infant regarding breastfeeding and sleep!
This survey will help the NICU Medical Staff and NICU Families communicate and create the safest sleep environment for our tiniest humans. Thank you!!!
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The BIG Latch On 2019 w/ Mama Bird was a HUGE Success!!!
Click on Group Photo to view and download all photos from The BIG Latch On!
Note* I am happy for anyone to share these photos. Please give Mama Bird credit for the event and Angela Huntsman Photography for all photography.
Thank you to Everyone who made this event possible:
All proceeds go directly to the Mama Bird NICU Family Scholarship 💓
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With the support from local and mother infant geared businesses, we were able to raise enough funding to Sponsor a Cleveland NICU Family for EVERY Month of 2020!!!
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This means that Mama Bird can put forth efforts in promoting the Mama Bird NICU Family Scholarship to all 5 Cleveland Area NICUs by working closely with the medical teams to help our most vulnerable, tiny humans and their families have the best start in their journey!
As a NICU mother, this accomplishment leaves me speechless. Thank you ALL!!!
Looking forward to another amazing year participating in The Big Latch On and other amazing community events to support, promote and celebrate motherhood and breastfeeding. Thank you for all of your support.
Also to the following Individuals:
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Tessa Loos, Shaye Mullen, Joylnn Radin, Cynthia Muni, The Young Family, Stephanie Clark, Brittany Clark, The Bevins Family, The McConkey Family, Sage Litsky, Jacklyn Bartkowski, Lindsey Lewis, Lenaia Kramer, Tiffany Fischbach and all the mamas who trusted me along their journey!
"Making for Mamas" Event was a HUGE success! We raised enough funds to create over 250 fabric hearts for Cleveland NICU Families to donate during this holiday season and open up another "Mama Bird NICU Family Scholarship" opportunity!!!
THANK YOU so much for participating in our efforts to make life a little easier for these families. Thank you for helping 'Mama Bird' to continue to raise awareness, celebrate and promote the importance of breastfeeding!
All Photographs taken by: Marija Lemon @elemonart elemontart.com