Pregnancy and childbirth bring exciting but challenging moments. Sharing your stories with others helps you face the challenges and learn from others’ experiences. Northside Hospital offers parents access to a variety of support groups.
BREASTFEEDING
Special breastfeeding groups and classes provide parents with instruction, resources and support.
- Mothers Express - Support group for mothers of babies in Northside’s Special Care Nurseries who plan to breast feed their baby. For more information, call (404) 303-3329.
- Mom-Me Support Group - Breastfeeding support for mothers of infants. Two groups include: newborn babies to 6 months (Group I) and 7 months to 12 months (Group II). For more information, call (404) 303-3329.
Please click here to find MothersFirst class options and locations near you.
SPECIAL CARE NURSERY GROUP
This group is for parents with infants in the Special Care Nurseries. For more information, call (404) 845-5790.
PARENT PARTNERED FOR PREEMIES
Parents who have made the transition successfully from NSH Special Care Nurseries to home partner with other parents whose infants were recently admitted to the SCN. This group offers new parents emotional support and understanding through shared experience. For more information, call (404) 851-6215 or click here.
Boredom Busters - The Boredom Busters are a group of women who were put on bed rest during their pregnancies. Now they volunteer their time to provide activities and conversation to women currently on bed rest.
PERINATAL LOSS
Our Perinatal Loss team consists of nurses, chaplains, bereaved parents, and hospital staff specialized to help parents with their loss. We are available to help guide and support you during your journey toward healing.
A variety of support groups are available for you depending on your loss. Led by professionals, these groups seek to help preserve memory and understand natural emotional reactions. If you need assistance choosing a group, please contact our office.
We are here to help with a variety of resources and support groups including:
- Telephone Support - (404) 851-8177
- Email Support - periloss@northside.com
- Memorial Events - Opportunities for families to remember their babies and to enhance community awareness of perinatal grief
- Lending Library - A variety of books and literature on topics include coping skills, rituals, memory, and different types of grief. These resources are available during support hours or by appointment
- Newsletters - Published several times a year, these newsletters include information and resources along with poems and stories written by grieving families and friends
- Perinatal Loss website - www.northsidepnl.com
- Support Groups -
Meetings are held near the Northside Hospital-Atlanta campus. For location and driving directions, please contact our office. Free.
- Caring and Coping - A support group for parents and grandparents who have experienced the loss of a baby due to miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth or neonatal death. Groups meet the second Monday of every month from 7-9 p.m.
- Time to Heal - A support group for individuals who have made the difficult decision to end a wanted pregnancy due to problems with the baby. Meets the third Monday of every month from 7-9 p.m.
For more information, call (404) 851-8177 or e-mail periloss@northside.com.
