Rooted After Birth
A Postpartum Healing Circle for Mamas
The first year after birth is one of the hardest transitions a woman will ever move through. You do not have to move through it alone. This is a free drop-in circle created for Black mothers, where rest is welcome, honesty is safe, and community is real.
Every Monday & Thursday
First year postpartum welcome
Babies in arms welcome
Why This Space Matters
Early Motherhood Is Beautiful.
It Is Also Exhausting.
The pressure to bounce back, to be grateful, to hold everyone together while quietly falling apart. It is real, and it is unfair. Rooted After Birth was created to hold space for the truth of postpartum life, not the version the world expects you to perform.
Whether you are 6 weeks in or 6 months out, whether your birth went the way you planned or left you with grief you are still processing, whether you feel joy or numbness or both at once, you are welcome here exactly as you are. Baby in arms or not. Camera on or off.
"Because postpartum does not come with a manual."
Not as a clinical program. Not as a class, just a community rooted in healing, honesty, and sisterhood, where you can show up exactly as you are and receive the support you actually deserve.
What Happens When You Join the Circle
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Real Talk About Postpartum Life
The joys and the hard parts. The love and the grief. The exhaustion that does not go away. This is not a highlight reel and you do not have to pretend it is.
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Space to Be Heard and Affirmed
A room of women who understand the specific weight of Black motherhood. No explaining required. No performance expected.
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Tools for Rest, Mental Health, and Identity
Practical strategies you can use this week: grounding practices, boundary tools, ways to ask for help, and techniques for protecting your mental health as a new mother.
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Support for Navigating the Fourth Trimester
From body changes to sleepless nights to shifting relationships, each session gives you language and tools to move through what no one fully prepared you for.
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Community That Holds You
A circle of mamas who get it without explanation. Real connection happens here because everyone in the room is living a version of the same season.
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Weekly Giveaways
One participant is selected each session to receive a digital gift card. A small way to bring some joy into your journey.
Topics We’ll Explore
What We Talk About in the Circle
Each session explores one theme relevant to the postpartum experience through open conversation, guided reflection, and honest sharing.
Identity Shift: Who Am I Now?
Sleep, Exhaustion & Survival Mode
Mental Load: The Invisible Labor of Mothering
Body After Birth: Grief, Awe & Reconnection
Relationship Changes: Partner, Family & Self
Postpartum Mood & Mental Health
Feeding Choices & Pressures
Rebuilding Boundaries & Asking for Help
Joy, Guilt & Emotional Complexity
Healing Birth Stories & Finding Closure
Group Details
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Every Monday & Thursday
6:00 PM Pacific Time -
Via Google Meet
Link sent after registration -
60 minutes
Intimate group setting -
6 weeks to 12 months postpartum
Any stage of postpartum
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Save Your Spot Weekly
Space is limited each session -
Weekly Giveaway
Digital gift card each session
What Each 60-Minute Session Looks Like
Meet Your Facilitator
Cheyanne McLaurin
Perinatal Support Specialist | Monday Group
Cheyanne holds space with warmth and cultural grounding. Her background in maternal wellness and community care shapes every circle she facilitates.
Naomi Gashaw
Perinatal Support Specialist | Thursday Group
Naomi brings compassion, presence, and a deep commitment to affirming Black motherhood in all its complexity and beauty.
Community Guidelines
How We Show Up for Each Other
Rooted After Birth is a space built on mutual respect and care. These guidelines protect the safety of everyone in the circle.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Not at all. This is a drop-in circle. Come when you can. There is no attendance requirement and no penalty for missing a session. Your seat is always waiting.
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Absolutely. Babies in arms, nursing, or resting on your lap are completely welcome. You do not need to arrange childcare to show up for yourself.
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At the end of each session, one participant is randomly selected to receive a digital gift card. You do not need to do anything to be entered. Showing up is enough.
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No. Rooted After Birth is a peer support group, not a clinical service. If you are looking for individual therapy, our Black women clinicians are here. Learn more here.
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Both circles follow the same format and content. Choose whichever day fits your schedule. You can also alternate between the two if your week changes.
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No problem. There is no penalty for missing a session. You register once and can attend any session throughout the series whenever you are able.
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This group is designed for mothers in their first year postpartum. Whether you are 6 weeks in or 6 months out, you are welcome. Early postpartum or further along, this space holds room for you.
Choose your day. Meet your people. This circle was built for you, by people who understand the specific, beautiful, exhausting truth of Black motherhood.
You Are Already Enough.
Come as You Are.
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