Sacopee Valley Birthing Services
Providing the homebirth option to families in southern Maine and eastern New Hampshire for 15 years
Next month Sarah Crow has offered to host the July potluck: simple herbal medicine for families, tuesday 7/14/09 at 5:30 in Portland at her garden
hello, my name is sarah crow. i'm writing to introduce myself and invite you to the july potluck which i'll be hosting in my garden in portland. i am an herbalist, gardener and community activist. i am mother to ceiba, 4 1/2, and kana luc, 8 mo., both born at home with the assistance of my wonderful partner jonah and local midwives. our family was lucky to share kana's prenatal, birth, and postpartum time with brenda, maureen, and lindsay.
plant medicine has been part of my life for ten years. i continue to learn and teach, grow herbs in the urban garden in the lot next to the building where i live, gather medicinal plants from wild spots in maine, and make medicine. since becoming pregnant with ceiba, i've really enjoyed learning about and focusing on herbs for women's reproductive health and herbs for children and bringing medicine plants into my kids' lives as much as possible.
i'm excited to share some of what i've learned with other parents and children. at the potluck, discussion will be open to cover what the group's interests are. topics can include: herbs for women's health, pregnancy, and postpartum, herbs for kids, identifying common wild medicine plants and garden "weeds", forum/discussion for everyone to share our knowledge with each other, herbal first aid for families, and making an herbal tincture.
potluck dinner: cookout style, bring things for grilling on the fire
hope to see you there! -sarah 761-0114
directions to the kellogg st. community garden, portland:
take congress st. east up munjoy hill. just before you reach the top of the hill, take a right onto kellogg st. if you see the fire station, you've gone too far. follow kellogg street through one stop sign. garden is on the left, almost at the bottom of the street. it is set back a little from the road to the left of #19 kellogg. park on the street. it's a very short walk from #1 bus (get off at sheridan + congress, one block before kellogg)
August Potluck will be back at Brenda's House- bring your swimsuits maybe the rain will subside and the river should be warm by then!
Past Potlucks
Jan. 08-Diapers and Slings with Crystal White from Everything Birth and Jessica Hendrick
Feb-Vaccines with Dr Meg from Family Chiropractic
Mar-Henna and birth movies-thank you Amy Walker
Apr-Hypnobirthing with Megan Connolly of Portland Maine
May-Nourishing Traditions- Jenny Higgins of Madison NH
June-Starting Solids and allergies with Mary Jane Jarrett- Nutritionist at Mt Washington Valley Clinic
July -Merit Bainbridge speaking on chinese medicine for womens health call her at (207) 799-6555 or email her at mliebain@maine.rr.com
we look forward to seeing Merit and her husband Walter in 2009
August- Mother's Retreat
Wonderful women sharing conversation, food and fun. It was sweet to have you all share the beauty of the riverside sounds, and night time stars. Thank you Linda Stilphen, Georgi Nelson, Donna Wiley, Pam and Jonathan Drummey for all the great massage work! Amy Walker, your the henna art is beautiful as always.
September- Thank you Pam for sharing such wonderful parenting info and congrats on your new grandbaby! http://www.connectionparenting.com
October- Thanks Lindsay for teaching us how to make lovely soaps! Hope you all enjoy them.
November- a birth story night. Share your story whether it was a home, birthcenter or hospital birth....bring a journal, pictures or film if you wish to share with other women or just listen to their stories. Some may choose to tell them to all and some to just one other. It will be a relaxed event. We will fire up the wood fired hot tub for those of you who wish to brave the cold air and go out by the river for a hot dip. Bring a potluck item, a friend, and your daughters.
Let's keep the tradition of birth story telling alive.
Dec 08- Share your craft night and enjoy other women's crafts
Jan-09 Mother and daugther Movie Night- Mama Mia
Feb 09 Meret Bainbridge speaking on Chinese Medicine for Women's health
March 09-Thank you Amber Bell for speaking about the RAVE diet at our March Potluck. April 09-Thank you Walter Selens LMT, CIMI for sharing your techniques on infant massage.You may contact him at www.aboutofhealth.com
May 09- The "round table" discussion...sharing stories from parents and "children" who have homeschooled or who were homeschooled ...was lively and informative. Thanks to all who participated!
June 09-Family Potluck Picnic At Acres of Wildlife Campground
