About two weeks ago, I read an article that was posted by a facebook friend of mine about a new birth center that is opening up in St. Paul. (Yes, all the best news I find on facebook!) My thoughts? IT’S ABOUT TIME!!! I’m SO excited that the Twin Cities is finally going to have a good option for families who don’t wish to labor in the hospital, but are not prepared for a homebirth.
Last week I met with the birth center’s owner, Amy Johnson-Grass, and took a tour of the location. It’s called Health Foundations Family Health & Birth Center, and it’s absolutely beautiful inside. Gorgeous. They took an older home on Grand Avenue and completely renovated it to accommodate the birth center, a yoga studio, and a family and women’s wellness center. The rooms are cozy, comfortable, and filled with beautiful natural light. Their website sums it up well: “Providing individualized natural family medicine from pregnancy & birth to everyday wellness.” This is going to be an incredible resource for the Twin Cities. Please visit their website for more information.
And I am incredibly grateful to be able to display some of my work on their walls!
They will be having an open house this Saturday from 1-5pm (visit this link for more info) and one of the door prizes is a free newborn, child or family session from Gwendolyn Waite Photography! I will be there for a little while, so please stop by and say hello. You can get a chance to look at some of my work, answer any questions you might have, and enter your name in the drawing.
And if you don’t win the free session, there’s still something in it for you – if you book a new session at the open house on Saturday, you will receive a $100 print credit. Your session can take place anytime before December 31st, 2010.
And rumor has is that Peapods will be giving away a baby gift basket as a door prize as well!
And of course I can’t post without a photo, here’s a newborn I recently photographed…
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