Newborn Classes

Durham

After your baby is born, your life changes overnight. You’re more in love than ever before, are majorly sleep deprived, on a rollercoaster of emotions and have an endless amount of questions. There’s so much you’re all the sudden supposed to know. You took all the baby prep classes, but it feels like no one truly prepared you for this. Motherhood is a whole new ballgame.

But you don’t have to go through it alone. Mom League’s curated curriculum covers all the newborn topics you need to know about - all in one place.

More than that, you’ll find a built in community of other moms going through the same changes that you are. You’ll find an opportunity to learn, laugh, share and unite with other moms. So whether you’re a first-time mom, or you’ve done this before, we welcome you to join us. Every baby and postpartum experience is unique and every mom deserves a squad and a team of curated experts to carry her through.

Newborn Series Info:

  • 8-week series with moms & babies (0-12 weeks old at the start of the series)

  • Register while pregnant for the series following your due date. Don’t wait until after baby arrives to sign up as classes fill up fast

  • Local perinatal experts share their area of expertise in newborn and postpartum care

  • Instructor-led group discussions

  • Series launch monthly so moms and babies are going through the same stages

  • Meet with the same group of ~12 moms + babies each week

  • Access to larger Mom League community

  • We offer scholarships. If you’re interested, please apply under the “About” tab

  • Are you a two-Mom family? We welcome both moms to attend

  • Class is located in Durham, NC

    • Beyond Birth Lactation Services: 1911 Hillandale Road Suite 1010 Durham, NC 27705

Class Series Topics:

  • Welcome, Intros & Birth Stories

  • Feeding Baby: Breast, Bottle & Pumping

  • Perinatal Mental Health

  • The Postpartum Body & Recovery

  • Identity Shifts + Matrescence

  • Newborn Sleep

  • Navigating Relationships After Baby

  • 1:1 Mom & Baby Photography Session (last class)

  • Plus, rotating discussion topics include: Returning to Work (or not), Setting Boundaries, Traveling with Baby, & more.

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Meet the Durham ML Team

  • Paige Giguere, MSN, RN, PNP-PC

    DURHAM CITY LEAD

    Paige was born and raised in Winston-Salem and stayed for college to attend Wake Forest University, where she studied Psychology and Biology. During her time at Wake Forest, she worked at Wake Forest Baptist Brenner Children’s Hospital on the pediatric oncology floor, where she fell in love with nursing and caring for children with cancer. After college, Paige moved to Washington, D.C. to attend Georgetown University’s accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. While living in D.C., she met her husband, Mark, who was working in healthcare consulting and earning his MPH at George Washington University.

    Mark, a Duke grad, encouraged Paige to apply for nursing jobs at Duke Children’s Hospital, which brought them to Durham in 2016. For five years, Paige worked as a bedside RN on Duke’s Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Unit. After completing her Pediatric Nurse Practitioner degree at Duke in 2020, she transitioned to an outpatient NP role within the pediatric transplant program at Duke.

    Paige and Mark welcomed their first child, Graham, in 2020 while she was in graduate school and just before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. They welcomed their second child, Josie, in July 2022. Paige’s second postpartum experience was complicated by postpartum anxiety, and despite being well-connected to the medical community in Durham, she was surprised by how difficult it was to find support during that time. Through self-advocacy, she found strength and developed a deep passion for supporting mothers after birth and beyond.

    Although she continues to work full-time as an NP, Paige has made it a priority to be a resource for any mother struggling in the postpartum period. She is excited that Mom League provides a tangible way to support mothers in her community. Her background in pediatrics also allows her to help new moms navigate the challenges of early parenthood, providing guidance and reassurance as they care for their babies.

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“Being a new mother is all so wonderful and scary at the same time, and having a support group and place to share experiences is so special.”

“Being a first-time mama I was terrified to start my journey into motherhood, and Mom League helped to ease my anxiety. I was very nervous the first class to meet other moms and share my experience however, that quickly subsided with each class.”