About & Contact Us
mama to mama, how did it start?
After years of working as a nurse, midwife, co-founder of Natural Resources and childbirth educator, Chris began Mama Circle in the early 90's. It evolved in response to a community need to have a weekly meeting place for pregnant and new moms to talk about the physical and emotional changes of motherhood together.
Over the years it has become a place for mothers to safely share their experiences and solutions. It is a community.
Sara Russell joined the group in 2000 at the end of her pregnancy with her first child. It was remarkably helpful to share thoughts and concerns about newborn care and our new roles as mothers with other women in similar circumstances. For Sara, it was a safe place to share her difficulties with breastfeeding and get emotional and practical support from the other moms in the group.
After Sara completed her doula training, Sara and Chris launched mama to mama in 2005. However, Sara returned to her job with the EPA and we miss her incredible creativity, energy and resourceful doula care dearly.
Thanks, Sara, for helping to birth mama to mama!
Half Moon Bay Review on mama to mama
HMB Review Article on Breastfeeding Challenge 10/11/08
After years of working as a nurse, midwife, co-founder of Natural Resources and childbirth educator, Chris began Mama Circle in the early 90's. It evolved in response to a community need to have a weekly meeting place for pregnant and new moms to talk about the physical and emotional changes of motherhood together.
Over the years it has become a place for mothers to safely share their experiences and solutions. It is a community.
Sara Russell joined the group in 2000 at the end of her pregnancy with her first child. It was remarkably helpful to share thoughts and concerns about newborn care and our new roles as mothers with other women in similar circumstances. For Sara, it was a safe place to share her difficulties with breastfeeding and get emotional and practical support from the other moms in the group.
After Sara completed her doula training, Sara and Chris launched mama to mama in 2005. However, Sara returned to her job with the EPA and we miss her incredible creativity, energy and resourceful doula care dearly.
Thanks, Sara, for helping to birth mama to mama!
Half Moon Bay Review on mama to mama
HMB Review Article on Breastfeeding Challenge 10/11/08
Contact Us
Chris Pritchard, B.S., R.N., C.L.E.C., Doula
(650) 728-3950 home
(415) 309-4495 cell
chrisprn@pacbell.net
Chris has been working with childbearing families for over 30 years, including hospital nursing care in psychiatry, labor and delivery, alternative birth centers, newborn nursery, postpartum, and teenage mother programs.
She apprenticed with direct entry midwives and certified nurse midwives and helped in home births and doula care for 15 years.
Chris co-created Natural Resources, a childbirth resource center in San Francisco and co-created the first doula training program in San Francisco and shortly thereafter birthed her third child.
She completed a three year study of hands-on healing and Female Shamanism at the Motherpeace School in Oakland, a practice which she has integrated into her life and work.
Chris birthed three children in three very different ways, and loves circling with women for strengthening community and spirit.
She has completed her Lactation Consultant training and will sit for the International Boards in July 2011 to become an I.B.C.L.C.