Event Details

If you've had a baby in the last year, or are expecting now, please bring your family and join Mary Washington Healthcare for a free community baby shower. Learn about our services, meet community businesses, and discover local resources for you and your little one.

Enjoy raffles, goodie bags, and light refreshments. Rappahannock Area Health District’s mobile clinic will be providing TDAP vaccines. Please bring your insurance card. There will be no cost associated for those without insurance, but there is a limited supply.

In-person interpreters (Spanish and Dari/Pashto/Farsi) will be available at no cost to attendees.

NEW this year: free educational sessions! MWHC’s own subject matter experts will be providing 15 minute sessions on topics ranging from postpartum mental health to summer safety.

11:15 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Labor and Delivery Tips
Hosted by Melissa Eagleton, PT, DPT, Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Women’s Health

11:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Maternal Mental Health Q&A
Hosted by LaToya Ray, LPC, HS-BCP, CCTP, C-DBT and Sarah Knoll, LPC

12:15 p.m.–12:30 p.m. Doulas and the Importance of Preparing for Postpartum
Hosted by Tonya Howe, VA State Certified Full-Spectrum Doula, Doula Instructor and Mentor

12:45 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Parenting with IMPACT: Preventing Trauma to Keep Kids Safe
Hosted by Courtney Caton, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, Director of Trauma Services, and Amy K. Cantwell, FP-C, NRP, Trauma Education & Outreach Specialist

1:15 p.m.–1:30 p.m. Mother and Baby
Hosted by Chelsey McCabe, RN, Mary Washington Hospital Mother/Baby Unit

1:45 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Redefining Care: The Midwifery Model Explained
Hosted by Erin Ford, MSN, CNM; Melissa Morton CNM, WHNP-BC; Olivia Kruger MSN, CNM; Megan Pham MSN, CNM; Julie Flanagan CNM, WHNP-BC

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Check out the video from last year's baby shower to see how much fun we had!

Thank you to our sponsors!

Bundle of Joy Sponsor

Community Partners

• Rappahannock Area Community Services Board / Healthy Families
• Sarah Knoll Counseling
• Weecycled Wardrobe Kid’s Consignment
• Celebree School of Stafford
• Gratefully Wearing Bairn
• Unspoken Mothers
• Virginia Office of Vital Records
• Rappahannock Area Health District
• GEMZ Cheerleading
• Wild OT
• Cranial Technologies
• All Things Doula, LLC
• Woven Womb Services LLC
• MomStrong
• Pampers
• Fredericksburg Parent Gives
• KidsCare Home Health
• Taylored 4 You Health and Wellness
• FredBooks
• Mindful Mama, LLC
• Choices Women's Center

MWHC Departments

• Children’s National
• Snowden at Fredericksburg
• Rehab Services of Stafford
• Mary Washington Midwifery Program
• Mary Washington OBGYN
• Mary Washington Maternal Fetal Medicine
• Mary Washington Hospital Pediatric Unit
• Mary Washington Hospital Mother Baby Unit
• Joe and Mary Wilson NICU at Mary Washington Hospital
• MWHC Parent and Child Education and Lactation Services
• Stafford Hospital Family Birth Place
• Mary Washington Hospital Trauma Team
• Mary Washington Family Medicine Residency Clinic