Motherhood for a woman at any age is a joyful but daunting task.  For a pregnant teen and her family the challenges become that much more pronounced.  The Focus on Motherhood program offered at Doylestown Hospital has become an excellent support system for both my daughter and myself, her mother.

When my teen daughter approached me with her impending delivery, my heart sank. Being a single parent without a sufficient income to support a family is not what a parent hopes and dreams for her child.  The Focus on Motherhood classes helped me accept and eventually become very excited about the pending birth of my grandchild.  As with any significant life change the move  from acceptance to joy is a slow and many times a heart wrenching journey. These classes helped me take this journey in a productive and healthy manner.

In addition to the emotional support, these classes have provided us with education. Many aspects of childbirth, infant care and birth control have changed since my children were born.  As a result,  my teen learned from a professional  the latest facts about these subjects. I am sure these lessons will help her become a good mother.

I hope my daughter will take advantage of the classes on childrearing, the Building the Family, once her baby is born. The information and support was and will continue to be invaluable.

"I think it is wonderful what you guys do for the teen parents. I’m thankful for all that you guys have done for me and my twin boys. All the different events and programs give me a chance to converse and interact with other teen parents. Thank you so much CHC!"

"I’m thankful for Child, Home and Community in so many ways. I’m thankful for Mrs. Ann coming to my school and helping me get through my toughest time in life as a teen mom. Child, Home and Community is a great parenting program. It helped me learn what It took to be a teen mom. It also helped me become the wonderful person I am today. Watching the parenting movies and reading other information really helped me prepare during my pregnancy. I love every bit of Mrs. Ann’s help. I’m very thankful for Child, Home and Community."

"I just finished my last class for child birthing and wanted to thank everyone who has made this possible for us to attend a class like this. Now after our classes I am more confident to be here for my better half. It means so much to me to be this confident for this important time in my life. Thank you so very much for this class so I can be much better prepared for this."

"I am so glad to have this class available for me because I am so young and did not know much. Also this information helped me make some hard decisions. Thank you so much for allowing us to come and learn about pregnancy and labor. "

"This class [CHC’s Focus on Motherhood] has helped me become more comfortable with my pregnancy and the thought of having a baby. I’m no longer afraid of labor and delivery. All the information has eased my spirit and made me confident of the journey ahead. Teen Mom
I’ve learned ways to make labor easier to cope with and I’ve learned a lot about safely parenting an infant after birth. I‘ve learned so much from Barrie and I know that I wouldn’t be at ease and confident about this without her or without this program. I think there are healthier babies being raised due to this class."

"This class [CHC’s Focus on Motherhood] has been marvelous for my daughter-each week she came home full of information and excited about all she had learned. She faithfully ate a balanced diet-checking the diet chart and keeps moving and “in shape”. Meeting others in her situation has been terrific and having classes over an extended period of time allowed so many topics to be covered in depth. I have been very thankful and impressed."

"I attended the teen childbirth classes with a friend of mine...The classes were awesome! Barrie brings so much enthusiasm to the class. It is obvious that she has an extreme passion for pregnancy, labor and delivery & parenting. She is able to be very informative in an interesting manner. I have 6 kinds and I still learned new things. This class is a blessing to the community and I would highly recommend it."

"I’m very thankful for this program [CHC’s Focus on Motherhood] and that it was free and it was with other young mothers. THANK YOU!"

"I didn’t join till the second to last class [CHC’s Focus on Motherhood] and hated it for the first hour. After I started to warm up to everyone I started to feel real comfortable and took in a lot of info I didn’t know. I thought I knew everything, boy was I wrong."

"This class [CHC’s Focus on Motherhood] has really educated me on all the many options I have when it comes to birth and infant care. It also informed me on a lot of the many side effects of medications. This class has provided me with so much information that I can use. I really appreciated this class and all that has been provided for me. I ‘m extremely happy I decided to participate."