Teen Parent Connection: Pregnancy Groups

09/04/2025

Are you a TPC Grad?!

We hope you’ll join us on Friday for our 40th anniversary to connect and celebrate!!

Tickets are still available!!

It's ! TAG a friend or two who you'd like to see at the TPC/MYM Reunion!🙂

We are hosting a special celebration for past participants, volunteers, PGFs, and friends. We'd love to see YOU there!🥰

🎫Purchase tickets here: https://givebutter.com/40thGT
🍷Sips and Bites served by the one and only: My Chef Catering

09/03/2025

👋🏾👋🏿👋🏻
Postpartum Support Group will be starting on THURSDAY, 9/4/25!

💻We will be VIRTUAL this session.

Here are the details:
Group will be held on ZOOM each week.
TIME: 6:30pm-8:00pm every Thursday 9/4/25-9/25/25

🤱🏾Who can attend??

⭐This group is specifically for New Parents. That means that if you have a 0-12month old, you are welcome to attend!
⭐This group is ONLY for parents of the infant. Sorry- no friends or family members.

💁🏿We have break-out sessions for DADS too!
💁🏼Dad's group is led by a male facilitator.
💸When Dads attend, they will earn gift cards.

Take a look at the images to learn more about what we do at Postpartum Support Group!

Questions? Want to register?
Contact Ashley Anderson: ashleya@teenparentconnection.org
-OR-
DM on Instagram:

09/03/2025

Hello AGAIN! 😉

🎉🤱🏽FELIZ Semana de La Lactancia Latina!🎉

September 3-9 is Semana de La Lactancia Latina [AKA: Lactancia Latina Week, Latina/x Breastfeeding Week].

🤱🏽2025 Tema: Territorio del Corazon/Latancia sin Fronteras
🤱🏽2025 Theme: Territory of the Heart/Breastfeeding without Borders

🌎Semana de La Lactancia outlines 17 main objectives. The colorful shapes surrounding the logo represent each of the objectives. These are “17 formas para cambiar el mundo” [17 ways to change the world”].

👉🏽Take a look at the attached images which detail each objective.

📸Photo and text credit: Latina/x Breastfeeding Week - CHECK them out on FB!



Teen Parent Connection

09/02/2025

🤱👷‍♀️👩🏾‍💼September 1-7 is Workplace Lactation Week!👩‍⚕️👩‍🍳🍼

Lets learn a little more about The PUMP ACT and other Illinois State laws that support breastfeeding parents!

Flip through the images to learn more about:
o The PUMP ACT & what are employers required to do to support lactating
parents in the workplace
o How to file a complaint and advocate for yourself
o Resources to learn more about your rights / local laws

REMEMBER Your home visitors and group facilitators are here to help if you need support! 💜


Teen Parent Connection

09/01/2025

Hello!!

🤱👷‍♀️👩🏾‍💼September 1-7 is Workplace Lactation Week!👩‍⚕️👩‍🍳🍼

Workplace Lactation Week was created in 2023 and is celebrated annually from September 1-7. The observance celebrates the contributions of nursing mothers and parents in the workplace and aligns with Labor Day, highlighting the vital role working and pumping parents play in the workforce.

2025 Theme: A World of Support: Creating Breastfeeding-Friendly Workplaces Everywhere

Stay tuned for some more information about the Illinois laws and policies that exist to protect pumping and lactating parents in the workplace!

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08/25/2025

🍼💪🏿🤱🏾💪🏼🤱🏽💪🏾🤱🏿🍼

🤱🏾This week we will be celebrating !
It starts, 8/25 and ends 8/31.

2025 Theme: "Boots on the Ground: Rooted in Breastfeeding Success, Grounded in Community Support". This theme emphasizes the importance of grassroots efforts and community support in promoting breastfeeding among Black families.

🤱🏿Black breastfeeding has a complex history and unfortunately, there are many barriers to black women getting the support they need.

💪🏿Uplifting Black Mothers on their breastfeeding journey and advocating for support and services for Black breastfeeding is an essential component of .

Supporting black breastfeeding also means better health outcomes and reduced infant mortality rates! I think we can MORE than support that!




📸 Jade Beall Photography Duvet Days
Content credit : Black Mamas Matter Alliance

Teen Parent Connection

08/22/2025

🌈Happy National Rainbow Baby Day!🌈

What is a Rainbow Baby?

A is a baby born following miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death or infant loss. Since a rainbow is known to appear after a storm has passed, the rainbow has become a symbol of weathering the “storm of loss” as well as a symbol of hope for what’s to come in the future.

Today we honor these families and hope to offer a chance for them to share their experiences, grieve, reflect, hope, heal and celebrate.

❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜🖤🩶🤍🤎❤️

Teen Parent Connection

08/21/2025

We'd like to introduce to you, Gabrielle and Amaris, our new Therapy Program Externs!🎉

Teen Parent Connection offers free therapy services to all young parents currently enrolled in programs. Supervised by Dr. Nicole Francen, our Therapy Program team assists families facing increased stressors that may result in depression, anxiety, interpersonal violence, and risk for child abuse and neglect.

In addition to individual and couples therapy, we also offer group-based therapy, held in-person on a weekly basis, where participants explore various discussion topics such as trauma, healthy relationships, and effective co-parenting.

For more information about our Therapy Program, visit https://teenparentconnection.org/therapy/

08/21/2025

👶🏽🤰Our LAST CHILDBIRTH CLASS 👶🤰
of the session is TONIGHT, 8/21/25 at 6:30pm ON ZOOM!

👋🏿New participants are STILL welcome!

We will be discussing ALL THING BABY
👶🏾Newborn Care
👶🏿Common Newborn Appearance
👶🏼Newborn Procedures
👶🏿How to Calm a Fussy Newborn
👶🏼and MORE (believe it or not!)

🌞Our next session will start on October 9th! 🌞

CONTACT Ashley Anderson: ashleya@teenparentconnection.org to sign up!
Teen Parent Connection

08/20/2025

👋🏾👋🏿👋🏻
Postpartum Support Group will be starting in September!

💻We will be VIRTUAL this session.

Here are the details:
Group will be held on ZOOM each week.
TIME: 6:30pm-8:00pm every Thursday 3/6/25-3/27/25

🤱🏾Who can attend??
⭐This group is specifically for New Parents. That means that if you have a 0-12month old, you are welcome to attend!
⭐This group is ONLY for parents of the infant. Sorry- no friends or family members.

💁🏿We have break-out sessions for DADS too!
💁🏼Dad's group is led by a male facilitator.
💸When Dads attend, they will earn gift cards.

Take a look at the images to learn more about what we do at Postpartum Support Group!

Questions? Want to register?
Contact Ashley Anderson: ashleya@teenparentconnection.org
-OR-
DM on Instagram:

08/15/2025

🌺Hello!🌺

It’s Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Breastfeeding Week!

This year’s theme is "Diverse Voices, One Vision". This theme emphasizes the unique characteristics of each community while sharing the common goal of safe pregnancies, healthy babies, and thriving families. The week is celebrated annually from August 15-21.

Although members of the AANHPI community come from vastly different cultures, one thing many AANHPI birthing people share is a history of breast/chestfeeding in our countries of origin only to have that history and lineage lost once subjected to the US system.
Text credit: Breastfeed LA: The Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles

“Overall, AANHPI Breastfeeding Week plays a vital role in promoting health equity, supporting cultural diversity, and ensuring that all families have the information and support they need to make informed choices about breastfeeding.” - Breastfeed Durham

Teen Parent Connection

08/11/2025

Join us for a girls night out!🍷💖

TPC/MYM program graduates, PGFs, volunteers, and friends, come to Teen Parent Connection for a 40th Anniversary Reunion! Come and see what the agency has been up to over the past four decades. And most importantly, let's keep growing together!

To purchase tickets, scan the QR code or visit https://givebutter.com/40thGT