Region 9 Perinatal Quality Collaborative

07/29/2026

🚨 Every family deserves someone who knows the warning signs.

Join us for Bridging the Gap in Postpartum Care: Critical Warning Signs, a FREE training designed for community members, birth workers, family members, and anyone who supports pregnant and postpartum families.

Learn how to recognize life-threatening maternal warning signs after birth, respond with confidence, and help connect families to timely care.

🖥️ Part 1: 25-minute virtual session
🤝 Part 2: Interactive in-person workshop with discussion, case scenarios, lunch, and networking

📅 Monday, September 14
📍 Ann Arbor Regents Hotel & Conference Center
🕚 Lunch & Networking: 11:00–11:30 AM
📚 Training: 11:30 AM–2:30 PM

Together, we can help improve maternal health outcomes—because maternal safety is a community responsibility.

🔗 Register today: www.region9.org/events/ or scan the QR code on the flyer.

07/29/2026

Join us for a Free Lactation Clinic in ! Register here: https://forms.gle/LNCZmyoYYHEC5dGv8

💜 Free Lactation Clinic – You’re Invited! 🤱

In celebration of World Breastfeeding Month, the Region 9 Perinatal Quality Collaborative and YOLO Breastfeeding are offering a FREE Lactation Clinic for pregnant individuals and families with babies of any age.

Receive one-on-one support from experienced lactation professionals in a welcoming, judgment-free environment. Whether you need help with latching, pumping, milk supply, feeding plans, or have general breastfeeding questions, we’re here to support you.

📅 Tuesday, August 4, 2026
🕘 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
📍 St. Luke’s Church – West Wing
4205 Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor, MI

✨ All services are free. Registration is requested.

Reserve your spot by scanning the QR code or visiting region9.org/events.

07/28/2026

Join us in planning the Washtenaw training!

🚨 Help Shape a New Training for Washtenaw County! 🚨

We’re bringing together doulas, home visitors, and community partners to develop a training that strengthens postpartum care and helps birth workers recognize critical postpartum warning signs.

💡 Join our Bridging the Gap in Postpartum Care Project Group and help shape the content, share your expertise, and improve outcomes for families in our community.

📅 Meets every other Tuesday
🕒 3:00–4:00 PM (Zoom)
📍 Through the end of September

📲 Scan the QR code or visit the link on the flyer to get involved! http://bit.ly/3TbYSgQ

Together, we can build a training that reflects the needs of Washtenaw County and supports safer postpartum care for all. 💜

07/28/2026

🚍 Your voice can help improve transportation for families across Region 9!

Getting to prenatal, postpartum, and infant care shouldn’t be a barrier. We’re gathering community feedback to better understand transportation challenges and identify solutions that improve access to care throughout Region 9.

📝 The survey takes just 5–7 minutes to complete, and your input will help shape future programs, partnerships, and advocacy efforts.

📍Whether you’ve experienced transportation challenges yourself or support families in your community, we want to hear from you!

🔗 Complete the survey today: Link in bio (or visit region9.org/events)

Please help us spread the word by sharing this post with your networks! 💜

07/28/2026

The postpartum period is a time of significant transition - but it can also be a time when serious health concerns emerge.

Join us for “Critical Warning Signs in Postpartum Care,” a Great Lakes Breastfeeding Webinar focused on recognizing urgent maternal warning signs and supporting timely intervention when symptoms arise. As many families experience limited contact with healthcare providers after birth, doulas, home visitors, and community-based professionals are uniquely positioned to identify concerns, advocate for care, and help improve maternal health outcomes.

Together, we'll explore practical strategies for recognizing warning signs, responding appropriately in home and community settings, and supporting families in accessing the care they need.

🎙 Presented by Avonlea Rickerson, MPH
🗓 Available now!
📱 Learn anytime, anywhere
🎓 Approved for 1 L-CERP, 1 nurse's contact hour, 1 social work CE hour, 1 community health worker CEU, 1 certified health education specialist CECH, and 1 CME.

🔗 mibreastfeeding.org/webinars

Michigan Breastfeeding Network has been accepted by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners® (IBLCE®) as a Preferred Provider for the listed Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs) programme. Determination of CERPs eligibility or CERPs Provider status does not imply IBLCE’s endorsement or assessment of education quality. As a Preferred Provider, Michigan Breastfeeding Network attests that it complies with the WHO Code and subsequent WHA resolutions.

07/27/2026

Join us at this year’s Doula DISCO 🪩

07/27/2026

✨ Spotlight Sunday: Keana Lofton of KENDI Doula & Breastfeeding Support✨

After traveling to roughly 30 countries and living everywhere from Australia to Los Angeles, Keana Lofton found her way back home to Adrian, and brought a whole new kind of care with her.

Keana got into birth work in 2019, but everything shifted when she had her own son in 2021. A home birth supported by midwives, with her husband deeply involved every step of the way, showed her what real birth and postpartum support could feel like. She started Kendi so other Lenawee County families could have that same experience.

Here's what one review said:

"I did not know I needed this, but it really helped me, and I feel so good" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

🔹 Birth and doula support
🔹 Postpartum care
🔹 Community breastfeeding and lactation support
🔹 Medicaid accepted, most families don't know that yet

📍 Adrian, Michigan (mobile services)
📞 (517) 215-2444
🌐 kendifamily.com

👉 See the full spotlight at lenaweelocals.com/business/kendi
👉 Discover more local businesses at lenaweelocals.com

Mark your calendar: Keana is co-hosting a free community baby shower on August 29th from 11am to 3pm, food, raffles, a yoga class, a sound bath, and even haircuts for kids heading back to school. Open to everyone.

Drop a 💙 if you know a family who needs to hear about Kendi, or tag a mama who could use this.

07/24/2026

Exciting news!! We're hosting a community baby shower😊👶🍼📚🌸 In partnership with Washtenaw Success by 6 Great Start Collaborative and Region 9 Perinatal Quality Collaborative, moms, babies, and families can come be showered with diapers, books, food, prizes, resources and more. All in celebration of YOU! We hope you'll join us Thursday, July 30th from 1 - 3 pm for this wonderful event at the Corner💜