Mum as You Are (MAYA)
MAYA is a postnatal peer support organisation for all mums of new babies in Oxford.
Parenting a newborn is hard. MAYA’s research found that many new mums were rarely asked ‘but how are you really?’ which increased feelings of worry, anxiety and isolation during that often tricky newborn adjustment phase. Mums consistently reported a gap in accessible, affordable, informal, in-person postnatal community support.
MAYA was created in response to this. MAYA offers one-to-one meet ups for new mums with trained volunteer mums who are further along in their parenting journey. It provides a regular, informal, empathic, judgement-free space – on a walk or in a café – to offload, rant, reflect and feel listened to during those early weeks and months with someone who ‘gets it’! MAYA also facilitates group meet-ups with fellow new mums and offers links into existing community wellbeing and family sessions.
Your community grows just as you do in your parenting journey.
MAYA is currently running a free pilot of its peer support to mums expecting babies between November 2023 and February 2024.
Please get in touch with Jess for a chat if you’re a mum-to-be or if your baby has already arrived to hear more.
