Empowered Motherhood Network Association
EMNA
Congratulations on your new bundle of joy!
Have a desire for postpartum care?
Empowered Motherhood Network Association(EMNA) is a non-profit organization providing and promoting Postpartum Care Support Services for mothers and families in Edmonton and surrounding areas.
Who We Are
Empowered Motherhood Network Association is a registered
Non-Profit Organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, dedicated to providing
complimentary prenatal and postpartum support care to mothers at no cost.
The postpartum period is the first 42 weeks after your baby’s birth.
Empowered Motherhood Network Association is here to support expectant and new mothers with their families providing care services during the postpartum period.
EMNA will provide emotional, physical and informational support while providing care for the new mothers, the babies and their family.
EMNA’s postpartum care support strategies, responsibilities and information is evidence-based that will help families make sound decisions.
EMNA is a non medical postpartum care service providing organization. All resources provided during the postpartum period do not replace the need to seek medical and professional advice.
Nothing is impossible when we come as one, as a community to strengthen each other when we know a new generation has been born to us.
Advocacy
Empowering choice
EMNA services are evidence-based, using knowledge and current research to encourage and support changes in Postpartum as a whole.
EMNA understands the unpredictable nature of challenges often associated with mental health medical conditions, and how to support mothers through their Postpartum period.
EMNA knows mothers need to feel in control of what happens to their bodies, and that their making informed choices about their care to create a positive experience and alleviate trauma.
Postpartum care support can change a mother’s healthcare experience for the better by supporting their bodily autonomy and informed decision-making.
Mission
Who we support
To provide mothers and other new parents with emotional, physical, and mental health support. EMNA aspires to offer remarkable free reproductive support care services because we understand how important it is for mothers to have these services during the life-changing prenatal and postpartum period.
Our goal is to make sure that expectant mothers, new parents, and single parents in the Edmonton community and surrounding areas have a pleasant transition into parenthood by providing them with individualized and all-encompassing support. We are dedicated to supporting people with intersectional identities, such as BIPOC, recent immigrants, low-income individuals, those leaving prisons, and teen mothers.
Vision
Hope for change
Our vision at Empowered Motherhood Network Association (EMNA) is a future in which all mothers, particularly those from disadvantaged communities, have unwavering access to reproductive support care services that put their mental health and general well-being first. By recruiting and educating knowledgeable, empathetic doulas and support teams, we aim to lessen the risk of mental health and other adverse health conditions.