Healthy Living at United Memorial Medical Center

Healthy Living offers a variety of support groups for our community members offering a positive, friendly and informal environment for people to share, listen and be heard. Please contact our office for additional details (585) 344-5331.

• Cancer Support Group - Monthly
• Diabetes Support Group for Adults - Bi Monthly
• Adjustment to Motherhood - Monthly
• Breast Feeding Drop In Support - Weekly

Our registered dietitian evaluates your specific needs and daily routine, and offers practical suggestions on meal planning, dining out and more. You’ll learn how to establish good eating habits, which are essential for managing medical conditions such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension, high cholesterol, celiac disease and chronic kidney disease.

This support group is available to all moms who need a safe space to talk with other moms about fears, worries and myths of parenthood. This group meets monthly and intended to be a peer support group helping moms work through perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMAD).

Please feel free to join us on the first Thursday of each month from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm via Zoom.

Class Information:

Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 994 6880 9350
Passcode: ATMPMAD

UMMC’s Baby Café welcomes pregnant and breastfeeding moms to join our weekly support group. This drop in group is a safe space for networking and gaining support from fellow breast feeding  moms as well as our international board certified lactation consultants. We meet every Tuesday from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm. Zoom information is listed below. Also, check us out on Facebook at Breastfeeding and Beyond Baby Café.

Daytime Zoom Information

Zoom Link

Our Infant Feeding Classes are recommended for parents during weeks 30-37 of pregnancy, and are strongly suggested for families interested in learning more about infant feeding, including breastfeeding. Breastfeeding, chest feeding, and bottle feeding methods will be discussed in the Infant Nutrition Class, as well as how to maintain milk with latching difficulties, while pumping, and beyond.

• Number of classes: 1 (1.5 hours)
• Frequency of offering: every 6 weeks
• Cost (includes registration for up to 2 people):
  • Full price: $30
  • Employee price: $22.50
  • RRH Women's Center patients: FREE

UMMC is a Baby-Friendly Hospital offering the golden hour after birth for bonding, Lactation Consultant assistance while in the hospital, and discharge support. A continuum of care and support provided by trained and board-certified Lactation Consultants can address important challenges in infant feeding, establish skills for breastfeeding, and competency and confidence among mothers.

The Childbirth Education classes are recommended for parents during weeks 28-34 of pregnancy. These classes feature an overview of labor and delivery, relaxation, pain management, Cesarean delivery care, informed consent, postpartum care, and newborn care. Our infant feeding class is included with this registration.

• Numbers of classes:
  •  2 (2 hours weekly)
  • 1 (4 hour weekend)
• Frequency of offering:
  • Saturdays once every other month
  • Thursday evening weekly online sessions offered the opposite months of weekend in-person classes
• Cost (includes registration for up to 2 people):
  • Full price: $50
  • Employee price: $45
  • RRH Women's Center patients: FREE
• For: Women and families who have not yet attended childbirth classes

Our classes are offered monthly and upcoming classes as well as registration can be found here: https://www.rochesterregional.org/services/womens-health/childbirth-centers/online-classes  

Parents, grandparents and caregivers will discover safety issues to address, such as poison control and first aid. You will also learn how to perform hands-only CPR on adults, children and infants. An American Heart Association CPR guide is included with each registration. Call our Healthy Living office at (585) 344-5331 option 1 for a schedule of classes.

United Memorial Medical Center also offers the LEAD program for all mothers, providing support and guidance on their breastfeeding journey. As part of that program, we offer:

• Adjustment to Motherhood - ATM group (perinatal mood and anxiety disorder peer support group) - 1st Thursday of every month
  • Zoom link
  • Passcode: ATMPMAD
• Our Lactation Questions Hotline at (585) 344-8104. Calls are usually returned within 24-48 hours.
• Free 1:1 outpatient lactation visits and follow-up visits as needed
• Baby Café
  • Every Tuesday, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
  • Zoom link
  • Passcode: BCDAYTIME 

MOMS Program (Medicaid, Obstetrics, Maternal Services) promotes a healthy pregnancy and optimal birth outcomes through early prenatal education and postpartum follow-up care for Medicaid eligible mothers.

If you’re pregnant, the MOMS Program can quickly provide you with help in applying for Medicaid coverage for you and your baby and connect you to a network of resources, education, support and transportation to aid you in leading a healthy pregnancy, delivering your baby and beyond.

Call (585) 344-5355 to schedule an appointment.