Support Groups

Banner Baywood Medical Center provides several special support groups that meet monthly:

• Baywood Babies: Pregnancy, Parenting and Play
• Breast cancer
• Diabetes
• Grief
• Newborn Parenting Group
• Stroke

Baywood Babies: Pregnancy, Parenting and Play
Free to young mothers in their first six months of pregnancy. Includes healthy snacks, prenatal/childbirth education and support.

• Cost: Free
• When: Meets every Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.
• Where: Women’s & Infant Services lobby
• Call: (480) 321-4455

Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Support
Join this group of caring women who have experienced and survived breast cancer.

• Cost: Free
• When: Second Tuesday of every month from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
• Where: Women’s & Infant Services
• Call:  (480) 321-4440. After hours, call the 24-hour hotline at (602) 231-6648.

Diabetes Support
Share experiences, knowledge and feelings about living with diabetes.

• Cost: Free
• When: First and third Tuesdays of the month from 3 to 4 p.m.
• Where: Women’s & Infant Services 
• Call: For information, please call (480) 321-4578.

Grief Support Group
Learn to manage your grief and share experiences.

• Cost: $15 for materials
• When: Our schedule
• Call:  Rev. Cindy Darby at (480) 657-1167

Newborn Parenting Group
Share your experiences and meet other parents . Learn more about breastfeeding, pumping, returning to work, caring for a newborn, growth, development, nutrition, baby massage and healthy baby weight.

• Cost: Free
• When: Meets on the second Tuesday of every month from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
• Where: Copper Room in Women’s & Infant Services 
• Call: (480) 321-4455

Stroke Support Group
Come and share your inspirational experiences about stroke recovery.

• Cost: Free
• When: Second Thursday of every month from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m  
• Where: John J. Rhodes Rehabilitation, third floor dining area
• Call:  Please call Chris Trudgen at (480) 321-4790 for more information.