In July 2025, I took over Raising Mamas with three locations and a very personal understanding of what these groups could mean to a mother.
Before I was the owner, I was one of the mums sitting in the circle. I was someone who nearly didn’t go. Someone who couldn’t have known that walking into a room of strangers would change the way her second postpartum felt.
So when the opportunity came to take over Raising Mamas, I carried that experience with me. I knew how much could begin with having somewhere to go each week, people who remembered your name and a space where you could say how you were really going.
With our new Nudgee location launching in January 2027, those original three locations will become eight.
And behind that number are more women who will have a village within reach.
Why we keep making the circle bigger
Getting out of the house with a baby can be an achievement in itself. Finding a group you can realistically get to, at a time that works for you, matters.
Every new Raising Mamas location gives more mothers the opportunity to build connection close to home. To meet someone they might see at the local shops. To find a friend for a walk on a long afternoon. To have someone to message when the night has been hard and they need to know they’re not the only one awake.
I see little glimpses of those friendships in our group chats. Mums heading for coffee after a session. Organising a park catch-up. Checking in on someone who has had a difficult week.
Those moments mean so much to me because I know what it feels like when the women you met in a mothers’ group become the women you do life with.
That’s what I hope we make possible each time we open another location.
A new North Brisbane mothers’ group in Nudgee
In January 2027, Raising Mamas will welcome mums and babies to Northside Studios in Nudgee on Tuesdays, joining our existing North Lakes community.
For mums looking for a North Brisbane mothers’ group, this means another place to find support, friendship and a familiar circle of women navigating the first year alongside you.
Our Nudgee location will offer our First Year Program, with groups for babies aged 0–5 months and 4–12 months.
Whether you’re becoming a mother for the first time or finding your feet with another baby, you deserve connection in this season. You don’t need to be new to motherhood to need new mum friends.
What happens at a Raising Mamas group?
Our groups meet weekly during the term, bringing the same women together so there’s time for familiarity and friendship to grow.
Sessions include time to connect, conversations with guest speakers and space to talk more openly about motherhood. Across the program, we explore topics such as feeding, sleep, physical recovery, mental health and baby development.
You can bring your questions. You can feed, settle or change your baby. You can arrive after a rough night without needing to pretend you’ve got it all together.
We love getting to know your babies, but we want to get to know you, too. How you’re feeling. What you’re finding hard. What’s made you laugh this week. The parts of yourself you’re rediscovering, and the things you’re still working out.
The babies are the reason, not the point.
From three locations to eight
With Nudgee joining us in January 2027, our eight locations will be:
Buderim
Maroochydore
Caloundra
Peregian Beach
Noosaville
Gympie
North Lakes
Nudgee
Growing across the Sunshine Coast, Gympie and North Brisbane has also meant welcoming more facilitators into Raising Mamas.
These women care deeply about the mothers in their groups. They think about them between sessions, notice when someone seems a little quieter and put so much thought into making each week feel welcoming.
As we grow, that care remains at the heart of every group. I want the mum walking into Nudgee for the first time to feel the same warmth that made me come back when I was a participant myself.
Come and find your people
If you’ve been searching for a mothers’ group in North Brisbane, we’d love to welcome you to Raising Mamas.
Our North Lakes groups already bring local mums together each week, and we’re so looking forward to opening our doors in Nudgee in January 2027.
You don’t need to come with a friend. You don’t need to feel confident walking in. I certainly didn’t.
You can come exactly as you are, and we’ll be there to welcome you.
Explore our locations or view available groups and bookings.
Motherhood is better together.
Chelsea 🤎
Owner, Raising Mamas