New Mom School & Holy City Babies – A Collaborative Guide for Charleston Moms

Becoming a mother is an extraordinary transformation — one that is profoundly beautiful and deeply personal. Charleston is incredibly fortunate to have many community-centered resources that support new mothers through this milestone life transition. Holy City Babies Portrait Studio and New Mom School Charleston believe that we weren’t meant to do motherhood alone, that finding your village is everything in those first weeks and months of motherhood! We are so excited for this New Mom School Charleston and Holy City Babies Collaboration!

Whether you’re currently expecting or already snuggling your newborn, we want you to know: you’re not alone and Charleston has a thriving village of moms and motherhood professionals ready to support you! 🫶🏻

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🌿 What Is New Mom School Charleston?

New Mom School Charleston is an organization that believes that the best way to thrive in motherhood is to prepare before it begins and their community of moms and experts exists to make sure you’re strengthened every step of the way whether this is your first baby or you’re diving back in and need the extra encouragement of a thoughtful and supportive community!

New Mom School’s 8-week, research-backed courses give you:

A built-in village of moms & experts who’ve got your back! They offer an 8-week postpartum education + community program designed specifically for mothers and their newborns. Groups are thoughtfully curated by baby’s birth month so that everyone is at the same developmental stage. This allows moms to navigate the early weeks in step with one another, creating an instant sense of “these are my people.”

At New Mom School you can get postpartum & breastfeeding support from the pros and classes with other mom’s synced to your baby’s birth date!

Each session blends:

✨ Evidence-based postpartum education
✨ Emotional & mental health support
✨ Practical newborn guidance
✨ Guest experts in lactation, sleep, relationships & more
✨ Real conversation with Charleston moms experiencing the same season

Moms graduate with more confidence, more tools, and — best of all — friendships that last far beyond the newborn stage!

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✨ What Is Holy City Babies?

Located here in Charleston (in Avondale, at 1020 Savannah Hwy), Holy City Babies Portrait Studio specializes in Editorial Maternity Portraits, Fine Art Newborn Portraits & Motherhood Portraiture. In addition to that, we also offer Photojournalistic Birth Photography & Fresh48 Photoshoots on location, at the hospital or birthing center where you deliver! Holy City Babies also offers Baby Milestone Portraits, Cake Smash Photoshoots, Traditional Heirloom Portraits & Personality Portraits in our Charleston Photography Studio! 🤩

At Holy City Babies, we are enthusiastically committed to honoring the pregnancy & postpartum season by serving new mothers with:

✨ Professional Hair & Makeup Service ahead of your Maternity and Newborn Portrait Sessions
✨ An Extensive Client Closet stocked with Custom, Couture Maternity Gowns, Robes, Tossing Fabrics, Body Suits, Dresses for Postpartum Mamas!
✨ A Beautiful, Convenient, Safe, Cozy Studio for your Maternity & Newborn Portrait Sessions in Charleston!
✨Elevated, Fully Guided, Supportive Portrait Studio Experiences
✨ Heirloom Artwork + Albums designed to commemorate & celebrate this fleeting, milestone season of your lives.

Our studio celebrates Pregnancy, Postpartum & Motherhood as a profound, powerful, precious chapter of your life worth preserving. Pairing that with New Mom School’s emotional and educational care creates a truly holistic pregnancy and postpartum experience for Charleston families.

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💬 Why This Collaboration Matters

Both New Mom School Charleston and Holy City Babies exist for the same reason:

To support new mothers through one of the most meaningful — and vulnerable — seasons of their lives.

While New Mom School nurtures mothers through:

✔ Education
✔ Community
✔ Confidence
✔ Mental health support

Holy City Babies celebrates mothers through:

✔ Beauty
✔ Legacy artwork
✔ Bonding experiences
✔ Visual storytelling

Together, we honor both the inner and outer journey of new motherhood.

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🗺️ Serving Postpartum Moms Across Charleston

New Mom School Charleston & Holy City Babies are delighted to Welcome families from:

📍 Downtown Charleston
📍 Mount Pleasant
📍 West Ashley
📍 North Charleston
📍 Daniel Island
📍 Summerville
📍 James Island
📍 Johns Island

And Holy City Babies & New Mom School serve mothers who deliver at many of our local hospitals and birth centers, including but not limited to:

🏥 MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital – Downtown Charleston
🏥 East Cooper Medical Center – Mount Pleasant
🏥 Roper St. Francis – West Ashley
🏥 Summerville Medical Center – Summerville
🏥 Trident Medical Center – North Charleston
🏥 Charleston Birth Place – North Charleston (birth center)
🏥 Homebirths with Lowcountry midwifery teams

This collaborative partnership reflects the vibrant postpartum culture that’s growing here in the Lowcountry — a culture where new moms don’t have to “figure it out alone.”

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🌼 What Moms Are Saying

New Moms who participate in both offerings often share sentiments like:

“New Mom School was the emotional support I didn’t know I needed, and Holy City Babies captured the beauty of this season I never want to forget.”

“I met my best friends at New Mom School, and then we all booked newborn photos. Nothing prepares you for postpartum like community + celebration.”

This is exactly why we chose to collaborate — because Charleston mothers deserve it all: support, celebration, connection, and confidence!

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🧡 A Message to Charleston Moms

If you’re expecting a baby in the Charleston area — or already in the newborn stage — we want you to feel held, informed, and celebrated!

You definitely deserve:

✔ A safe space to ask hard questions
✔ A village of other moms who “get it”
✔ Experts who guide without judgment
✔ Beautiful, Heirloom Portraits to celebrate this incredible Milestone in your lives!

That’s what this collaboration stands for!

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✔️ How to Join the Experience

Step 1:

Register for New Mom School Charleston while you’re pregnant or after baby arrives
→ You’ll be placed in a group based on baby’s due date or birth month.

Step 2:

Schedule your Maternity & Newborn Portrait Experience at Holy City Babies.
→ We recommend shooting maternity portraits between 30 – 33 weeks & booking 1-3 months in advance of that.

→ We recommend shooting newborn portraits between days 12-21 after birth, ideally planned during pregnancy!

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🎉 Let’s Build This Village Together

Charleston is such a special place to raise babies — not just for the beautiful scenery, but because of the community growing within it.

From our teams to your growing family:
Welcome to motherhood. We’re honored to walk with you! 🫶🏻

— Holy City Babies Portrait Studio & New Mom School Charleston