PMAD Resources
Pregnancy & Postpartum Support Group
A group to provide support to pregnant and postpartum individuals who are struggling with mood changes, anxiety, depression, OCD, and other symptoms.
Tuesdays 10:00am - 11:30am
Moms Bloom
MomsBloom is a nonprofit that supports families during the postpartum period by matching trained volunteers and specialists with parents who have recently welcomed a new baby. Families receive emotional support, help with light household tasks, and a steady, compassionate presence so they don’t have to navigate those early weeks alone.
Mother/ Baby Program
at Pine Rest
The Pine Rest Mother and Baby Partial Program is a short-term, intensive day program for women experiencing significant symptoms of postpartum depression and other perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMAD). It allows women to receive treatment in a setting that includes a nursery for their infants up to eight months of age. The program is for women and girls (ages 14+) who are pregnant or within 3 years postpartum.
https://www.pinerest.org/services/mother-baby-program-postpartum-depression-treatment/
Postpartum Dads
Breastfeeding
Edinburgh Scale
Books
Beyond the Blues: Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression & Anxiety
by Shoshana Bennett and Pec Indman
Parental Mental Health: Factoring in Fathers
by Jane Honikman and Danny Singley
Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts: Breaking the Cycle of Unwanted Thoughts in Parenthood, 2nd Edition
by Karen Kleiman, Amy Wenzel, Hilary Waller, Abby Adler Mandel
How to Healthily Transition to Motherhood: A Workbook with Mama in Mind!
by Becky Morrison Gleed
Good Moms Have Bad Days: Understanding Postpartum Mood Disorders
by Eren Simpson
Stress Less, Live Better: For Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Early Motherhood
by Diane Sanford (Author), Megan Demsky (Author), Kim Wolterman (Photographer)
Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts: A Healing Guide to the Secret Fears of New Mothers
by Karen Kleiman, MSW, LCSW
Me, Again: How Postpartum Depression and Anxiety Transformed My Life
by Bridget Croteau
When Postpartum Packs a Punch: Fighting Back and Finding Joy
by Kristina Cowan
What Am I Thinking: Having a Baby After Postpartum Depression
by Karen Kleiman