Useful Links
<strong>Action on Postpartum Psychosis</strong>
www.app-network.org/
Provides information on postpartum psychosis and peer support, including online forums and workshops
<strong>Beating Bipolar</strong>
www.beatingbipolar.org
Includes video of professionals and people with lived experience of bipolar disorder.
<strong>Best Beginnings</strong>
www.bestbeginnings.org.uk/
Provides information about many aspects of pregnancy and parenting, including mental wellbeing, in the form of short video clips
<strong>La Leche Breastfeeding Support</strong>
La Leche League GB – Friendly breastfeeding support from pregnancy onwards
Friendly breastfeeding support from pregnancy onwards.
<strong>Birth Trauma Association</strong>
www.birthtraumaassociation.org.uk/
Support for women who have experienced traumatic childbirth, and their partners.
<strong>Breastfeeding</strong>
<strong>Bonding and attachment</strong>
<strong>Best Use of Medicines in Pregnancy (BUMPS):</strong>
www.medicinesinpregnancy.org/
Information leaflets for women and their partners about use of a medication in pregnancy.
<strong>Buckinghamshire Maternity and Neonatal Voices:</strong>
MNVP – Welcome to BOBLMNS
An organisation that is there to ensure that the views and opinions of women and birthing individuals are heard.
<strong>Choice & Medication:</strong>
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Home (choiceandmedication.org)
A useful resource providing Information leaflets on individual psychotropic medicines, including perinatal-specific ones, handy comparison charts and fact sheets. These can be printed and given to patients, or the website link can be shared.
<strong>Connection and Support</strong>
https://www.connectionsupport.org.uk/buckinghamshire/
Housing issues and homelessness.
<strong>Fatherhood Institute</strong>
www.fatherhoodinstitute.org/
The UK’s fatherhood think-tank, providing news, training information, policy updates, research summaries and guides for supporting fathers and their families
<strong>Maternal OCD</strong>
www.maternalocd.org/
Support and Information for women with Perinatal Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Twitter support group: #Bumpsandmumsocdhr.
<strong>Maternal Mental Health Alliance</strong>
<strong>MIND</strong>
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/postnatal-depression-and-perinatal-mental-health/#.XT7r3ToUncs
Explains postnatal depression and other perinatal mental health issues, including possible causes, sources of treatment and support, and advice for friends and family.
<strong>Netmums</strong>
www.netmums.com
Information and support on many aspects pregnancy and parenting, including local resources.
<strong>PANDAS</strong>
www.pandasfoundation.org.uk
Antenatal and postnatal depression information and support for women and families. Support groups and helpline.
<strong>Post-natal Depression (PND) and Me</strong>
www.pndandme.co.uk/
Website and online support group for sufferers of perinatal mental illness with links to information and a range of resources around this topic. Set up by a mum who had postnatal depression.
<strong>Royal College of Psychiatry</strong>
https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk and links to useful leaflets: https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-health
<strong>Tommy’s</strong>
www.tommys.org/pregnancy-information/im-pregnant/mental-wellbeing
Mental well-being in pregnancy
<strong>UNICEF</strong>
https://www.unicef.org.uk/babyfriendly/baby-friendly-resources/
Breast & bottle feeding, co-sleeping/sleep & night time, antenatal care, neonatal care, support for parents and relationship building resources.
<strong>Weaning</strong>
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