Useful Links

Action on Postpartum Psychosis

www.app-network.org/
Provides information on postpartum psychosis and peer support, including online forums and workshops

Beating Bipolar

www.beatingbipolar.org
Includes video of professionals and people with lived experience of bipolar disorder.

Best Beginnings

www.bestbeginnings.org.uk/
Provides information about many aspects of pregnancy and parenting, including mental wellbeing, in the form of short video clips

La Leche Breastfeeding Support

La Leche League GB – Friendly breastfeeding support from pregnancy onwards
Friendly breastfeeding support from pregnancy onwards.

Birth Trauma Association

 www.birthtraumaassociation.org.uk/
Support for women who have experienced traumatic childbirth, and their partners.

Breastfeeding
Bonding and attachment
Best Use of Medicines in Pregnancy (BUMPS):

www.medicinesinpregnancy.org/
Information leaflets for women and their partners about use of a medication in pregnancy.

Buckinghamshire Maternity and Neonatal Voices:

MNVP – Welcome to BOBLMNS
An organisation that is there to ensure that the views and opinions of women and birthing individuals are heard.

Choice & Medication:

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.

Connection and Support
Fatherhood Institute

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

Maternal OCD

www.maternalocd.org/
Support and Information for women with Perinatal Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Twitter support group: #Bumpsandmumsocdhr.

Maternal Mental Health Alliance
MIND

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.

Netmums

www.netmums.com
Information and support on many aspects pregnancy and parenting, including local resources.

PANDAS

www.pandasfoundation.org.uk
Antenatal and postnatal depression information and support for women and families. Support groups and helpline.

Post-natal Depression (PND) and Me

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.

Royal College of Psychiatry
Tommy’s
UNICEF

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.

Weaning

 

 

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Page last reviewed: 9 October, 2024