Daily Themes for Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week!

We here at @perinatalmhpartnership are delighted to reveal the theme of this year’s Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, taking place between 1-7 May , is Together In A Changing World. Each day of the Awareness Week will have its own unique focus and these are detailed below : Monday 1st May – The focus of

Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week 1 – 7 May 2023

We here at the Perinatal Mental Health Partnership are delighted to announce that we will shortly be revealing the theme for the 7th annual Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week! The week will take place between 1-7 May and as ever, we will have daily themes and live information sessions, focusing on Perinatal Mental Health. A

Please Vote For Us!

We are absolutely DELIGHTED that the Perinatal Mental Health Partnership (@perinatalmhpartnership) and its members have been nominated for this year’s Glomama Awards. Our Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week has been nominated for Best Campaign as has our members Five X More (fivexmore_) Our member @eviecanavan has been nominated for Wellness Mama and Steph Addison (@perinatalmhpartnership)

Awareness Day, Weeks and Months!

As the founders of Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, we know how important these kind of events are to highlight illnesses and issues. To help people and organisations, we have collated a list of the UK wide and international events related to all things perinatal mental illness, mental health, women, families, parents and children. Disclaimer-

Breastfeeding and Antidepressants

It is World Breastfeeding Week and our member @eviecanavan has compiled this blog about breastfeeding and antidepressants, placing all the relevant information in once place , at a time when everything can feel too much and overwhelming. It signposts to information including : The Perinatal Mental Health ToolkitThe Breastfeeding NetworkThe GP Infant feeding networkGuidelines in

Parental Emotions when your baby is born unwell or premature with @sarra.hoy and PMHP member @eviecanavan

As part of our @perinatalmhpartnership UK Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week , Eve will be chatting with Lady Sarra Hoy about the emotions that parents can experience when their baby is born unwell or premature. Our friends at the charity @blisscharity estimate that every year, over 100,000 babies are cared for in neonatal units in

Postnatal Yoga – Bringing Mums and Babies to the Mat !

As part of the @perinatalmhpartnership UK Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, we are absolutely delighted that the wonderful @yomamas.club are delivering this yoga session for mums and babies. Laura, founder of Yo Mamas in Surrey , is using yoga to support women from pregnancy and into their motherhood journey and beyond. All wrapped up in

HRH The Duchess of Cambridge shows support for the UK Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week

We here at the Perinatal Mental Health Partnership are delighted to announce the Duchess of Cambridge has recorded a video to honour the UK Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, hosted by us here at the Perinatal Mental Health Partnership. Her Royal Highness discusses this years theme , the Power of Connection and the importance of

The MATRIx Study findings are launched today !

We here at PMHP are delighted to support the launch of the MATRIx study findings. It is led by researchers at City University of London in collaboration with experts  across the UK and reviewed the research evidence on what prevents women who are pregnant or after birth to get the support and treatment they need

Gender Disappointment

Do join @thegdpsychologist and @eviecanavan for a chat about Gender disappointment. Dr Lindsay McMillan and I will talk about the experience of parents holding a preference or desire for daughters or sons, which for some – if their preference does not come true – can lead to feelings of grief, sadness, anxiety or distress. We