Our Perinatal Support Co-ordinator shares self-care reminders for mums & mums-to-be. Motherhood can be physically & mentally demanding. It can be rewarding & yet overwhelming at times. Your mental health & well-being matters. You are doing a brilliant job 💜

#MMHAW24

Sharleen joint us on our #MilesForMumsAndBabies earlier this week and we were thrilled to see hear how far she and her fanily have come.

Read what she had to say about her experience.

#MaternalMentalHealthWeek
#mmhaw24 #FeedbackFriday
Georgie George

We support families through some of their darkest days. #MMHAW24 #MaternalMentalHealth

It's Day 2 of #MMHAW24
The theme is moving together through your changing world!

A member of the team Baked these cakes and we had a team lunch to celebrate the work we do with mums and babies!

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This World Maternal Mental Health Day, @mmhalliance Lived Experience Champion Emma shares why we need to support parents with their mental health during pregnancy and beyond, to ensure the children that they are raising can have the best possible start in life. #MMHAW24 #maternalMHmatters

#MaternalMentalHealthAwarenessWeek

1/5 women experience mental health issues during the perinatal period

20-30% of pregnant women experience domestic abuse
20% are subjected to sexual violence

You are not alone, please seek support 💜
#WMMHD24 #MMHAW24 Maternal Mental Health Alliance

It's #MaternalMentalHealthAwarenessWeek & we're sharing learning from our #PerinatalMentalHealth #PeerSupport work.

Our free Let's do Peer Support #BumpBirthBeyond toolkit is for anyone planning & delivering perinatal peer support activities

scottishrecovery.net/peer-support/d…

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Help us break the taboo around #MaternalMentalHealth by watching & sharing this video. Becoming a mum is a time of fundamental change. You’ll cope best with a support network to lean on. Organisations like Home-Start are here for you. #MMHAW24 #MaternalMentalHealth AwarenessWeek

Help us break the taboo around #MaternalMentalHealth by watching & sharing this video. Becoming a mum is a time of fundamental change. You’ll cope best with a support network to lean on. Organisations like Home-Start are here for you. #MMHAW24 #MaternalMentalHealth AwarenessWeek

Meet @DrAnitaRaja, a West Midlands based GP who shares her story for Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week.

Listen to Anita's story about her journey with postnatal depression and how the help and support of her general practitioners saved her life.

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Meet Christine, she was feeling low after her baby was born & took the Knowing Me Knowing You course.
This course provides support for people like Christine who may feel overwhelmed after baby arrives💜
More info 👉 bit.ly/3xRzr9U
#MMHAW24 #mumssupport Hampshire Healthy Families

Dr Christina Kelly, Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist, shares her career journey for #MaternalMentalHealth Week. She says the perinatal service Nottingham MBU are a passionate team that really want to make a difference to mums and their families. #mmhaw24

We're committed to making sure tailored mental health services are available to every new and expectant mother who needs them.

Latest figures from NHS England show over 57,000 women received this support over the last year, up a third on 2022.

england.nhs.uk/2024/05/record…

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#perinatalmentalillness affects at least:
1 in 5 new/expectant mums
1 in 10 dads
Its a working age population issue!
HR practitioners & students can read more on this in our book, alongside info/advice on other 'absent narratives' in the workplace
#WorkLifeInclusion

To mark #MMHAW24 , we have been giving all Mums & Mums-to-be this wee minding at our perinatal family groups this week💜

The affirmation cards can be kept close for those difficult days & remind Mum that “I am trying my best & my best is good enough.”

Thank you to the 9 ladies who joined us for our peer group. Natalie offered free hand massages, yummy cake donated by #BreadSource , chocs from Hotel Chocolat, books from Waterstones, samples from Boots, sleep masks from spacemasks.com #MMHAW24 PMHP UK NSFT mental health #PeerSupport

This #maternalmentalhealth week we are busting myths around perinatal mental health 🤰

It can be difficult to sort fact from fiction, but don't worry, we've done it for you 🌟

More info and support 👉 bit.ly/3QktEAe

#maternalmentalhealth matters #MMHAW24 Maternal Mental Health Alliance

Today it's time to fill the #PerinatalPositivityPot

We've partnered with Wish I'd Known to ask their parent community about moments of joy in pregnancy and parenthood. Let's keep filling this pot... But remember, it's OK if you're not feeling positive right now too. #MMHAW24

We’re supporting PMHP UK Maternal Mental Health Week 2024 #mmhaw24
Please join us 🙌 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Day 6 of #MMHAW24
Theme is 'Support for all'
I've been talking a lot this week about how employers can play a part.
To maximise support for all...
#perinatalmentalillness #HR #Wellbeingatwork
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