Postpartum Resources

PRENATAL SUPPORT GROUPS, POSTPARTUM MENTAL HEALTH AND DEPRESSION SUPPORT GROUPS, PERINATAL LOSS GROUPS & RESOURCES

Emotional well-being is a core component of your mental health. Caring for your emotional well-being is as important as taking care of your physical needs.

We offer free support groups and resources that are focused on mental health and depression throughout your journey including prenatal support while you are pregnant, after you have been pregnant (postpartum), and new motherhood. We also offer important support if you have suffered a pregnancy loss. We provide phone support, virtual support groups, community education programs, and the referrals & resources you need to care for your mental health.

IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM SUPPORT GROUPS

In addition to our virtual prenatal and postpartum support groups, we host a variety of in-person community events throughout the year including community baby showers, health discussions, webinars, and a day of remembrance for those who have lost a child. View our events page to see upcoming activities.

Our perinatal mental health team can provide resources to help parents who are coping with infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant loss.

We collaborate with member hospitals, health centers, mental health clinicians, and community-based organizations in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Union, and Warren Counties to provide these free services.

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Watch this short video to learn more about our mental health support program.

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Hi, I’m Yve Gonzalez, Manager for the emotional well-being program. Our program is composed of four major pieces. One is we provide professional education on perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. We also host community, events, such as health fairs and baby showers. We have an emotional health phone support program which gets perinatal birthing individuals connected to mental health resources in the community that they live in, and we also have virtual support groups that meet Monday through Friday at various times on Zoom.
I facilitate the new mom’s group and the pregnancy group.

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Hi! Im Leonela Davila, Perinatal Mental Health coordinator for Bergen and Union counties. I currently facilitate a Spanish support group, Esperanza para Madres, for pregnant and new moms.

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Hi Everyone! my name is Soraya Ramirez-Drylie, Perinatal Mental Health Coordinator, covering referrals for Passaic and Hudson counties. I’ll be starting a virtual support group for working moms called “Lunch Bunch”starting April 7.

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Hi I’m Laurraine Jonson, Perinatal Mental Health Coordinator for Essex, Morris, Sussex, and Warren counties. I facilitate the Circle of Hope support group, a support group for women of color. I also facilitate a perinatal loss group. For updated support group information please visit https://pmch.org/support-groups/.

We look forward to working with you!

Postpartum Resources

Watch this short video to learn more about our mental health support program.

View our videos featuring experts in maternal mental health, loss, relationships and more.