MyCare Emotional Wellness Self-Help Tool
This resource has been designed by Maternal Mental Health NOW to help you feel prepared to adjust to the emotional demands, joys, and stressors of trying to conceive, pregnancy and parenting.
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Celebrating Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week
This week we are celebrating Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, which focuses on bringing attention to the struggles with mental health that many new and expecting parents face. We worked with parents and community members to curate resources that support parents on their wellness and self-care journey. Check them out here.
Video: Taking Care of Yourself
This video by the Early Childhood Partnership of Adams County (ECPAC) provides information about the importance of self-care, and how parents can get started.
Blog: EVERYDAY SELF CARE: HONORING OURSELVES, BODY, and MIND
Self-Care. What a loaded term. I mean, what mother out there has time for self-care, right? Not to mention that so often self-care feels selfish, self-absorbed, and totally irresponsible when we are needing to care for others, like our children…
Blog: Self-Care for New and Expecting Parents
Pregnancy and early childhood can be a stressful and overwhelming stage for families, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, there are small actions you can take, called ‘self-care,’ to support your mental health and wellbeing on a daily basis.
My Baby My Move
Providing a synthesis of the latest evidence-based information on a range of health behaviors in the perinatal period.
COVID-19 Wellness Strategies for Moms with New Babies
Strategies to support you and your baby’s health and wellness during this unprecedented and difficult time.
COVID-19 Wellness Strategies in Pregnancy
Strategies and ideas on how to gain some feeling of calm, preparation, and control during the era of COVID-19.
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A Journey In Self-Love Through My Plus-Size Pregnancy And Birth
Chelsy, a plus-sized mom, shares her journey of infertility, pregnancy, and struggles with mental health postpartum.
Insights from Real Colorado Parents
“I was at the lowest low before I got pregnant, so when I got pregnant I was like, ‘Oh, shit!’ because I was homeless, everybody disowned me, I was on drugs, it was a whole mess. When I got pregnant, I just clicked that I just had to get better, because I just threw my whole life into her.”