Wellness strategies and ideas on how to gain some feeling of calm, preparation, and control during the era of COVID-19. Compiled by the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado.
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Chelsy, a plus-sized mom, shares her journey of infertility, pregnancy, and struggles with mental health postpartum.
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.
Providing a synthesis of the latest evidence-based information on a range of health behaviors in the perinatal period.
An interactive map that helps families find food resources.
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…
Strategies to support you and your baby’s health and wellness during this unprecedented and difficult time.
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.
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.
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.
“I really struggled after [giving birth], and I really tried to keep it in for the first two months. I tried to write it off as ‘This is hormones, I will get over it.’ …I felt like this right before I got help.”