Useful Links

Antenatal Results and Choices (ARC): a charity providing non-directive information and support before, during and after antenatal screening.

The Association for Postnatal Illness (APNI): information and support about postnatal depression. This includes information for partners and carers.

Birth Trauma Association: support for anyone affected by birth trauma, including partners.

The Breastfeeding Network: nationwide support about breastfeeding.

British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP): professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists practising in the UK.

Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM): free, confidential and anonymous helpline as well as a webchat service, offering help, advice and information to anyone who is struggling or in crisis.

Family Action: specialist support services for parents with a mental health problem. This includes services during pregnancy and after giving birth.

Family Lives: offering confidential support, information and advice for parents.

Fatherhood Institute: Information, research and training to support fathers and their families.

Gingerbread: Advice and practical support for single parent families.

Home Start: offering a service which pairs you with a volunteer who visits you to offer practical and emotional support.

The Lullaby Trust: Information and support for people affected by Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

Maternal Mental Health Alliance: a charity and coalition of UK organisations seeking consistent, accessible and quality care and support for women’s mental health during the perinatal period.

Mind: advice, support and campaigns for a broad range of mental health issues, with local branches across the UK.

National Childbirth Trust (NCT): a range of courses for new parents and has a membership that runs activities and social groups.

Maternal OCD: Information and support for people experiencing perinatal OCD, and their families.

The Miscarriage Association: Information and support for anyone affected by miscarriage, molar pregnancy or ectopic pregnancy.

NHS: guide to getting urgent help for a mental health issue.

NICE guidelines: useful questions to ask health care professionals in regards to perinatal mental health.

PANDAS Foundation: Information and support for anyone experiencing a mental health problem during or after pregnancy.

Pink Parents: Information for gay and lesbian parents.

Postpartum Men: Information and support for new fathers experiencing depression, anxiety and other mental health problems, including an online peer support forum.

Rainbow Trust: supports families with children who suffer from a life-threatening or terminal illness.

Samaritans: providing emotional support to anyone in emotional distress, struggling to cope, or at risk of suicide throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland, often through their telephone helpline.

SANDS: Information and support for anyone affected by the death of a baby.

Tommy’s: largest charity in the UK carrying out research into the causes of miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth.