Postpartum Health Resources
Canadian Association of Midwives (links to all provincial/territorial midwifery associations)
Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association
Consumers Supporting Midwifery Care
DONA International (doulas)
International Childbirth Education Association
Lamaze International: Science and Sensibility
National Advocates for Pregnant Women
Public Health Agency of Canada: The Maternity Experiences Survey
Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
Perinatal Mood Disorders
MGH Women’s Mental Health Center
Mood Disorders Society of Canada
Mother Reach: Postpartum Mood Disorder
Pacific Post Partum Support Society
Postpartum Support International
More mental health resources from the Parenting Through the Storm website.
Books and articles
- Links to postpartum articles on this websit
- The Mother of All Baby Books by Ann Douglas (features chapters on postpartum health and early parenthood)
- Healthy Mum, Happy Baby by Annemarie Tempelman-Klui
- Laughter and Tears: The Emotional Lives of New Mothers by Elisabeth Bing and Libby Colman, Ph
- What Mothers Do Especially When it Looks Like Nothing by Naomi Stadle
- This Isn’t What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression by Karen Kleiman and Valerie Raskin
- More book suggestions from Postpartum Education for Parent