Resource Guide

Postpartum Support Resources

Help for the Hard Days After a Baby Arrives

Feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or low after having a baby is common, and help is free and available any time. This page lists confidential support lines, explains the screening clinicians use, and offers a short checklist to bring to an appointment.

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If you are thinking about harming yourself or your baby, call or text 988 now, or call 911. The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline answers 24 hours a day.

Free, Confidential Support Lines

National Maternal Mental Health Hotline

1-833-TLC-MAMA (1-833-852-6262)

Free and confidential, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call or text, in English and Spanish, with interpreters in 60 languages. Run by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration.

Postpartum Support International HelpLine

1-800-944-4773

Call, or text 1-800-944-4773 in English or 971-203-7773 in Spanish. The HelpLine returns messages and connects families with support. It is not a crisis line.

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

Call or text 988

Immediate support any time for anyone in emotional distress or crisis.

The Screening Clinicians Use

Many obstetric, midwifery, and pediatric clinicians use the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, a 10-question self-report screen about the past seven days. It takes a few minutes and starts a conversation; it does not diagnose on its own.

Ask your OB, midwife, family doctor, or your baby's pediatrician about it at your next visit, or call one of the lines above for help finding care.

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Before an Appointment

A few notes make it easier to describe how things have been. Check each one when it's ready.

Write down how you have felt over the past two weeks, in your own words.
Note any changes in sleep, appetite, energy, or interest in things you usually enjoy.
List who helps at home and where you would like more support.
Write the questions you want to ask, so none get lost in the visit.

Community in Cornelius: Bloom Society

Bloom Society is an 8-week mommy and me group at the Integrative Wellness & Therapeutics clinic in Cornelius for mothers and babies 0 to 3 months. Weekly expert topics include postpartum mental health, sleep, lactation and bottle feeding, and pelvic floor recovery.

Learn about Bloom Society mommy and me classes.

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Sources and How This Tool Works

Phone numbers and service details come from each organization's own pages, checked October 24, 2026. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (Cox, Holden and Sagovsky, 1987) is described but not reproduced: the Royal College of Psychiatrists permits clinicians to copy it for their own use and requires written permission to republish it online. Integrative Wellness & Therapeutics does not provide mental health treatment; this page points to organizations that do.

HRSA Maternal and Child Health Bureau — National Maternal Mental Health Hotline, 1-833-TLC-MAMA (1-833-852-6262) Link
Postpartum Support International — HelpLine 1-800-944-4773 Link
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Link
Cox JL, Holden JM, Sagovsky R. Detection of postnatal depression: development of the 10-item Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. British Journal of Psychiatry. 1987;150:782–786 Link

General information for families, reviewed October 24, 2026. It does not diagnose, and it does not replace an evaluation by your child's own clinicians.

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