Telephone
Support Free support by phone for women experiencing emotional difficulties during
postpartum or pregnancy. Moms are paired with a trained phone volunteer
that has experienced similar difficulties. Volunteers listen, encourage,
and provide peer support. Volunteers are not trained counselors
and therefore do not provide counseling or psychotherapy services.
If you need additional help, a volunteer will provide resources.
Please call 314.991.5666 Ext. 4
for information on this service. *Please note that this is not a
hotline number, but someone will return your call within 24 hours.
All calls are confidential.
Group
Support An informal peer support group for women experiencing
emotional difficulties during postpartum or pregnancy. Support
is offered
by volunteers that have experienced similar difficulties in an
open and welcoming atmosphere. Meetings are held in an environment
where
you may feel safe to express your feelings. Babies are welcome.
The groups meet at Women’s Healthcare Partnership every other Friday
morning from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon. Please call 314.991.5666 Ext.
4 for dates and to R.S.V.P.
In the News
When to be Concerned About Postpartum Depression
KSDK 01/17/2008 - Video
Postpartum
Depression Alleviated by Social Support Saint
Louis Post-Dispatch 11/23/2007 - Editorial
New Treatment
for Postpartum Depression: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch 11/23/2007 - Article
Antidepressants
Post Little Risk to Fetuses
NBC Nightly News 06/20/07 - See the full article at www.msnbc.msn.com
Gina Tretter, our volunteer coordinator, was featured in this news
report.
Testimonials "Mother to Mother helped me when I was feeling
very overwhelmed and rather lost after I brought my twins home
from
the hospital. I tell all of my friends, doctors, etc., about
the organization and all that it does."
"Mother
to Mother is dedicated to helping women cope, adjust and adapt to
the emotional trauma brought on by motherhood. In my time of need,
Mother to Mother provided me support from women volunteers who had
dealt with the same types of trauma I was experiencing. Nobody told
me how hard parenting would be – except Mother to Mother volunteers.
They listened to me and helped me feel better about myself."
“I was helped
tremendously by Mother to Mother after the birth of my second son.
Mother to Mother played a crucial role in my recovery from PPAD.
I now volunteer as a member because I know what a huge difference
we make in the life of the mother's we help. Having a support volunteer
just a phone call away, can and perhaps already has saved many lives".
" A
little about Mother to Mother.. ‘A supposed beautiful experience
had been stopped short due to something I had heard of, but never
thought would ever happen to me -- something called postpartum depression.
Feeling completely not myself, I knew that I needed help fast! After
talking to one of the moms from this amazing group I realized I
wasn't a freak after all. This is a real thing happening to me and
I wasn't going crazy. I got through it and now volunteer as a support
mom for Mother to Mother. Need I say more?".
"They
were there for me when I was so sick and down. I needed someone
to talk to so badly. My volunteer had been through similar difficulties
after the birth of her child. Mother to Mother was a wonderful blessing
in my life and a major part of my recovery."
