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Mission:
Our mission is to support and encourage women who are experiencing
emotional difficulties during pregnancy or the postpartum. We help
bring back the harmony and peace in their lives so that this can
truly be a wonderful and happy time!
Case
Statement:
Postpartum and pregnancy emotional adjustment disorder (PPAD) consists
of a myriad of symptoms and disorders, including anxiety, sadness,
exhaustion, sleep disturbance, depression, anxiety disorder, obsessive
compulsive disorder, psychosis, etc.
10-20%
of pregnant or postpartum women experience depression or anxiety
disorder. As many as 50-80% of women experience some level
of PPAD.
Mother
to Mother© provides telephone support and encouragement
to women with PPAD. Mother to Mother© is the only service
of its kind in the St. Louis metropolitan area. We serve all
women
in the metropolitan St. Louis area, free of charge.
Support
volunteers are mothers who have also experienced pregnancy related
or postpartum emotional adjustment issues. Volunteers
are
trained to be skilled listeners. They are not, however, trained
counselors or psychologists.
As
part of our mission, we also seek to increase the community’s
awareness about PPAD through education and training. We
regularly speak to organizations such as Parents as Teachers,
counseling
centers,
mothers groups, etc. In addition, we have appeared as guests
on several local radio and news programs, and highlighted
in stories
printed in Newsweek and Parents magazine as a model program.
Resources
St.
Louis Metropolitan Area Resources List
Diane G. Sanford, Ph.D.
www.drdianesanford.com
Depression after Delivery
www.depressionafterdelivery.com
Postpartum Support International
www.postpartum.net
Pacific Postpartum Support
Society
www.postpartum.org
Postpartum Dads
www.postpartumdads.org
The Ruth Rhoden Craven Foundation
www.ppdsupport.org
The Family
Mental Health Foundation
www.fmhf.org
Parents Place
www.parentsplace.com
Out of the Valley Ministries
www.outofthevalley.org
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