At Minding Mum we believe every mum is a super hero, but even super heroes need support and validation from time to time. 

 

Here are some of the ways we aim to help your family:

  • Normalising feelings of anxiety, fear, guilt, and frustration

  • Linking in to helpful resources in your area

  • Peer support and validation

  • Adjusting to changes arising from pregnancy and parenting

  • Childbirth preparation (e.g. visualisation and breathing techniques)

  • Exploring options about pregnancy

  • Facilitating relationship counselling

  • Coping with unexpected outcomes (e.g. infertililty, stillbirth, miscarriage, genetic conditions, problems at birth)

  • Connecting with the rhythm and capabilities of your baby

  • Advising on infant sleep and the establishment of routines

  • Ensuring secure parent-infant attachment

  • Providing information on the development of infants and children

  • Mental health assessment and treatment

 

Pregnancy and new parenthood can involve a multitude of physical and emotional stressors. Many parents and their babies have to work through some of the following challenges during the perinatal period:

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  • Feelings of anxiety (e.g. health of baby, being a good mum)

  • Feeding and sleeping difficulties

  • Changes in freedom, independence, and identity

  • Changes in body

  • Changes in relationships

  • Ill health during pregnancy

  • Baby’s ill health

  • Infertility, IVF, miscarriage, stillbirth, and SIDS

  • Birth trauma and premature birth

  • Reflux and colic

  • Multiple births

  • Adjustment of older siblings

  • Financial stress

  • History of anxiety or depression