Pregnancy after a Fertility Journey Group
This group welcomes anyone who is pregnant after they’ve been on a difficult fertility journey.
This group meets via MS Teams on the last Wednesday of the month at 8pm (visit our Events page to find out when the next meeting is) or for more information contact: pregnancy@fertilitynetworkuk.org
Join the private Facebook group here.
Join our Health Unlocked forum here
To join our Pregnancy WhatsApp group just pop us an email with a brief description of your fertility journey, to ensure you meet the group criteria, and we will provide you with the joining link: support@fertilitynetworkuk.org
Parenting after a Fertility Journey WhatsApp Group
To join our Parenting WhatsApp group just pop us an email with a brief description of your fertility journey, to ensure you meet the group criteria, and we will provide you with the joining link: support@fertilitynetworkuk.org
Additional Support & Information
What is Perinatal Mental Health?
You will most probably have heard of postnatal depression (PND) but there are also other conditions associated with maternal mental health. Perinatal mental health (PMH) concerns a woman’s emotional and psychological wellbeing during pregnancy and up to around three years after giving birth and effects many women who have experienced a difficult fertility journey. PMH conditions include pre and postnatal depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder and birth trauma.
It’s important to seek help as soon as you can, if you think you or someone you know might be affected by any of these conditions.
If you are looking for additional Perinatal Mental Health Support and are struggling to get a referral from your Midwife or GP, please check out PANDAS, PND Awareness & Support.
Some useful links from Tommy’s Pregnancy Hub:
Mental health information and support: https://www.tommys.org/pregnancy-information/im-pregnant/mental-health-wellbeing
Early Pregnancy information: https://www.tommys.org/pregnancy-information/im-pregnant/early-pregnancy
Facebook group – Pregnancy and Parenting after loss (>4k members) https://www.facebook.com/groups/351266875799474?locale=en_GB
We also have a team of midwives that anyone can contact (Mon-Fri 9-5pm) either via phone 0800 0147 800 or email, midwife@tommys.org
Additionally we have a dedicated service for black and black mixed heritage women: https://www.tommys.org/pregnancy-information/about-tommys-pregnancy-information/video-call-service