LibGuides: Pregnancy and Newborn Care: Perinatal Mental Health

Perinatal Mental Health

Pregnancy Education and Support Needs in Nova Scotia
Canadian Mental Health Association
Mental health supports and resources for people who are thinking about becoming pregnant, are pregnant, or have recently given birth.
Perinatal Mental Health
Learn how pregnancy and the postpartum period (the time after you give birth) can affect your mental health, and find supports.
Mother's Mental Health Toolkit
Resources for people who have given birth, their loved ones, and their support persons. These resources should be used together with your primary health care provider (family doctor or nurse practitioner) or other supports.
How Anxiety and Your Mood May Change in Pregnancy and After Birth
This pamphlet gives information on possible mood and sleep issues during pregnancy and after giving birth.
Postpartum Harm Thoughts
Are you having thoughts that concern you? Learn more about unwanted, intrusive thoughts (strange thoughts or mental images that seem to pop into your head and cause stress) of harming your baby that so many new parents experience.

If you have thoughts of self-harm or suicide:

Make sure your baby is safe.
Have someone stay with you.
Call 911 or the Provincial Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Line (toll-free: 1-888-429-8167) right away.