Where to Get Support for PND

Here are a few suggestions on where to get help if you think you have Post Natal Depression.  Follow your gut instinct, and keep asking for help until you find someone that will listen.

Your Midwife

Your local Plunket office

National Plunket line  0800 933 922
Your local Counsellor or Family Support Network

Well Women (Franklin).  Phone support and support group available:  021 1588134.  E-mail [email protected].

Postnatal Psychosis support group:  www.pnpsupport.org.nz.  (09) 449 1011

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): TABS – www.tabs.org.nz (supporting women who have had a stressful or traumatic birth experience)

www.mothersmatter.co.nz

www.pregnancyhelp.org.nz

www.postnataldistress.co.nz

www.mentalhealth.org.nz

www.ppdsupportpage.com

www.coffeegroup.org

www.depression.org.nz

www.postnataldistress.org.nz

Books

Your local library is one of the best free resources! Beyond the Baby Blues – Overcoming Postnatal Distress in New Zealand, by Arlene Goss

Coping with Postnatal Depression – Why it happens and how to overcome it.  By Fiona Marshall

NZ Baby & Toddler, by Helen Tomson and Sylvia Wood

Coping with Postnatal Depression, by Sandra Wheatley