POSTPARTUM RESOURCES
Crisis Support
Postpartum Depression Stressline 1-800-944-4773 9:00am – 9:00pm Everyday Free and confidential telephone support and referral to medical providers and support groups for women experiencing postpartum blues, depression, and anxiety. Call and leave a message and they will return your call within 24 hours. Provides services only in English. For more information visit:
TALK Line Family Support Center Parental Stress Line (415) 441-KIDS or (415) 441-5437 Phone hours: 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 1757 Waller Street (between Stanyan and Shrader) Drop-In: 10:00am - 2:00pm Monday-Thursday.
By Appointment: 9:00am - 8:30pm Monday-Thursday 9:00am - 5:00pm Friday Parental stress, child abuse prevention, emergency respite care, single parent network, parents’ group, crisis counseling, substance abuse services and ongoing therapy. Childcare is available starting at 10:00am.
National Perinatal Hotline
Postpartum Moms’ Line 1-800-773-6667 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Provides counseling and referrals for women experiencing postpartum depression. Provides services in English and Spanish.
Family Paths
24-hour local hotline for parents 1-510-893-5444 Postpartum Depression Stress (Warmline) 1-888-773-7090 9am-9pm Postpartum Support International (Spanish) 1-800-944-4773
Maternal Outreach Mood Services Program
El Camino Hospital
Websites
Postpartum Support International
American Psychological Association
https://www.apa.org/pi/women/resources/ reports/postpartum-depression
Embrace Perinatal Care for Black Families at UCSF
https://womenshealth.ucsf.edu/coe/embrace-perinatal-care-black-families
The Postpartum Journey
Celebrities Who Struggled with Postpartum Depression
https://www.todaysparent.com/blogs/trending/postpartum-depression-celebrities/
Books
Beyond the Blues: A Guide to Treating and Understanding Prenatal and Postpartum Depression by Shoshana Bennett & Pec Indman
Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life: Or How I Learned to Love the House, the Man, the Child by Faulkner Fox
Down Came the Rain – My Journey Through Postpartum Depression by Brooke Shields
Dropping the Baby and other Scary Thoughts by Karen Kleiman and Amy Wenzel
Great Sex for Moms by Valerie Raskin
Inconsolable: How I threw out my Mental Health with the Diapers by Marrit Ingman
It Sucked and Then I Cried by Heather Armstrong
A Life’s Work: On Becoming a Mother by Rachel Cusk
The Mask of Motherhood by Susan Maushart
Mothering the New Mother: Women’s Feelings and Needs after Childbirth by Sally Placksin
Mothering without a Map: The Search for the Good Mother Within by Kathryn Black
Mother Nurture by Rick Hanson, Jan Hanson and Ricki Pollycove
The Myth of the Bad Mother: The Emotional Realities of Mothering by Jane Swigart
Postpartum Depression for Dummies by Shoshana Bennett
The Postpartum Husband by Karen Kleiman
The Pregnancy and Postpartum Anxiety Workbook by Pamela Wiegartz and Kevin Gyoerkoe
Sleepless Days: One Woman’s Journey Through Postpartum Depression by Susan Kushner Resnick
Sorrow’s Web: Hope, Help, and Understanding for Depressed Mothers and Their Children by Anne Sheffield
This Isn’t What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression by Karen Kleiman and Valerie Raskin
What Was I Thinking? Having Another Baby After Postpartum Depression by Karen Kleiman
Women’s Moods by Deborah Sichell & Jeanne Driscoll