Maternal Mental Health & Infant Feeding

Mental health in postpartum is crucial to maternal wellness and infant feeding. See the resources for compiled by Minnesota Breastfeeding Coalition for more information.

A Breastfeeding-Friendly Approach to Depression in New Mothers. A curriculum resource guide for health care providers created by the New Hampshire Breastfeeding Coalition (2009).

Text4baby. There are a lot of things to remember when you're pregnant or a new mom. Text4baby makes it easy to get important information, and it's free. Women who text BABY (or BEBE for Spanish) to 511411 receive free text messages three times per week, timed to their due date or their baby's birth date, through pregnancy and up until the baby's first birthday.

Postpartum depression. A website resource developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Women’s Health.