Additional Perinatal Resources
This page contains non-clinical support options that may support families during the perinatal period. Moms Mental Health Initiative does not endorse any of the listed businesses or services, and does not receive anything in exchange for listing on the website. MMHI also does not formally vet this list.
If you are looking for evidence-based perinatal mental health care please visit the SUPPORT page.
Resource Name | Type | About |
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A Little Something A Lot of Love | Perinatal Loss | "A Little Something" is dedicated to the idea that a small bit of kindness goes a long way to bring a lot of love to others. Moms going through miscarriage don't always have the support and love needed during such a difficult time. |
A Place for Us Online Support Group | Perinatal Loss | This group was created for the sole purpose of helping others who have lost children feel comfort and understanding in their grief journey. We are not here to judge but rather offer encouragement, support, love, advice, help, guidance and hope to those just like us. This is a place where we are not alone but a community of mothers and fathers, some of whose children live here earthside and in also heaven and some whose eyes we will never see but spirit we will always feel. |
Acts Housing | Basic Needs | Acts Housing provides homebuyer and financial coaching, lending and real estate services, and home rehab coaching (for those who decide to take on a fixer-upper). Empowerment through homeownership. All under one roof and local to Milwaukee. |
Advocates of Ozaukee | Crisis Support, Basic Needs | With a commitment to safety, respect, and compassion for individuals and families, Advocates of Ozaukee works to end domestic and sexual violence through intervention, education, and prevention services. |
African American Breastfeeding Network | BIPOC Support | We are committed to ending suffering in silence due to pregnancy and infant loss. Our Healing Waters program supports families who have experienced infant loss of a pregnancy at any stage, or death of a baby, up to 12 months of age. The pain families experience is insurmountable, traumatizing, and unbearable. Our trained Perinatal Loss Counselor provides one-on-one support to help mothers and their loved ones begin and/or continue their healing journey. When you are ready, we are here. |
African American Breastfeeding Network- WeRISE Community Doula Program | Doula | WeRISE Community Doula Program offers prenatal, labor and postpartum support services available to people and families who wish to be supported by a doula. |
After Baby Fit | Additional Holistic Support | My passion is helping women recovery and rebuild, correcting imbalances or incorrect posture and breathing they may not even realize are impacting them post pregnancy. To re-build the strength in their core, their foundation, and importantly, get the most out of every minute of exercise and reclaim their body. Let's not just rebuild our core, but get it stronger than we even thought possible... it is within reach! |
Amri Counseling | Substance Use | To promote the well-being of the individuals and families throughout WI by providing accessible, quality mental health and substance abuse/addiction care for children, adolescents, adults, and their families, utilizing a service system that emphasizes trust, respect, confidentiality, and compassion. |
AntiDiet Mama | Additional Holistic Support | As a nutrition expert, I understand the damage diet culture can do to our innate ability to listen to our bodies, leading to disordered and emotional eating. My mission is to help you mend your relationship with food and body. As a mom, I share the common goal of raising healthy humans will navigating the pressures to be perfect, look good, and eat right all while balancing your families needs. Let’s work together to build your confidence and feeding your family with joy and ease. |
Bay View Community Center | Dads, En Español, Parenting Support | Groups available for those in the first year postpartum and dads |
Beaumont Consulting, LLC | Parenting Support, Perinatal Loss, Additional Holistic Support | Angie offers Parent education, Parent coaching. Infant- young adult child development, Women-to-women informal support groups, Infant massage baby/ parent group or individual classes, Perimenopause/ menopause coaching, Child health preparation and support for medical procedures and diagnosis, Grief and loss, infant/ child loss, bereavement facilitator. |
Born Strong Doula Services | Doula | Through our time together, I hope to foster your confidence - and your partner’s - so that you can think critically about your choices throughout pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and beyond. It is my hope that you feel like you are the one in the driver’s seat. This is your body, your baby, and your birth - no one else’s. |
Bright Beginnings Chiropractic | Additional Holistic Support | At Bright Beginnings Chiropractic, we are dedicated to creating a warm and inclusive environment for families in search of total well-being, community, and connection. Your family’s health and happiness are our top priorities, and our specialized chiropractic care focuses on the nervous system to offer you the support, solutions, and guidance you need to attain optimal health, joy, and a fresh start for your loved ones. |
Charlie Health Virtual Intensive Outpatient Program | Higher Levels of Care | Charlie Health's virtual Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) offers a specialized maternal mental health program for perinatal and postpartum clients. It provides evidence-based group and individual therapy for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and postpartum depression. |
City of Milwaukee Health Department Birth Outcomes Made Better (BOMB) Doulas | Doula | The Birth Outcomes Made Better (BOMB) Doula Program was created to support healthy pregnancies and nurture healthy babies in the City of Milwaukee. Through doula services families will have the support and education necessary for a healthy pregnancy and beyond. The program is available to all birthing people who are at or before 30 weeks pregnant, no insurance required. Doulas work with families during prenatal period, through birth, and 12 weeks postpartum. |
Communication & Feeding Specialists | Parenting Support | Our clinicians treat individuals, not disabilities or test scores. With that in mind, we develop individual treatment plans that address functional outcomes for each client, using a holistic and collaborative approach that considers skills across disciplines to address the needs of the whole person. is to provide family-focused services that empower parents with the tools, strategies, and techniques necessary to provide their children with a language rich environment that fosters speech, language, and cognitive development. |
Cradle (Madison Only) | Doula | Emily is a postpartum doula who is passionate about nurturing families and creating supportive communities across the greater Madison, WI region. In the midst of the chaos that comes with a new arrival, Emily believes there’s an opportunity for families to experience a time of recovery and bonding rather than stress and isolation.
She founded Cradle to better prepare families for bringing home their little ones and alleviate everyday burdens. Her services are rooted in evidence-based practices and infused with the thoughtfulness that all families deserve. Her offerings are also influenced by her own postpartum journey and the care she received from her mom. |
Doulas Milwaukee | Doula | At Doulas Milwaukee, we believe that every family deserves support regardless of the birth they have chosen. Our personalized approach helps identify the right doula support in Milwaukee for you, so you don’t have to spend hours and days researching your options. Furthermore, each Milwaukee Doula has undergone rigorous doula training, are highly experienced, vetted and community based. |
Downloadables | Useful Worksheets & Documents | The New Mom Mental Health Checklist was created by Postpartum Progress to:
Empower mothers to help themselves.
Facilitate conversations that can be difficult for mothers to start with their doctors and other care providers.
Reinforce the variety of recognized, evidence-based symptoms of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders to both mothers and clinicians.
Multiple Languages Available |
EK Coaching & Wellness | Additional Holistic Support | EK Coaching & Wellness serves to normalize and support women as they navigate matresence: the all-encompassing and ever-evolving experience of becoming a mother. |