Your Perinatal Support Village
Trusted resources for pregnancy, postpartum, mental health, birth, and early parenting support.
Parenthood was never meant to be navigated alone.
We’ve gathered trusted local practitioners, support services, educational tools, and virtual resources to help support you through fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, infant feeding, mental health, and early parenting.
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Mental Health & Emotional Support
Emotional wellbeing is an essential part of perinatal care. These organizations offer additional support for pregnancy, postpartum adjustment, anxiety, depression, birth trauma, grief, and parenting challenges.
CRISIS LINE - Provincial Mental Health and Addictions - 1-888-429-8167
Reproductive Mental Health at the IWK - in order to access their services, you need to be referred to them through your medical provider (OB-GYN, Midwife, Family Dr, Nurse Practitioner, attending physician, etc.). They support people from 12 weeks of pregnancy and up to 9 months after birth.
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support Group - Connected Through Loss: PAIL Support Group is a free bi-weekly, in-person support group for adults and families navigating pregnancy or infant loss, offering compassionate peer support facilitated by experienced grief counsellors and social workers.
Postpartum Support International Support Groups - PSI offers free virtual support for pregnancy and infant loss, fertility challenges, and parenting after loss, facilitated by trained peer supporters on Zoom. Groups are first-come, first-served with limited capacity.
Your Local Support Village
We believe compassionate care works best when families are supported by a connected community. Below is a collection of trusted local practitioners and providers offering support throughout fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, and early parenting.
Pelvic Floor
The Pelvic Health Clinic by Erika Burger - Cole Harbour
Pelvico - Bedford & Halifax
Kendra Penney - Bedford
Massage Therapists
Halifax Prenatal Massage - Bedford
Jenny Jarret - Bedford
Mr. Kelly Carrington - Mobile Massage Therapy
Katherine Murray - Fairview
Naturopathic Doctors
Dr. Robin Roeslen - Bedford
Dr. Megan Wakeham - Bedford
Dr. Cassandra Connolly - Virtual only
Nurtured - Local Baby Boutique
Doulas
Volunteer Doula Program - Offers free Birth & Postpartum Doulas to families with a combined income of $42,000 or less
Blossom & Birth - Birth & Postpartum Doulas
Embrace Doula - Postpartum Doulas
Driftwood Doula - Birth & Postpartum Doulas
Mr. Kelly Carrington - Birth Doula
Jenny Jarret - Birth Doula
Graceful Beginnings - Wanda Cox - Birth & Postpartum Doula
Golden Blooms - Postpartum Doula
Breech Baby Support
Induction Support
Feeding Support
Brittany Brown IBCLC & Dietitian - Dartmouth
Kylie Field IBCLC - Halifax
Taylor Chinenere IBCLC and Doula - Bridgewater
My Little Eater - Introducing solids
Chiropractic Doctors
Birth Pool & TENS Rentals