Post & Ante-Natal Distress Support Group (Wellington) Inc.

Other Helpful NZ Organisations

http://www.babywebnz.org/Home.php

Baby Web NZ.Free information directory created by a Mum, Midwife and Childbirth Educator

http://www.cryingoverspiltmilk.co.nz/

Crying Over Spilt Milk.For infant and child gastric reflux support in New Zealand.
Free Phone: 0800 380 517

http://www.headspace.org.nz/index.htm

Headspace.A website for young people in Auckland, all over New Zealand, as well as their families and schools. Everybody needs to find some headspace when life gets stressful and we hope we can help.

http://www.healthpoint.co.nz/

Healthpoint is a tool that allows doctors, patients and caregivers to access local information about what to expect prior to, during and following a referral to secondary/tertiary medical healthcare services. The information about a service is approved, regularly reviewed and updated by clinicians from that individual service.

http://www.kiwifamilies.co.nz/index.html

Kiwi Families.The essential guide to raising children in New Zealand, covering pregnancy, babies, and toddlers to teens. Expert parenting advice, help and information as well as support from other NZ parents.

http://www.lalecheleague.org.nz/

La Leche League.Our mission is to help mothers to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, education, information, and encouragement and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother.

http://www.miscarriagesupport.org.nz/

Miscarriage Support.We are a team of volunteers of various ages who have all experienced the loss of our own babies and would like to provide emotional support and information for women and their families during and after miscarriage and subsequent pregnancies.

http://www.mothersmatter.co.nz/

Mothers Matter - Postnatal Depression - Family/Whanau New Zealand Trust. Set up as a Charitable Trust in 2006 to improve awareness and understanding of postnatal depression (PND) and related mental illnesses in pregnancy and after childbirth. Members of the Trust include women who have experienced PND, family members, health professionals, and other interested people. Our hope is that women in the community and their families/whanau will feel less isolated and be more able to access help by using this information.

http://www.outoftheblue.org.nz

Out of the Blue features personal stories that have been written by individuals who have had experience of depression, and who want to share their experiences as a way to support others. We hope that this site will provide useful information that will show you where to go for help as well as how to recognize the signs of depression.

http://www.pnpsupport.org.nz/

Post Natal Psychosis Support Group offers support and information to women suffering from Post Natal Psychosis either during pregnancy or after birth of their baby.
Phone: 09 449 1011

http://www.ruthdesouza.com/mentalhealth/mh_gender.html

Ruth De Souza - Postnatal depression and more. Ruth is the Co-ordinator/Senior Research Fellow at AUT University's Centre for Asian and Migrant Health Research (CAMHR) and Coordinator Grad Cert/Dip Addictions, Community Health Development. She has worked as an educator and mental health professional with broad experience in the fields of teaching, nursing and counselling.

http://www.susangoldstiver.co.nz/

Susan Goldstiver - Counsellor & Psychotherapist in Auckland. Susan has a wonderful website and recently presented at the PND Wellington Seminar Day. She has a specialist interest in PND which is a term used to describe ante and post natal depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress after childbirth, attachment difficulties and adjustments to parenthood.

http://www.tabs.org.nz/

TABS - the Trauma and Birth Stress Support Group (including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), offers support to women and their families who have been through traumatic pregnancy or birth experiences.
Email: ptsdtabs@ihug.co.nz

http://www.brainwave.org.nz/

The Brainwave Trust. By engaging with and educating each other about the importance of the first three years, we give all New Zealand children the opportunity to reach their potential. A baby's brain is unique and precious. The way it develops will determine who he or she will become. Genes may establish a child's potential, however it is day-to-day experiences that will help the child to fulfil that potential.

http://www.centreforattachment.com/index.php

The Centre for Attachment is a New Zealand-based agency dedicated to providing support, education and training for families, organisations and communities on optimal child development and attachment.