Postpartum Care

Learn about the physical and emotional changes after birth, including strategies for adjusting to life with a newborn.

Support Groups

• Baby and Me Postpartum Support Group

How to take care of yourself while adjusting to life with a new baby

• Postpartum Care
• Recovery after Childbirth
• Exercise in the Postpartum Period
• USDA MyPlate for Postpartum/ Breastfeeding Women
• Physical Postpartum Care Video
• Postpartum Packet
• Postpartum Packet Chinese
• Postpartum Packet Spanish

Mental Health in Postpartum and Postpartum Anxiety

• Understanding Baby Blues & Postpartum Depression
• Postpartum Depression
• Being pregnant and giving birth to a child is magical and super exciting! While this experience is quite extraordinary, some new mothers deal with mental health challenges. During and after pregnancy, some women might experience behavioral health conditions such as anxiety, depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Please click here to access a pool of rich resources about pregnancy and postpartum mental health disorders.
• Visit our Behavioral Health Education site to explore resources available to improve overall health.

Additional Resources for the Postpartum Period:

• Birth Control Navigator
• Recovery after Cesarean Delivery

Caring for your Newborn

• Newborn Care – First 7 days to 8 weeks
• Make sure to sign up for our Online Newsletter, Healthy Babies for our monthly emails for support and guidance on caring for your little one during the first year. Visit Healthy Babies Online Newsletter to subscribe.