Postpartum Support International

🤱🏽 Breastfeeding is hard sometimes — and that doesn’t make you a bad parent.

If you’ve ever felt a sudden wave of sadness, anxiety, or dread right before your milk lets down…
You might be experiencing D-MER — Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex.

🧠 It’s not in your head. It’s a real, hormone-based response that many don’t even know exists.
And the more we talk about it, the less alone people feel.

Click through to see:
✔️ What D-MER is
✔️ Why it happens
✔️ How it feels
✔️ Coping strategies
✔️ When to seek support

📖 Read the blog at https://loom.ly/iv721ns

You’re not alone. And your experience is valid 💙

Online support groups for lactation, breastfeeding, and bodyfeeding can make community, support, and care accessible for new parents and families. Click through to see different online support groups offered, including:
✨ PSI's When Breastfeeding & Bodyfeeding Ends Before You Are Ready Support Group. Register at bit.ly/FindSupportGroup
✨ La Leche League International's Facebook groups in English and en Español. Learn more at https://loom.ly/-0rxCLw
✨ Women, Infants, & Children Online Breastfeeding Support Groups offered in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, and Tagalog. Learn more at https://loom.ly/640kKV4
✨ Latch Lounge offered by The Nest Collaborative online groups led by IBCLCs. Learn more at https://loom.ly/JQAgp4Q

You are not alone. Help is available 💙
🔵 Call or text the PSI HelpLine at 800-944-4773. You never need a diagnosis to ask for help.
🔵 Call or text the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline at 1-833-852-6262.
🔵 Download the Connect by PSI App in the App Store & Google Play Store
🔵 Visit Postpartum.net for programs and resources.

Have you noticed grandparents in your life or your work looking for support during the perinatal period...and not finding much made for them?

PSI is gathering input on resources for grandparents navigating this season alongside their children and grandchildren. Whether you're a grandparent yourself, a parent, or a perinatal professional, your perspective matters here.

📋 Share your input: https://loom.ly/Ygo7etQ

Want to build your confidence in recognizing and responding to Postpartum Psychosis?

It can begin suddenly, even in someone with no prior mental health history. Symptoms can come and go, be difficult to recognize, and often aren't talked about. For healthcare professionals working with perinatal patients, recognizing the warning signs isn't optional. It could save a life.

Swipe through to learn why every provider should know how to assess, respond, and act when Postpartum Psychosis presents.

🔵 Learn more about Perinatal Psychosis
• PSI's Perinatal Psychosis Support Page: https://loom.ly/l-61Dso
• PSI's PPP Discussion Tool: https://loom.ly/XmBU0wM
• Download PSI's Slaying the Monstrous Misconceptions About Postpartum Psychosis Webinar: https://loom.ly/cA9VEMk

🔗 Interested in taking our Advanced Postpartum Psychosis Training? Join our Psychosis Training Interest List and be the first to know about upcoming dates: https://loom.ly/ZnMRHug
✳️ If you are having trouble getting the email interest list link to work, copy & paste it into your web browser or send us a message! ✳️

When Postpartum Psychosis presents, there is no time to hesitate. The right training can make all the difference.

Dreading the mommy-and-me class. Rehearsing what to say before a pediatrician appointment. Avoiding calls from family.

If social anxiety has crept into your pregnancy or postpartum experience, you're not imagining it, and you're not alone in it.

This Friday, 8/7, regular contributor Emily Guarnotta, PsyD, PMH-C shares what social anxiety can look like during this season, and why recovery is within reach.

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🧠💧 Why Lactation Providers Need Perinatal Mental Health Training

Feeding support is about so much more than just the latch — it’s about caring for the whole parent. As lactation professionals, you have a powerful role in spotting and supporting parents facing Perinatal Mental Health Disorders.

👶 Up to 1 in 5 parents experience these challenges, and many feeding struggles are closely linked to mental health. That’s why PSI’s specialized training is a game changer.

Swipe through to see how PSI’s Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Training equips you with the skills to:
✔️ Identify mental health red flags during feeding sessions
✔️ Hold safe, supportive conversations
✔️ Connect parents to the right help
✔️ Understand cultural & clinical nuances

Join 30,000+ professionals worldwide who are making a difference. Virtual and in-person sessions available, plus CE credits!

💬 Ready to deepen your impact? Visit Postpartum.net/training to see upcoming dates and locations.

Support the whole parent — because mental health matters in every latch.

Have you walked through a perinatal mood challenge and come out the other side? Your lived experience could be exactly what another parent needs to hear right now 💙

PSI is looking for Volunteer Support Group Facilitators for several of our peer support groups, including Postpartum Rage, Birth & Medical Trauma Loss, Bipolar Support for Perinatal Moms & Birthing People, and more.

✅ Minimum 1-year commitment
✅ At least 1 year post-recovery from PMHD or loss (and not currently in the perinatal period)
✅ Lived experience with the group topic OR licensed healthcare professional specializing in perinatal mental health or a related area

🔗 Apply today → https://loom.ly/wtJFY-U

Big news for PMH-C candidates! 🎉 Our new Practice Test gives you a structured, self-paced way to build confidence before exam day with expired multiple choice questions pulled straight from the item bank and flash cards covering the concepts that matter most.

You've got this, and PSI is here to help you prepare. Sign up today: https://loom.ly/lMWfLXk 📝

"Strength and struggle can coexist. You can be grateful for your child and still mourn what was lost." 💙

For so many parents, the pandemic didn't just complicate postpartum, it stripped away the village entirely. No visitors, no hugs, no in-person support groups. Just isolation, layered on top of everything new parenthood already asks of us.

In our latest Survivor Story on the PSI Blog, Manyori Pinto, LCSW, puts words to an experience so many carried alone.

📖 Read it now → https://loom.ly/VtsuMfk