Maternal Mental Health

I've had a couple of people recommend to me I get in touch with MMH. A couple of questions...

Can I ring them and refer myself? And does anyone have a contact phone number for them?

What's people's experience with them, what do they do?

TIA

I'm pretty sure you can self refer. My MW wave me their details when I was pg with Blair, and I ended up ringing them and using them when he was 7 months old. I would check your phone book, or otherwise contact your local GP (or even MW centre) to ask for their number. It *can* take a wee while to be seen.

I phoned them thinking it was highly likely that I had PND. The woman I spoke to suggested a couple of things to take and arranged for an appointment. She came to my home and we talked for about an hour, and she confirmed my thoughts and suggested I go to my GP for the "drugs". She also arranged for me to go into the local Mothercraft unit so I could get some help with Blair's sleeping (or lack thereof, and what felt like a constant need for feeding). I got a couple of follow-up visits and when she thought that I had things under control a bit more, and my GP keeping a good eye on me discharged me from their service.

I'll probably contact them in the next couple of months to see if they have any suggestions about what to do to help prevent a major rebout - specially with DS2 on his way