Support links for pregnancy and after birth
Find information, help and support with these links for pregnancy and beyond
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Breastfeeding and crying
Breastfeeding:
The Breastfeeding Network (BfN)
- Helpline: 0300 100 0210
- Website: www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk
The National Breastfeeding Helpline
- Helpline: 0300 100 0212
La Leche League
- Helpline: 0845 120 2918
- Website: www.laleche.org.uk
The National Childbirth Trust (NCT)
- Helpline: 0300 330 0700, open 8 am – 10 pm.
- Website: www.nct.org.uk
Association of Breastfeeding Mothers
- Helpline: 0300 330 5453
- Website: http://abm.me.uk/
Crying:
Crysis
- Website: www.cry-sis.org.uk
- Helpline: 08451 228 669
ICON
- Website: https://iconcope.org/
Relationships
Relationship help:
Relate
- Website: www.relate.org.uk
Family Lives
- Website: www.familylives.org.uk
- Email: askus@familylives.org.uk
- Helpline: 0808 800 2222
Domestic violence:
All our libraries are safe spaces.
Anglia Care Trust
- Freephone advice line for victims: 0800 9775690
- Website: www.angliacaretrust.org.uk
Leeway Domestic Abuse Service - Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) Service
- Helpline: 0300 561 0077
- Website: www.leewaysupport.org
Norfolk and Suffolk Victim Care
- Helpline: 0300 303 3706
- Email: nsvictimcare@victimsupport.org.uk
- Website: www.nsvictimcare.org/contact-us/
Lighthouse Women’s Aid
- Helpline: 01473 228270
- Website: www.lighthousewa.org.uk
Bury St Edmunds Women’s Aid Centre:
- Helpline: 01284 753085
- Website: www.burystedmundswomensaid.org.uk
Alumah
- Helpline: 07770 468698
- Website: www.alumah.co.uk
Compassion
- Helpline: 07597 337831
- Website: www.compass-ion.org
Waveney domestic violence and abuse forum
- Helpline: 01502 572143 or 07906 245979
- Website: www.waveneydvforum.org.uk
Suffolk Rape Crisis
- Helpline: 0800 085 0520
- Website: www.srchelp.org.uk
Survivors in Transition
- Helpline: 01473 232499 / 07765 052282
- Website: www.survivorsintransition.co.uk
Brave Futures
- Helpline: 01473 353355
- Website: https://bravefutures.org/
Support for parents
For parents:
Suffolk Health and Children’s Centres
Home Start
- Website: www.homestartinsuffolk.org
Families Together Suffolk
- Website: https://familiestogethersuffolk.org.uk/
- Helpline: 01379 678552
For single parents:
Gingerbread
- Website: www.gingerbread.org.uk
- Helpline: 0808 802 0925
Family Lives
- Website: www.familylives.org.uk
- Email: askus@familylives.org.uk
- Helpline: 0808 800 2222
For dads:
EPIC Dad
- Website: www.epicdad.co.uk
Families Need Fathers
- Website: https://fnf.org.uk/
- Helpline: 0300 0300 363
Mental health support
Perinatal mental health:
Suffolk Community Perinatal Service
Wellbeing Suffolk
- Website: www.wellbeingnands.co.uk/suffolk
- Non emergency contact number: 0300 123 1503
Pandas (PND Awareness and Support)
- Website: https://pandasfoundation.org.uk/
- Helpline: 0808 1961 776
Suffolk Mind – Mums Matter
Action on Postpartum Psychosis
- Website: www.app-network.org
Suffolk Mind – Night Owls
First Response - 24/7 helpline for people needing immediate advice, support and signposting for their mental health
- Helpline: 0808 196 3494
NHS Choices - information on how postnatal depression can affect you
Loneliness:
Get Me Out The Four Walls - informal social meets for parents across Norfolk and Suffolk
- Website: www.getmeout.org.uk
Home Start Group Support
NHS Resources
The NHS website offers a huge resource of up to date information on pregnancy and birth.
Stillbirth, miscarriage and premature birth
Stillbirth:
Sands
- Helpline: 0808 164 3332
- Email: helpline@sands.org.uk
- Website: www.sands.org.uk
Tommys
- Website: https://www.tommys.org/baby-loss-support/stillbirth-information-and-support
- Helpline: 0800 0147 800
- Email: midwife@tommys.org
Miscarriage:
Miscarriage association
- Website: www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk
- Helpline: 01924 200799
- Email: info@miscarriageassociation.org.uk
The Mariposa Trust
- Website: www.sayinggoodbye.org
- Helpline: 0845 293 8027
- Email: support@sayinggoodbye.org
NHS Choices - support and advice on the emotional impact of miscarriage
Child Bereavement UK - national charity that supports families through loss of a child including miscarriage
Premature birth:
Bliss
- Website: www.bliss.org.uk
- Email: hello@bliss.org.uk
Tommys
- Website: https://www.tommys.org/pregnancy-information/premature-birth
- Helpline: 0800 0147 800
- Email: midwife@tommys.org
Financial hardship
Food Banks
The Suffolk Advice and Support Service
- Helpline: 0800 068 3131
Suffolk County Council Help for Households