Your feelings

Pregnancy is a time of significant change and transition, encompassing all areas of your life. For many women, the physical, emotional, social and financial changes are an expected part of pregnancy. However for many others, these transitions present issues that require support.

Always talk to your health care provider if you have any questions or concerns.

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We offer a number of resources & supports for women at all stages: 

Women’s Mood and Anxiety Clinic: Reproductive Transitions

The Women's Mood and Anxiety Clinic: Reproductive Transitions specializes in mood and anxiety disorders that women can experience across the lifespan — especially during pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause and postmenopause.

Perinatal Social Work Care

Perinatal social workers can assist you, and those close to you, in dealing with issues that may arise as a result of stressful life events and transitions.

As part of your health-care team, we provide support, information and linkage to community resources to help patients and their families with issues such as:

• Difficulty coping and managing stress
• Relationship and family violence issues
• Financial resources and concerns
• Parenting and childcare resources
• Perinatal loss and grief
• Communication with your healthcare team
• Crisis and mental health supports
• Substance use and addictions