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Resources

Here's a collection of resources that I or my clients have found helpful. I hope they'll be useful for you too. This page is a work in progress, so if you have any that you think I should add, please let me know by emailing me at connect@yzobelahyett.com.

There are a lot of great books, podcasts, TikTok tools, and exercises, etc., that can be very helpful in managing the symptoms of anxiety, trauma, parenting challenges, etc. I encourage you to make use of them, and I also recognize that many of us are not able to DIY our healing and recovery -- so feel welcome to set up a counselling consultation if you'd like some support!

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Perinatal Resources

Local Crisis Resources

If you require immediate attention or support please contact the following crisis lines or visit your nearest hospital or call police at 911:

Suicide Crisis Line: 988, text: 988

Canada Crisis Number: 1-833-456-4566, text: 45645

Toronto Distress Centre: 416-408-4357

Gerstein Centre: 416-929-5200

The Assaulted Women's Helpline: 416-863-0511

Translifeline: 1-877-330-6366

Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/ Multicultural Women Against Rape: 416-597-8808

Mental Health Crisis Line (Canada Wide): 1-888-893-8333

Perinatal Mood Disorders

Postpartum Support International

1-800-944-4773

Perinatal Wellbeing Ontario (support groups and "pay what you can" therapy)

Toronto Public Health

Mt. Sinai perinatal mental health program: 416-586-4800 x8325

Women’s College Reproductive Life Stages program:
416-323-6400 x5635

MGH Center for Women's Mental Health

Local Pregnancy &
Postpartum Supports

Birthmark offers accessible prenatal, birth, and postpartum supports in the GTHA

La Leche League provides free one-on-one and group breast- and chestfeeding support

Find a Doula (Association of Ontario Doulas)

Find a Lactation Consultant (Canadian Lactation Consultant Association)

For Dads/Partners

Dad Central Ontario

PSI Help for Partners and Families

Postpartum Dads

Helping Men Beat the Baby Blues and Overcome Depression

Miscarriage for Men

Books:

The Postpartum Husband by Karen Kleiman

What Not to Do When Your Wife has PPD (Article)

Supporting Your Postpartum Partner (Article)

10 Ways to Support a New Mom (Brochure)

Fathers Respond to Perinatal and Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders (Video)

Podcasts:

Dad Space Podcast with Dave Campbell

Miscarriage, Pregnancy
& Infant Loss

Resources and Support Groups:

PAIL Network Ontario

PAIL Network support groups available here.

Return to Zero

Register for RTZ Virtual Support groups here

Baby's Breath Canada

Perinatal Hospice

Bereaved Families of Ontario

PSI: Loss & Grief in Pregnancy & Postpartum

Miscarriage for Men

Books:

Empty Cradle, Broken Heart by Deborah L Davis (about all kinds of pregnancy loss)

Through Not Around: Stories of Infertility and Pregnancy Loss by Alison McDonald Ace, Caroline Starr, and Ariel Ng Bourbonnais
Grief is Love: Living with Loss by Marisa Renee Lee
An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken
It’s OK that You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture that Doesn’t Understand by Megan Devine
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron

Podcasts:

Mom and Mind with Katayune Kaeni

Beyond the Loss by the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support Centre

Miscarriage Stories with Arden Cartrette

Parenting

Books:

Impossible Parenting by Olivia Scobie
Parenting from the Inside Out by Daniel Siegel and Mary Hartzell (or really any of Dan Siegel's parenting books!)
Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts by Karen Kleiman
Raising Good Humans By Hunter Clarke-Fields
The Conscious Parent by Shefali Tsabary
The Highly Sensitive Parent by Elaine Aron
The Gentle Parenting Book by Sarah Okwell-Smith
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
Healing Your Lost Inner Child by Robert Jackman
Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids, by Dr.Laura Markham
How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Calmer, Happier Parent by Carla Naumburg
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay Gibson

Podcasts:

Mom and Mind with Katayune Kaeni

Perinatal Wellbeing with Christine Cunningham

Unruffled with Janet Lansbury

Mommy Brain Revisted with Jodi Pawluski

Good Inside with Dr. Becky (also on IG)

Mom Rage (no new episodes since 2020, but still worth a listen)

The Good Enough Mother with Sophie Brock

Perinatal OCD

International OCD Foundation: Perinatal OCD

Postpartum Support International: Obsessive Symptoms

Could I have Postpartum OCD?

About Perinatal OCD

Maternal OCD

Books:

Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts by Karen Kleiman
Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts by Karen Kleiman and Amy Wenzel

Podcasts:

All the Hard Things with Jenna Overbaugh

The OCD Stories with Stuart Ralph

YouTube:

Postpartum OCD: Causes and Treatment by Nathan Peterson

TFMR (Termination for Medical Reasons)

Ending a Wanted Pregnancy:

has many resources on the site, and also runs a private support (you can apply to join here).

Terminations Remembered:

They also run a private Facebook group (application here):

Pregnancy and Infant Loss (PAIL) Network Ontario:

Booklet

PAIL network also offers a support group specific to TFMR.

Pregnancy After Loss has a support group for TFMR.

Return to Zero

TFMRmamas offers support groups and private facebook groups

Books:

Empty Cradle, Broken Heart by Deborah L Davis (about all kinds of pregnancy loss)
Our Heartbreaking Choices by Christie Brooks
Flowers in Our Womb: 19 Stories of Termination of Pregnancies for Medical Reasons by Ale Munoz
The Burden of Choice by Georgina Pearson