Hamilton Postpartum

Hamilton Postpartum This is a free, weekly group geared towards people who are experiencing mental health concerns in the first year postpartum.

04/23/2026

You are doing awesome!
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04/16/2026

N.E.S.T.S. - Part 5
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Support
If people offer help, say ‘Yes!’. Make a list of things people can help with — not everyone can help with everything, but everyone can help with something. Practical - help with groceries, meals, toddler pickup/drop off, walking the dog, mowing the lawn, errands. Emotional - a listening ear is world of help. Calling someone on the phone is better connection than texting. Professional - what professional help might you need? Lactation consultants, physiotherapist, psychotherapist, childcare, postpartum doula… Peer - talk to people who are on the same journey as you are. This isn’t going to solve all the problems, but helps you realize that you’re not the only one.
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04/16/2026

N.E.S.T.S. - Part 4
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Time to yourself
This one feels selfish but it’s not. If you’re busy taking care of everyone else’s needs but not your own, it will wear you down and you will forget how doing things that you love, for yourself, makes you feel like yourself. A walk by yourself. Reading a chapter of a book - or listening to an audiobook, reading poetry or short stories if you can’t get into an actual book right now. Doing art or crafts. Finding this time doesn’t come naturally anymore, you have to schedule it and may need help carving it out, but it’s necessary and worth it.
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04/15/2026

N.E.S.T.S. - Part 3
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Sleep
This is a hard one, I get it. But can you go to bed earlier instead of scrolling? Can you lie down for 10 minutes instead of doing the dishes or flipping the laundry? Can a support person take over a night time feed 1 or 2 times a week so you can get an uninterrupted stretch of sleep? When your baby has been sleeping through the night, and all of a sudden they go through a sleep regression or illness, dial back your activities during the day so you can catch up on sleep again.
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04/15/2026

N.E.S.T.S. - Part 2
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Exercise
Move your body. I’m not talking about restarting the workout program at the gym you did years ago, or signing up for 12 week pilates class. I’m talking about walking around the block when you’ve been inside all day. Driving to the rail trail and being nature for 15 minutes. Doing some squats and stretches on your living room floor. Move your body a little bit each day — honestly, it’s infuriating how well this works.

04/09/2026

N.E.S.T.S. - Part 1
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Nutrition
Eat food. Food you can eat with one hand: granola bars, apples, bananas, muffins, cheese, crackers, pepperoni sticks, nuts. If you are supporting someone - make them a fresh or freezer meal, or stock their cupboard or fridge. Or send a gift card for a restaurant or food/grocery delivery service.
Anything to make eating a bit easier.
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04/09/2026

Let’s talk about N.E.S.T.S.
Nutrition, Exercise, Sleep, Time to yourself, Support
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This simple framework for mental health support is helpful if you are struggling with your mental heath — not just postpartum!
We all need these elements to support our mental health and it’s a good place to start if you’re struggling with your mental health.

03/26/2026

Feeling like you’ve lost your friends and your go-to support network falls under the “it’s common, but it’s really hard” category of postpartum struggles. If you’ve had a baby and felt like you’d lost your regular support network, how did you deal with this?

02/26/2026

Peer support doesn’t fix the hard things about having a baby, but it does help you realize that you’re not the only one. And that’s powerful.

Research Participants Needed! If you have participated in Hamilton Postpartum Peer Support Group at ANY TIME, and would ...
02/05/2026

Research Participants Needed! If you have participated in Hamilton Postpartum Peer Support Group at ANY TIME, and would be willing to participate in a 10-20 min virtual interview about your experience, email the research coordinator - Lauren Culley - culleyl@mcmaster.ca or send me a DM and I can put you in touch with her.

This type of research will help demonstrate the value of midwives working in expanded programs like this one!

I realized I haven’t introduced myself for a long long while! So here it goes!!👋🏻Hi! I’m Christine, a registered midwife...
01/08/2026

I realized I haven’t introduced myself for a long long while! So here it goes!!
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Hi! I’m Christine, a registered midwife in Hamilton, Ontario. I work as a midwife at and I also teach at McMaster in the Midwifery Education Program. Since 2019 I have been running Hamilton Postpartum as part of an expanded scope group of midwives in Hamilton. I have done additional training in perinatal mental health through and have also completed a certificate in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.

I have 4 kiddos who are now all school-aged, but I remember very well those early postpartum days of feeling overwhelmed, over-touched, isolated, bored, angry — wondering if I would ever feel like myself again.

The goal of this weekly group is to have real conversations with parents about the challenges of adjusting to life with a baby. Mental health concerns impact 1 in 5 people during pregnancy and postpartum, so if you’re feeling like you’re struggling, you probably are, and I can guarantee you are not alone!!

Hamilton Postpartum is a weekly online group that is completely FREE and drop-in. To join you can send me a DM or visit the website in my profile to send me an email. We meet Thursdays from 9:30-11:00am.

Nice to meet you!!

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