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08/31/2026

Today is International Overdose Awareness Day.

For those of us in perinatal care, the data has been clear for a while and our workflows have not caught up. From 2018 to 2023, overdose, su***de, and homicide together accounted for MORE THAN 25% of maternal deaths in the United States, nearly matching the combined toll of cardiovascular disease, infection, hypertensive disorders, and hemorrhage.

☑️ Among pregnancy-related deaths attributed to mental health conditions, including overdose, roughly 63% occurred between 6 WEEKS and one YEAR POSTPARTUM. This is outside the window most obstetric practices are built to cover.

Maternal mortality review committees judged every one of those deaths PREVENTABLE..... ⁉️ WHAT CAN WE DO?

☑️1. SCREEN WITH A VALIDATED TOOL at intake, in the third trimester, and again postpartum. Under-recognition is a documented contributor to these deaths.

☑️2. DO NOT INTERRUPT MEDICATION FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER IN PREGNANCY. Buprenorphine and methadone remain the standard of care; abrupt discontinuation raises overdose risk.

☑️3. BUILD THE POSTPARTUM HANDOFF BEFORE DELIVERY — naloxone in the home, a named recovery contact, and a plan that survives the end of obstetric care.

🗣️ NAME THE BARRIER OUT LOUD: many pregnant and parenting people do not disclose because they fear a report, a removal, or a change in how they are treated. Naming that fear, and being clear about what happens next, is a clinical intervention.

💜 NH Mom Hub supports New Hampshire families and the clinicians who care for them.
📱 Call or text 603-403-3400, Monday through Friday.
988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline
1-833-710-6477 NH Rapid Response
1-833-TLC-MAMA National Maternal Mental Health Hotline

NH Perinatal Quality Collaborative PSI-NH Chapter NH Department of Health and Human ServicesFriends of NH Drug Courts Hope On Haven Hill SOS Recovery Community Organization

08/31/2026

💟 August 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day. Twenty-five years on, the theme is still: Still Needed.

Overdose is a leading cause of death for pregnant and postpartum people in the United States — and the highest-risk window is not pregnancy. It is the year after birth.

Seeking help is brave. Fear of judgment, of a report, of losing a child keeps too many parents from asking. Care that starts with compassion is what changes that.

If you are pregnant, postpartum, or parenting and using — or in recovery — you deserve care, not judgment.

💜 NH Mom Hub: call or text 603-403-3400, Monday through Friday. Free and confidential.

🚨 In crisis: 988 · NH Rapid Response 1-833-710-6477 ·
24/7: 1-833-TLC-MAMA

08/31/2026

There is a lot of information out there. NH Mom Hub and PSI-NH Chapter will make sure it is coming to you from the right sources.

Dr. Kat Mom & Mind and Karen Kleiman The Postpartum Stress Center are two of the BEST.
See link to their episode below ⬇️

This week on Mom & Mind, we're revisiting a deeply personal conversation as Dr. Kat sits in the guest seat and shares her own story of postpartum depression, anxiety, and OCD.

Interviewed by renowned maternal mental health expert Karen Kleiman, Dr. Kat opens up about the intrusive thoughts, perfectionism, shame, and isolation she experienced after becoming a mother, and how her healing journey ultimately led her to specialize in perinatal mental health.

If you've ever wondered, "Is this just motherhood?" or felt alone in your struggles, this re-released episode is for you.

🎧 Listen to this re-released episode of Mom & Mind: Apple: https://apple.co/4vK1rWn | Spotify + https://bit.ly/40lFU5k

08/31/2026

📣 NEW HAMPSHIRE PROVIDERS!!
💰 📚 Funding is available to help you train in perinatal mental health.

💙 The PSI New Hampshire Scholarship Committee is offering scholarships for the PSI 2-Day Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Training or the PMH-C certification exam.

Open to therapists, social workers, counselors, nurses, midwives, physicians, nurse practitioners, doulas, lactation professionals, home visitors, and peer supporters working with pregnant and postpartum families in NH.

We especially encourage BIPOC providers to apply, along with providers serving rural, immigrant, and LGBTQIA+ families. A workforce that reflects the families it serves is how care actually reaches people.

🗓️ Applications open September 1 and close September 30, 2026. Recipients notified by October 5.

🚨 IMPORTANT: DO NOT REGISTER or PAY for a training or the exam BEFORE APPLYING for the scholarship. Discount codes cannot be applied retroactively.

💻 Apply here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdYAwcCfRQgqNAmY5OuS6cmZ1iT0V5iDwUnsMgkY1zGjlMY8g/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=113122174792123372421

Questions: mailto:[email protected]

08/28/2026

💜💙 It is okay to not be okay.
NH Mom Hub is here to help.

https://www.nhmomhub.org

Feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or unlike yourself? Many moms feel this way, and talking about it is the first step toward feeling better. Help is here when you need it. Find local support to navigate motherhood at NH Mom Hub: https://www.nhmomhub.org/

08/26/2026

📍 Navigating Mental Health & Substance Use Care

💟 When a loved one is in treatment or recovery, families carry a lot too — and deserve support of their own. This free SAMHSA guide, built with 60+ family members, speaks to the whole family and connects you to peer and family-led support.
�https://library.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/navigating-mental-health-substance-use-care-pep25-08-008.pdf

Also in the NH Mom Hub Partner Toolkit.
🔗 https://www.nhmomhub.org/toolkit-for-partners

Notice. Normalize. Navigate to Support.

💟 NH Mom Hub http://nhmomhub.org
Warmline: 603-403-3400

'💓 National Maternal Mental Health Hotline 24/7:
1-833-TLC-MAMA

📱 988/NH Rapid Response 24/7 call/text
1-833-710-6477

08/25/2026

Recovery is never one person's journey. 💜

"Beyond the Due Date" helps partners and co-parents show up through substance use recovery, pregnancy, and postpartum — from spotting maternal warning signs to keeping naloxone on hand. You are not alone.

📄
https://nhpqc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Beyond-Due-Date-MMRC-Partner-Resources.pdf
Notice. Normalize. Navigate to Support.

In partnership with NH Mom Hub, NHPQC, NH DHHS and the NH Perinatal Substance Exposure Collaborative.

💟 NH Mom Hub http://nhmomhub.org
Warmline: 603-403-3400

💓 National Maternal Mental Health Hotline 24/7:
1-833-TLC-MAMA

📱 988/NH Rapid Response 24/7 call/text
1-833-710-6477

08/24/2026

😟 “I’m scared to tell you about my thoughts.”

With the ongoing Lindsay Clancy trial receiving significant media attention, conversations about perinatal mental health are happening in homes, healthcare settings, workplaces, and communities across New Hampshire and beyond.

For some families, this coverage may bring up fear, confusion, painful memories, or questions about their own experiences.

We want you to hear this clearly: You can tell us. We want to know. Help is available.

🔵 Perinatal mental health conditions are common and treatable. They can include depression, anxiety, panic, OCD and intrusive thoughts, trauma-related symptoms, bipolar disorder, and, more rarely, postpartum psychosis. Symptoms do not always look like sadness, and people may hesitate to share what they are experiencing because they are frightened about how others will respond.

💜 Scary, unwanted, or confusing thoughts deserve a safe, compassionate, nonjudgmental conversation — not silence or shame.

🏥 For healthcare and community providers, this is also an important reminder: how we respond when someone tells us what they are experiencing matters. Listen with curiosity. Ask more. Assess safety. Know where to turn for consultation, navigation, and additional support.

PSI-NH Chapter, NH Mom Hub, NH Perinatal Quality Collaborative, and NH DHHS are committed to strengthening education, reducing stigma, and building collaborative pathways so that pregnant and postpartum people and their families can reach the right level of support when they need it.

If you or someone you care about needs support:

💜 NH Mom Hub Warmline: 603-403-3400
For perinatal mental health support, resources, and navigation.

💙 NH Rapid Response / 988: Call or text 988 or call 1-833-710-6477 For urgent behavioral health support.

🩵 National Maternal Mental Health Hotline: 1-833-TLC-MAMA
24/7 maternal mental health support.

You do not have to wait until things become a crisis to reach out.

And you do not need to have the “right words.”
You can simply start with:

“I’m not feeling like myself.”
“I’m having thoughts that scare me.”
“Something doesn’t feel right.”

We can start there.

08/21/2026

When a baby is in the NICU, the patient is not only the infant.

💙 I'm honored to be presenting at Elliot Health System's 2026 NICU Conference with my session: "Holding the Whole Family: Perinatal Mental Health, Stress, and Grief in the NICU".

We hold the whole family: the birthing parent, the partner, the parent–infant relationship, and siblings. Together we'll use a trauma-informed lens to move through stress, the layered grief of the NICU, and a family-centered approach to care.

Then we will hear directly from families on our lived-experience panel, which I'm honored to co-facilitate with Dr. Redford, neonatologist.

📅 Wednesday, September 23, 2026
🕘 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM EDT
📍 Puritan Conference Center, Hooksett Road, Manchester, NH
🔗 Register: https://my.cheddarup.com/c/elliot-health-systems-2026-nicu-conference/items

Alison Palmer, MS, APRN, WHNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Palmer Perinatal & Women's Wellness, PLLC
NH Mom Hub · PSI New Hampshire