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What is Perinatal Connections?
Perinatal Connections is a FREE service that provides you with support and connections to community resources during your pregnancy and through one year after you deliver. Our team consist of registered nurses, family support coaches, and mental health counselors to answer your questions, we help you prepare for delivery, and check yours and your infant’s health for FREE.
Am I eligible?
Our FREE services are available to any birthing parent or caregiver of an infant pregnancy through one year after delivery living in Tarrant, Parker, Johnson, Hood, Wise or Erath counties.
- No Income Requirements
- No Documentation Requirements
- Completely FREE of Charge
Don’t live in these counties? We can still help connect you to services through our Help Me Grow Navigators→ call (844) NTX-KIDS (689-5437) for immediate assistance, or email Referral@HelpMeGrowNorthTexas.Org.
Perinatal Connections Service Area
Help Me Grow North Texas Service Area
What services can I receive?
Support During Pregnancy
Pregnancy comes with many questions and uncertainties. Connect with our team throughout your pregnancy journey to get answers to your questions and learn about what to expect. Get connected today→ SIGN-UP.
✓ Preparation for birth
✓ Pregnancy education and connection to resources
✓ Mental health support
✓ Collaboration with your provider
✓ High-risk diagnosis specific education and support
Post-Delivery Nurse Home Visit
You’ve left the hospital and now you are adjusting to life at home. Whether your pregnancy and delivery were uneventful, or it was complicated, you deserve support and care from an experienced nurse to help you adjust to your new normal. With a 98% client satisfaction rate, a visit with a registered nurse after your delivery has proven to be a very informative and valuable resource for new parents. Request a visit from a registered nurse HERE.
✓ Medical assessments for you and your infant (including vital signs and infant weight check)
✓ Collaboration with your providers (Obstetrician, Pediatrician, Midwife, Doula)
✓ Newborn and postpartum education
✓ Health screenings (including mental health)
✓ Connection to community resources
See below for a short video on what to expect from a postpartum home visit.
Mental Health Support
Maternal mental health is vital for a healthy pregnancy, and a well-adjusted infant. Sometimes the effects of biological hormones, the pressures of our society, and even friends and family can leave us questioning if we are good enough, and if we can handle everything that comes with a pregnancy and having a baby. Perinatal Connections can help guide you, teach you ways to cope, and empower you to care for yourself first. Find support for your metal health HERE.
✓ Built-in Mental Health Consultant available
✓ Connection to free and/or low-cost counseling services
✓ Stress management/postpartum depression prevention courses
✓ Collaboration with your provider
✓ Trauma-informed approach to care
Pregnancy Loss/Grief Support
When pregnancy doesn’t go as expected, it’s hard to know what to do or where to turn. Perinatal Connections knows that grief is a journey, and very personal. Our team is trained to meet you where you are and support you through your time of grief. Let us help you to heal. Click HERE to connect.
✓ Warm connection to counseling and/or grief support services
✓ Lactation support (suppression or donation guidance)
✓ Individualized grief support
✓ Trauma-informed approach to care
✓ Stress management/depression prevention course
NICU Parent/Anticipated NICU Stay
When babies are born early or have complications, the unknown can sometimes be the hardest part to cope with. Let our experienced nurses and family support coaches help guide you through those unknowns. Armed with a wealth of knowledge in what to expect for a NICU parent, we can help you plan, understand, and manage this uncertain time in your parenting journey. Find out more HERE.
✓ Learn what to expect and get support for your questions
✓ Lactation support(pumping and what to expect with a preterm infant)
✓ Stress management/postpartum depression prevention strategies
✓ Connection to support groups and resources
✓ How to prepare for a preterm or medically fragile infant
Classes and Groups
Perinatal Connections offers FREE educational classes and support groups! Empower yourself with the knowledge to have a healthy pregnancy and parenting journey by attending some of our educational groups.
✓ Mothers & Babies (stress management/postpartum depression prevention course)
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- In-person and virtual options available
- English and Spanish offerings
- Sign-up HERE!
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✓ Pregnancy & Diabetes class
✓ Additional education offerings
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- Taught by experienced registered nurses and family support coaches
- Learn about common topics related to pregnancy, postpartum, and parenting
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