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Tell us your idea
What you'd write about and why you're the person to write it. A paragraph is plenty.
Register for help, not just onesies
Your people want to help. Give them a list.
One link. Dinners, night shifts, errands and visits that your people sign up for with just their name. No app, no account for them.
Free for every family. Takes two minutes. Private until you share it.
The Rivera family12 of 18 taken
Dinner · TuesdayJess
Night shift · Friday, 9 pm to 1 amMom
Groceries · this week
Short visit · Saturday, 20 min
An example. Tap "I'll take this" to see what your people would see.
I'm here as
Free to usePrivate profilesNo diagnosis, no judgment
Real life, not a highlight reel.Come as you are, on the good days and the heavy ones.
Where to start
Three good first steps
How it works
Three steps, then dinner shows up.
- Tap what would help. Dinners, night shifts, errands, a sitter. We fill in the usual; you change anything.
- Send one link. The group chat, the grandparents, the shower invitation, a card on the table.
- They claim, you rest. A first name is all it takes. No account, no app. You see who's coming and when.
From the community
Conversations happening now
Real members, real questions. Peer support is not medical advice, and it still helps.
Events
Get out of the house. No pressure.
Coffee meetups, stroller walks, virtual support groups and nights for dads and partners. Plans that understand naps happen.
Our mission
Mothers deserve more attention after birth, not less.
Postpartum+ grew out of a family learning the care system in real time, at the moment they had the least capacity to. We are building the calm, honest guide we wish had existed, for moms, dads and partners, solo parents and everyone who loves them.
Education, not diagnosisWe explain options and help you prepare questions. Clinicians make clinical decisions.
Privacy by defaultProfiles are private, posting can be anonymous, and your notes are yours alone.
No pay-to-rankSponsored listings are labeled. Money never decides what care we show you first.
Community
Honest conversations, no judgment
Ask the 3 a.m. question. Share the win. Find people in the same stage. Peer support is not medical advice, and it still makes a difference.
Find Care
Find postpartum care near you
Search real provider directories for therapists, psychiatry, treatment programs, lactation support, pelvic floor therapy, doulas and childcare. We explain the options; you and your providers decide.
Understanding care
What outpatient, IOP, PHP, residential and inpatient actually mean
Levels of care describe how much structure and support a program provides. They are not a grade of how "bad" things are, and people do not always move through them in order. A clinical team recommends the right level; this page helps you understand the words.
Compare care
Compare options side by side
Keep the details that change family life in one private place: level of care, schedule, insurance, family involvement and childcare.
Family Assistance Fund
Help should not stop at "your insurance denied it."
The Family Assistance Fund is being built to help families overcome practical barriers to care: treatment costs, childcare, transportation and other verified needs, through a transparent application and review process.
Guides
Plain-language guides and trusted help
Short, honest guides for every part of postpartum, plus the organizations we trust. Written by the Postpartum+ team, checked against public guidance from organizations such as ACOG, AAP, NIMH and PSI, and never a substitute for your own care team.
For moms & birthing parents
You can love your baby and still find this hard.
Your body is healing, your sleep is gone and your mood has a mind of its own. Here is what's common, what helps, and when to call someone, in plain words. Other moms who get it, and a plan so the people around you actually help.
For dads & partners
Supporting someone you love can be hard too.
You can care deeply about your partner and still feel lost, scared or exhausted. These guides are practical, specific and written for you. Nothing here requires you to become the clinician.
For family & friends
You want to help. Here's how to actually help.
Grandparents, siblings, friends, neighbors and chosen family make an enormous difference after a birth, when the help is the right kind. These guides are short, specific and honest about what makes things harder.
Village · Plan at home
Decide who does what at home, before everyone is exhausted.
Ten minutes, together: nights, food, visitors, the warning signs you'll all watch for, and the numbers to have ready. It saves as you type. Print it, or share it by link.
Village
Let your people help.
One place for the help around you: the dinners, nights and errands people sign up for with just a name, who's bringing what and when, and the plan at home for nights, visitors and the numbers to have ready.
The Village Score
How strong is your village?
Eight honest questions about the weeks after the baby, sixty seconds, a score out of eight, and the gaps to close this week. Take it before the birth if you can.
Free for every family
Postpartum+ is free. All of it.
There is no paid membership. Every tool that keeps a family organized comes with a free account, for you and everyone helping you.
About Postpartum+
No parent should navigate postpartum alone.
Postpartum+ was created from a simple belief: no parent should have to navigate the postpartum period feeling alone, overwhelmed, or unsure of where to turn.
Trust & safety
Trust has to be designed into the product.
Postpartum+ touches mental health and family life. These are the commitments we build against.
Editorial standards
How we write our guides.
Who writes the Postpartum+ guides, what they are checked against, how AI is used, and how to tell us when something is wrong.
For organizations
Be useful to families, not intrusive.
Treatment programs, therapists, doulas and local family businesses can ask about clearly labeled listings, events and sponsorships. Payment never changes organic search results.
Trust & safety
Report an intimate image shared without consent
No account needed. We hide it as soon as your request arrives, and complete valid requests within 48 hours.
Trust & safety
Copyright
How to tell us something on Postpartum+ infringes your copyright, and how to respond if your post was removed.
Trust & safety
Child safety
Zero tolerance for anything that sexualizes, exploits or endangers a child. If a child is in immediate danger, call 911.
Legal
Terms of Use
Plain-language terms for using Postpartum+. Please read them; they explain what Postpartum+ is and is not.
Legal
Privacy Policy
What Postpartum+ collects, who can see it, and the choices you have. Written to be read, not skimmed.
Legal
Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy
The health information Postpartum+ collects, why, who it is shared with, and how to see it, delete it or withdraw your consent.
Email
The Sunday email
Community
Community Guidelines
How we keep the Postpartum+ community kind, honest and safe for people at a vulnerable time.
Contact
Get in touch
Questions, account or data requests, concerns about content, press or partnerships. A person reads every message.
Help us build it
What would help you?
Tell us what you wish Postpartum+ had, what's missing, or what didn't work. A person reads every note, and it decides what we build next.
Write for Postpartum+
Help write the guide you wish you'd had
Parents, dads and partners, grandparents, doulas and clinicians can ask to write for Postpartum+. We edit every piece with its author and check anything medical against public guidance before it goes up.
How it works
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We say yes, or suggest a turn
We reply within two weeks. Some ideas fit a guide we already have; we'll say so.
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Write it together
You draft, we edit for clarity, length and safety. Anything medical is checked against public guidance from organizations such as ACOG, AAP, NIMH and PSI.
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It goes up with your name
Or just your first name, or anonymously. You see the final version before it's published.
Our standards
- Your own experience is welcome, in your own words.
- Anything medical cites public guidance, and never replaces a person's own care team.
- No selling: no products, practices or referral links.
- Kind to every kind of family: feeding choices, birth stories, parents without partners.
- Safe messaging about mental health, with the crisis numbers where they belong.
Why not an open wiki?
Families come here at vulnerable moments, often at 3 a.m. A guide anyone could change at any time could quietly become wrong or unsafe. Reviewing each piece with its author keeps the voices real and the facts right.
We couldn't find that page
The link may be old, or the page may have moved. Everything on Postpartum+ is a tap away from home.