IN HER CIRCLE

A MOVEMENT FOR POSTPARTUM MENTAL HEALTH

Raising awareness, building community, and funding access to postpartum mental health care.

Our Health System is Failing Mothers

The transition into motherhood is often portrayed as joyful, but it is also one of the most vulnerable periods in a woman’s life. When a mother is not supported, her well-being and her baby’s are at risk.

Perinatal mental health challenges affect a significant number of families in British Columbia, yet most go unseen, undiagnosed, and unsupported. Support often ends just weeks after birth, replaced by isolation and difficult-to-navigate systems.

The Reality

1 in 4 women experience a mental health challenge during pregnancy or postpartum

4 in 10000 women require hospitalization for their mental health postpartum

Suicide is a leading cause of death in the first year postpartum

Our system is fragmented, difficult to navigate, and too often unavailable in moments of crisis.

When more serious challenges arise, families often face:

3-6 month waitlists for group support
Limited access to timely, specialized care
No mother-and-baby hospital care
Little to no outpatient support after discharge

It Doesn’t have to be this way

In Her Circle is closing gaps in perinatal mental health care — mobilizing communities through fundraising, storytelling, and advocacy.

Through our annual May fundraising campaign, we invite movement studios, brands, and donors into the movement to raise funds for direct service organizations that provide timely, compassionate postpartum care, when it is needed most.

But our work doesn’t stop there.

We believe that stories shift culture. Paired with leading research, we produce media to facilitate lived experience storytelling that reduces stigma, inspires dialogue, and builds public support for perinatal mental health care.

And because your voice matters, we offer advocacy tools that turn support into pressure for systems change. We are pushing for policy, models, and investment that change outcomes for families, specifically in the prevention of maternal suicide.

In Her Circle invites all of us to step into the circle of care surrounding mothers and families.