Get the postnatal support you need
MAYA provides peer-to-peer support for new mums as they start their motherhood journey. Feel prepared with your own afterbirth plan to gently ease you into those early weeks and months with your baby. Feel heard and reassured - without judgement - by other mums who are further along. Feel at ease in the comfort of your own home to offload informally with someone who truly 'gets it'.
About you
Firstly, CONGRATULATIONS, you're pregnant!
If any of the following sounds familiar, then MAYA might be for you:​​​
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You're going to be a first time mum​
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You're pregnant with an older child(ren)
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You’d like to think about what life might look like once the baby is here
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Maybe you’re feeling worried or anxious about how things might be once your baby is here
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You live far away from close family members
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You have tricky relationship with close family members
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Perhaps your friends don’t have children or babies (or are preoccupied if they do!)
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Maybe you went to antenatal classes but they didn't offer postnatal support
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You’re not very good at asking for help ​and often say ‘I’m fine’ (when you’re not)​
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You don’t like to burden family or friends with worries​ but you’d like to offload to someone else
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You'd appreciate getting to know someone who checks-in and recognises when you're not feeling yourself
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You're thinking a lot about the changes ahead
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You’d like a local supportive community around you and your new baby
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If you have a partner, perhaps you’re thinking about their return to work after parental leave
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Or perhaps you're solo parenting from the start
Perhaps, like MAYA, you just agree that postnatal peer support is a must have for all mums with new babies and should just be provided as standard!
Mum's the word
I now understand how valuable it is to surround yourself with support especially in the first few months. Parenting is really hard and it’s so important to support and empower each other on what is an incredible but also difficult journey.
Lucy B
It takes a village and unfortunately we have lost that a little. There is a lot of pressure to succeed by yourself. It would be so helpful to have someone there to talk about all the little things and provide potential solutions and perspectives that you never thought or knew about.
Hannah R