Supporting Perinatal Mental Health Week to Support You

Perinatal Mental Health Week, 23 – 29 November 2025

Parenthood is one of life’s biggest blessings – but, let’s be honest, it can also be one of life’s greatest challenges at the same time. With approximately 100,000 Australian parents experiencing perinatal depression and anxiety every year, Red Nose is proud to partner with Perinatal Mental Health Week to remind expectant and new parents that you are not alone in navigating this journey.

Red Nose’s focus for Perinatal Mental Health Week

Red Nose specialises in support for those who are navigating a pregnancy after loss. With almost 50 years supporting grieving families, we know how hard it can be to navigate a pregnancy after any type of loss. Perinatal Mental Health Week provides a range of resources on various parenting themes. With the support of Red Nose, pregnancy after loss is one of those topics explored.

Experiencing a pregnancy after a loss can be a challenging time for families, which may raise mixed emotions. Red Nose encourages anyone affected by the loss of a pregnancy, stillbirth, death of a baby or child to reach out and access our free nationwide support.

What is Perinatal Mental Health Week?

Perinatal Mental Health Week is an annual event that was created by Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia (PANDA) in 2005. This week of awareness acknowledges the challenges many face around conception, pregnancy and early parenthood, and connects people with support they need when they need it.

Partnered organisations work together to share messages of support, real stories from real people, and pathways to services.

Partnering Organisations

During Perinatal Mental Health Week 2025, 67 national organisations come together in partnership to increase awareness around the broad challenges associated with parenthood and supportive services available.

Alongside Red Nose, some of these partnered organisations include:

Connect with these supports and more

Real Stories, Real People: Kim’s story

Part of acceptance and healing is realising that you are not alone. And hearing other honest stories of lived experiences can help you arrive at this realisation.

In contribution to Perinatal Mental Health Week, Red Nose Peer Supporter, Kim, shared her story of pregnancy after loss, and the supportive community she, alongside her husband Greg, drew comfort from throughout challenging times.

Following the sudden and unexpected passing of her three-year-old son, Alby, Kim took respite from Red Nose’s Hope and Healing group. Pregnant with her second son, Rufus, at the time, Kim and Greg utlised these supports to help navigate the common contrasting feelings of anxiety and hope.

Navigating Pregnancy after Loss

As Kim shared, welcoming a new baby to the family following a loss can be clouded by mixed emotions, such as anxiety, worry and grief.

These are big feelings to carry, and Perinatal Mental Health Week is an opportunity to remind parents that they do not need to carry these feelings alone.

Red Nose are here to provide you with the help you need when you need it via our free services, including: