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Free, confidential, 24/7 mental health support for moms and their families before, during, and after pregnancy. The Hotline offers callers: Phone or text access to professional counselors Real-time support and information Response within a few minutes, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Resources Referrals to local and telehealth providers and support groups Culturally sensitive support Counselors who speak English and Spanish Interpreter services in 60 languages If you are in suicidal crisis, please call or text 988 or visit the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

The Loving Steps Program in Norfolk, Virginia is part of the Virginia Healthy Start Initiative. The goal of the program is to help make sure every baby has a healthy start in life. The program has a nurse and community health workers who visit with enrolled women and their families during the prenatal, postpartum and early parenting phases of life. If you are a pregnant woman or a new mother in the Norfolk area, a Loving Steps team member can meet with you at least once a month until your baby turns two years old! She will work to get you the services you need, answer your questions, and teach you about taking care of yourself and your baby!

Provides one-on-one support via telephone or email, support groups, and advocacy/education about postpartum depression. All our volunteers are empathic, supportive, and have firsthand knowledge of depression or anxiety related to childbirth.

Through home visits, public health nurses coordinate medical appointments and provide information on prenatal care, the birth process, infant care, parenting and community resources. Program staff in Louisa and Fluvanna Counties are also available for parenting needs: (434) 589-0927

The Virginia Healthy Start Initiative, known as Loving Steps, is a community-based program designed to reduce infant mortality and low birth weight that provides client recruitment, case management, medical nutrition therapy, health education, perinatal depression screening and inter-conceptional care services to pregnant women, inter-conceptional women and children up to 2 years of age.