No Bump, No Care?
We support people in their reproductive journey
We are a non-profit that gives access to professionals in different fields working for the well-being of the women in perinatal care.
As a first aid approach WE LISTEN FOR FREE to your issues and guide you toward the right professional in our network or help you directly if we can.
Areas of interventions
Traumatic Pregnancy | Obstetric Violence | Infertility | Still births | Pregnancy Loss | Abortion | Body changes | Adoption | Gender and Racial Discrimination | LGBTQAI+ Rights | Abusive Partners | Surrogacy | New born care | Lactation | Practical Advice | Identity changes | Post Partum depression-anxiety | Traumatic delivery | Getting back into shape | Parent Coaching | Pelvic Floor Therapy | Diastasis Recti Workouts | Mom’s - Postpartum Rage
We Are Here to Help
If you need immediate care, you feel isolated and need to vent, you are seeking for advice and need to assess your situation fill out the form, tell us about your problem and we will find the right specialist who can help you!
Our Services - We Listen to You!
2 Free Consultations
Assessing the problem
Find the best fit to manage your problem
Welcome to Our Community!
Our group consists of professionals from various fields including psychology, philosophy, obstetrics, law, personal training, lactation consulting, and psychiatry, all working in perinatal care.
Whether you are pregnant, trying to conceive while facing infertility, coping with a pregnancy loss, considering voluntary termination, embarking on adoption or surrogacy, donating eggs or sperm, starting an LGBTQ+ family, struggling to understand your feelings postpartum, feeling isolated or down, struggling in your relationship, or unsure about your newborn or toddler's needs — we are here to help!
How Can We Help You?
We want to address problem of inadequate attention and care especially during the first and fourth trimesters of pregnancy. Yes, there is a fourth trimester. The trimester immediately after delivering your baby is one of the most delicate for your health.
We want to offer a safe space where to talk to professionals in case you seek medical, psychological, existential, legal, practical help. We understand the challenges that come with balancing your new responsibilities while ensuring you take care of yourself.
Our community is designed to be a supportive safe place where you can connect with experts who can provide the guidance you need.
From the moment you conceive until after your pregnancy whether it ends with a delivery of healthy baby or a miscarriage, you live through periods of significant yet under-explored changes. This turmoil is leading to significant emotional, physical, and financial challenges for women.
This lack of care can result in alienation, objectification, and loss of identity (Young 1984; Bornemark 2023; Kristeva 1980), with substantial implications for women's well-being and societal costs. The project aims to resolve these issues by advocating for better recognition and care, potentially impacting policies and practices in prenatal care.
Our Goals
To Offer Professional Advice
We’re here to help with:
- managing the emotional ups and downs
- navigating legal concerns (related to maternity leave, obstetrical violence, IVF... )
- exploring practical advices (related to abortion, miscarriage, newborn, childbirth, fertility issues, adoption...)
To create a Community and a Safe Space for you
We are looking forward to:
- listen to your experiences
- offer encouragement
- provide a listening ear
To have your back, no matter what
We want to:
- ensure you have access to the resources and support you need to thrive during this critical time
- help you every step of the way.
Meet us!
Susi Ferrarello, PhD
She is an Associate Professor at California State University, East Bay. Among her books are Phenomenology of Pregnancy and Early Motherhood (Routledge, 2025) and The Ethics of Love (Routledge 2022). She writes for Psychology Today and works also as a philosophical counselor. She is the founder of the non profit, PhenomenaLife, that hosts this group.
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Nicole Miglio, PhD
She is an Independent Researcher, formerly Postdoctoral Fellow at the State University of Milan (IT), and at the University of Haifa (IS). Her interest in pregnancy and philosophy results in papers published in International research journals and in her monograph Gestational Phenomenology. Pregnancy and Intercorporeality (Bloomsbury 2025). She practices as a philosophical counsellor and consultant, with individuals and private companies.
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Join Us!
If you are a professional working in any are of perinatal care and want to join our group, please fill out this form:
Our Network of Professionals
Valeria Bizzari, PhD
Philosophical Counsellor
Dr. Bizzari is a philosopher with a background in phenomenology, psychopathology, and the philosophy of emotions. She currently works at the Husserl Archives of the Catholic
University in Leuven where she teaches and conducts research on embodiment and vulnerability. She also works as a philosophical practictioner online and in Bruxelles
She collaborates with many scientific and non scientific organization, and she has also been involved in non-academic activities (in psychiatric hospitals, secondary schools and neurodivergent communities).
Areas of interventions:
Managing transitions/ Managing bodily changes and personal awareness/ Emotional problems/ Managing pre-natal or early diagnoses/ Managing neurodivergent conditions
Contact Dr Bizzari
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Francesca Brencio, PhD
Philosophical Counsellor
Dr. Brencio is a Teaching Fellow in Mental Health at the School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham (UK) with a full-time teaching position. She is also the Director of the PhenoLab, a Theoretical Laboratory in Phenomenology and Mental Health. She studied in Italy and worked in Academia in Australia, Germany and Spain, and she now also works privately as APPA Certified Philosophical Counsellor.
Areas of interventions:
Personal awareness | Childcare counselling | Stress management | Managing career changes and transitions | Bereavement management | Emotional problems and distress, targeting self awareness, identity, affective dependence | Marriage Relationship
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Alyssa Crawford
Personal Trainer
She offers safe and effective exercise and movement for pregnant women and new moms. Small group classes available in Redondo Beach, CA at Beach Life Fitness Boutique. Private training also available, in person or online. Prenatal and Postpartum Fitness Specialist through the Medical Fitness Network. Certified in Applied Functional Science and Female Chain Reaction from The Gray Institute.
Motherhood is an athletic event! Whether you want to safely return to an exercise routine or you just want to avoid injury in your daily life as a mom, Alyssa can help you feel strong, mobile, and prepared. As a former school teacher, she works hard to explain the connection between the pelvic floor and three-dimensional core in a way that everyone can understand.
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Emanuela De Bellis
Psychologist
Dr De Bellis is a licensed psychologist and psychotherapist, specialized in health and wellness in Childhood and Adolescence. She collaborated with Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital in Rome, in the neonatal area, and with different Child neuropsychiatry services. She offers individual sessions of Psychotherapy for children and adolescents, clinical assessment, parental support and counseling. She also organizes artistic-expressive workshops for personal awareness, interpersonal relationships and mother-baby relationships.
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Dr. Bashi Kumar-Hazard
Lawyer
Dr. Kumar-Hazard is Principal of BWLaw, Lecturer at Sydney University Law School and the Chair of Human Rights in Childbirth, an international NGO dedicated to defending the human and legal rights of women and newborns. She completed her PhD on the topic of “anti-competitive behaviours in the provision of maternity health services”. Her expertise makes her the right person to give general advice on human rights in the perinatal period. Her research focusses on three areas in maternity health services: (1) the external influences on maternity care practices at the facility level such as financial interests, regulatory constraints, and discriminatory attitudes and beliefs; (2) the impact these external influences have on the internal belief systems and practice preferences of individual providers (3) the human right to bodily autonomy and informed consent in maternity care, and the extent to which internal and external influences combine to violate those fundamental human rights.
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PNMH research team
Academic Researchers
The team that conducted the study into perinatal mental health and police life is made up of three researchers. Prof Krystal Wilkinson from the Centre of Decent Work and Productivity at Manchester Metropolitan University, and Dr Sarah-Jane Lennie and Dr Keely Duddin from the Department for Policing at The Open University. Krystal’s research focuses on the work-life interface, women’s health, mental health and wellbeing at work, and she is the lead editor of the 2024 book: Work-Life Inclusion: Broadening perspectives across the life-course. Sarah-Jane (or SJ) is a chartered psychologist with the British Psychology Society (BPS) and specialises in social psychology, emotions in the workplace and the mental health and well-being of police officers and their families. SJ is a subject matter expert for the College of Policing in mental health, organisational culture and leadership. Keely is also a chartered psychologist with the BPS and has a background in health psychology. Her research interests extend to women's rights and working parents’ issues within policing contexts. Keely is the lead for the Policing stream for the new OU Centre for Protecting Women Online.
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Martin Robb, PhD
Academic Researcher
Martin Robb is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care at The Open University in the UK, where he is a member of the Perinatal Wellbeing Research Group. His academic research has focused on men, masculinities and care; the mental health and wellbeing of boys and young men; and fathers’ experience of perinatal loss. He is the co-editor of the journal Children & Society and the host of the Careful Thinking podcast. Before joining The Open University, Martin spent a decade organising educational programmes with socially disadvantaged groups and communities.
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Resources and Articles
1. Guidelines for Perinatal Care
Developed jointly by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), this comprehensive guide covers the full spectrum of perinatal medicine, including the latest recommendations on quality care for pregnant women, their fetuses, and newborns.
Guidelines for Perinatal Care - Internet Archive (Internet Archive) (Internet Archive).
2. Respectful Maternity Care: Dissemination and Implementation of Perinatal Safety Culture
This document focuses on promoting respectful maternity care to improve maternal healthcare delivery and outcomes, emphasizing the importance of equitable and safe care practices.
Respectful Maternity Care - Effective Healthcare (Perlego).
3. Preconception and Antepartum Care
This section of the "Guidelines for Perinatal Care" provides authoritative guidance on the best practices for preconception and antepartum care, ensuring high-quality health services for women before and during pregnancy.
Preconception and Antepartum Care - AAP Publications (AAP Publications).
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4. Models of Group Prenatal Care
This document explores different models of group prenatal care, which combine assessment, education, and support, and highlights their impact on decreasing rates of postpartum depression and improving overall satisfaction with prenatal care.
Models of Group Prenatal Care - Midwife.org (Internet Archive).
Get in Touch
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