*If you require alternate accessible resources, please call the Counseling Center at 410-328-8404*
Note: For university students that are pregnant or parents, UMB Title IX personnel are here to support you receive accommodations, resources, and supportive services. The Title IX Coordinator can coordinate specific actions to prevent sex discrimination and ensure student’s equal access to UMB’s education program or activity. Contact the UMB Title IX Office by phone at 410-706-2281 or email at titleix@umaryland.edu
: This virtual support group is for all mothers and moms-to-be in Maryland. Find support and answers from other moms about anything related to motherhood.
: This website includes educational and informative fact sheets on maternal and paternal mental health, peer support, access programs, insurance, and other beneficial information related to giving birth.
: A website toolkit with information on the various levels of perinatal conditions, screening, and management of common perinatal mental health conditions.
: A website for men with concerns about depression, anxiety, or other problems with mood after the birth of a child. It promotes self-help and provides important information for fathers.
: An article on the struggles of student parents and helpful resources for student parents.
: Student parents feel stressed and isolated, but most don’t know about campus mental health resources, according to a new report. This article shares the story of a student mother who found campus resources helpful.
: This page includes information on initiatives for and statistics on student parents.
: An article on the factors affecting anxiety and depression in parents who are also students.
: A Baltimore City initiative to bring together communities, organizations and resources so that every baby might have the best start possible.
: An organization that has a goal to promote awareness, prevention and treatment of mental health issues related to childbearing in every country worldwide.
Campus Resource:
UMB Lactation Center: The Íøºì±¬ÁÏ, Baltimore (UMB) supports an individual’s choice to chest feed/breastfeed their baby while pursuing their graduate or professional degree. The SMC Campus Center's lactation center is located in room 335, however there are lactation centers throughout campus. Each room is equipped with a Medela hospital-grade pump and available for private pump use.
Accommodations for students that are Pregnant: UMB students who are pregnant may request academic accommodations through the Office of Educational Support and Disability Services (ESDS). Academic accommodations will be made on a case-by-case basis, through the interactive process that is standard for all requests to ESDS.