Cherished Mom Monthly Giving
Join the Circle of Hope to make sure her warning signs don’t go unnoticed.
Your monthly gift helps Cherished Mom keep life-saving education in front of parents, families, and healthcare providers — so more mothers get help before a crisis, not after.
Mothers and babies deserve a life free from the stigma, trauma, and tragedy of maternal mental illness.
Whether you’ve lived through a maternal mental health crisis or care about someone who has, you know why this matters.
Together, we can spread hope and save lives.
Join the Circle of HopeThe Circle of Hope is for people who believe every mother’s life is worth fighting for.
- Maybe you’ve lived it. You know how heavy it got, and what it would have meant if someone had noticed sooner.
- Maybe you love someone who has. A wife, a daughter, a sister, a friend. Maybe you’re a grandparent who watched your own child struggle while you held the new baby.
- Maybe you care for moms every day, as a doctor, nurse, doula, or perinatal mental health provider, and you’ve seen what happens when the signs are missed.
You’re tired of the headlines about a mother whose warning signs went unnoticed until it was too late. You believe she deserved support, not judgment. You want her screened early and often, and you want her partner and family to know what to look for.
You’re working toward a new normal, where checking on a mom’s mental health is as routine as checking her blood pressure.
We won’t save every mother. But every mother is worth it.
Together, we help families spot warning signs sooner, find help faster, and make sure more moms are here to watch their children grow up.
If this is you, you belong in the Circle of Hope
What you help make possible
Inside the Circle of Hope
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You put the question in front of more partners, sisters, and grandmothers: Is MOM ok?
Your gift keeps social media posts, billboards, and media content reaching family members and friends, so they know it’s okay to ask.
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You help healthcare providers recognize the warning signs while there’s still time to act.
Your gift supports Cherished Mom webinar trainings that educate medical providers on postpartum psychosis and other serious risks for new moms.
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You empower a survivor to turn her lived experience into meaningful advocacy.
Your gift supports our new program, Lived Experience to Lasting Change. This trauma-informed program empowers women who’ve experienced postpartum psychosis and other perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) to advocate for other women.
Together, we make sure more moms are here to watch their children grow up.
Hello, World!
About Cherished Mom
Created by a woman who has been there
Cherished Mom was founded by Kristina Dulaney, a registered nurse and postpartum psychosis survivor.
Kristina is recognized as one of the leading voices on postpartum psychosis. She has shared her story nationally on Dr. Phil, in news outlets, and across social media. She has also supported mothers through the national Maternal Mental Health Hotline.
Because most maternal suicides are preventable, she created Cherished Mom to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and prevent tragedy.
See the work
Cherished Mom in action
Real moments from the families, survivors, and professionals your gift reaches.
A mother’s mental health crisis doesn’t wait for the next fundraising campaign.
When you join the Circle of Hope, you help make sure:
- She finds us in her feed. Your monthly gift keeps us showing up on social media all year, so when a new mom is scrolling at 3 a.m., feeling like something’s wrong, she finds words for what she’s feeling and a way to get help.
- The truth reaches her through the news. Our work has been featured by ABC News, The Guardian, and the Boston Globe. Your support keeps our team ready with research-based, compassionate facts, so the next time a reporter calls, the mom reading that story sees herself in it and knows she’s not alone.
- Her story becomes someone else’s lifeline. You’ll help launch our new survivor advocacy program. Moms who’ve lived through it will graduate with a real plan, like walking into a local OB/GYN’s office with screening materials. Then the next mom gets help sooner.
What mothers are saying
Cherished Mom does incredible work. I am so grateful for the free doula services. It was so helpful to me and my family.
Without PPP Awareness Day, I would have never been properly diagnosed. I now understand how to prepare for future pregnancies safely.
Choose how you’ll show up for her each month
- Secure payment
- Tax-deductible
- Cancel anytime
We’ll direct your gift where it’s needed most to sustain programs year-round.
The Circle of Hope is for people who believe awareness shouldn’t wait for a tragedy.
But maternal mental health crises don’t wait for the next fundraising campaign.
Every day we wait is another day a mother, family, or healthcare professional may miss the education that could change an outcome.
By joining the Circle of Hope today, you’re helping ensure Cherished Mom can keep showing up. We can continue educating families, training healthcare professionals, and expanding awareness before another family is blindsided.
Monthly donors are the people who believe awareness shouldn’t wait for a tragedy. They choose to invest in prevention, every single month.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes, Cherished Mom is a registered 501(c)3
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General donations go to supporting our awareness and advocacy programs
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Absolutely, we are always looking for volunteers to help fulfill our mission. Please visit our volunteer page.
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Yes, please contact us to discuss the details.
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Yes, we encourage honoring those we have lost to PMADs through donations, hosting a butterfly release event, or if appropriate adding a picture to the maternal suicide memorial wall.
Suicide is a leading cause of death for pregnant and postpartum women in the United States.
Almost all of these deaths are preventable.
But prevention doesn’t happen by chance. It happens because people like you choose to invest in it.