Conception, pregnancy, the postnatal period, and the early parenting years can pose difficulties for many people. Practitioners like to stay abreast of the common challenges people face, and the treatments that may help their patients with such challenges. In order to do this, ongoing research is vital.

The Antenatal & Postnatal Psychology Network provides an online research portal for academic researchers (in the perinatal field) to post their studies to reach women in pregnancy and the postnatal period.

If you are pregnant or new mum, and you have the time or inclination to participate in a research study, your participation could further inform practitioners who work with hopeful parents, pregnancy, birth, the postnatal period, and early parenthood?

​Click here to see if you are eligible to participate in one of the listed studies. 

The latest listed studies explore emotional wellbeing in same sex attracted women, and 'baby brain' in pregnant women.

Latrobe University:
Emotional Wellbeing in Sexual Minority Women in the Perinatal Period
Same sex attracted pregnant women and new mums

Deakin University:
Does late pregnancy affect women's cognitive functioning?
Women in third trimester of pregnancy and women who are not pregnant, have never been pregnant and are not planning to become pregnant in the next 12 months

Thank you for your consideration and potential contribution towards these important research studies.

The Antenatal & Postnatal Psychology Network provides an online research portal for academic researchers (in the perinatal field) to post their studies, giving visitors to the APPN site the option of supporting research. 

​Click here to see if you are eligible to participate in one of the listed studies. Your experience could make an enormous difference to the experiences of others. The studies currently listed include:​


Perinatal Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Study 
Seeking parents with personal experience of perinatal OCD 

Professional knowledge and practice in perinatal mental health 
Seeking clinicians who work with new and expecting parents

Are postnatal experiences different for first-time and experienced mothers?
Seeking mothers who have had a baby in the last 2 years (over 18 years old, English speaking, living in Australia

Investigating psychosocial factors and their impact on eating behaviours during pregnancy and the postpartum Seeking women between 18 and 24 weeks pregnant

FIFO and Managing a Baby (FaMB) Study 
Seeking pregnant or postnatal women whose partners 'fly-in-fly-out' - FIFO​
Coping with my baby study 
Seeking pregnant or postnatal women whose partners 'fly-in-fly-out'' - FIFO

The perinatal food and mood study 
Seeking women - 8 to 15 weeks pregnant

Acceptance and Mindfulness in couples dealing with infertility 
Seeking couples dealing with infertility

Experiences of pregnancy and the year after birth 
Seeking women who have given birth in past 12 months

The acceptability and usefulness of a website addressing how partners can support each other to prevent perinatal depression and anxiety in the transition to parenthood 
Seeking anyone over 18

Thank you for your consideration and potential contribution towards these important research studies.
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