Substance Use Treatment During and After Pregnancy
If you are struggling with substance use during pregnancy or after the birth, there are confidential and non-judgmental resources in our community to support you.
The Recovery Nurse Advocate Program at Lutheran Medical Center serves any person, prenatal through one year postpartum, who is currently struggling with or has a history of substance abuse.
Tough as a Mother is a project to help new parents connect with addiction support so they can be the strongest, healthiest version of themselves for their children.
Keep reading to learn more about these resources.
Recovery Nurse Advocate Program 
The Recovery Nurse Advocate Program at Lutheran Medical Center serves any person, prenatal through one year postpartum, who is currently struggling with or has a history of substance use disorder. Participants do not need to be currently in treatment.
Call 303-467-4080 or visit the website to learn more.
The Recovery Nurse Advocate program includes home visits from a nurse during pregnancy and for one year postpartum for people who are struggling with substance abuse or have a history of substance abuse.
Nurses support clients with help to find health care and insurance coverage; getting mental health and substance use treatment; nutritional needs; stable housing; child care; pregnancy and parenting education; support groups; and more.
Tough as a Mother
Tough as a Mother is a collaboration that works to help Colorado moms connect with addiction support so they can be the strongest parent possible.
Each region of Colorado has an “MSO” or managed service organization, whose job it is to coordinate addiction care and treatment with local providers. Tough as a Mother helps families find their local MSO and learn about addiction treatment.