Postpartum Care

I literally have the WORST anxiety ever due to personal reasons. So I’m terrified of like anyone’s face going near my babies. Just like any mother but I literally go into meltdown down and my partners uncle kissed my baby on the lips!!!! What the hell do I do!!! I wiped her mouth like straight after! I went mad at h...

I feel like a terrible mom and I need to get this off my chest without saying anything out loud. I feel so guilty thinking about it, but my oldest is 3 almost 4 and she annoys me. Like too the point where I just don’t like trying with her anymore. Since she was a tot, I’ve had a lot of insecurities about her and I j...

I absolutely despise my partner and his family, our baby is 9 weeks old and both him and the rest of his family just constantly go out of their way to control, manipulate and upset me constantly, they call me names and make out that I am a bad mum. I want to leave with my baby but they’re so toxic I know it would be...

I'm getting comments (mom-shaming) about picking up and holding my baby when they cry. I don't like my child crying/suffering, and they are only a month old. I don't think they are at an age yet where they can self-soothe with CIO. How do you all handle when your baby cries? Am I wrong for wanting to p/u my baby?

My little girls 13 months and up until 2 months ago I found being a mam amazing and just loved being with her 24/7 I could just look at her all day but these last 2 months have been hell l think 12 month sleep regression hit and iv just been struggling so much with my mental health is anyone else struggling if so ho...

my little one is 2 months old now and i still haven’t tried to be intimate with my partner yet. has anyone else experienced a total lack of a sex drive after birth? i feel bad, i know that’s something my partner needs but i feel like i just don’t have the energy, and i’m honestly scared if it hurting due to the scar...

i’ve needed to rant to someone for ages about this. i gave birth to my beautiful wee girl in dec 2023, my mil (and fil) had helped buy things for our wee one ( which i was perfectly happy with even when they bought a lot of her firsts!, clothes, toys etc). when i had went into labour my mil had said to my partner t...

I’m 8 weeks pp and we’re going to brunch with some friends today while my mom watches the baby. NOTHING I own fits me!!! How did all of my dresses get so much shorter?! My hips are so wide now I can get things past my thighs. My mom pooch shows in EVERYTHING. I tore my room apart and then ugly cried naked in the clo...

Hello everyone and hope you’re well💖 I wanted to know how long does postpartum bleeding last? I feel like mine was heavy and then went down to less flow but now it’s picked up again. Is that normal? I feel like I wanna ring the doctors but unsure if I’m just stressing. Thank you

This is bad... so his friend is a listened therapist. i just had a baby and now my boyfriend has spiraled himself into a gambling addiction. Its a card game and it got bad fast... like in 7 months it has escalated to the point of needing an intervention. I don't know whats wrong with him... this is our first baby. H...

I was on maternity leave for 10 months, stayed in most days, low mood and self esteem to now, in 4 weeks, I have walked 100 miles, returned to work and just made myself and mental health a priority. So to those mummas that are like me and really struggling, just know it is possible to get back to your old self wit...

My partner was not helpful at all when my daughter was a newborn, literally did the bare minimum and didn’t really bond with our daughter, leaving it all to me. It also used to upset me as I love our daughter unconditionally from the start and love being a mum and he seemed the opposite. However, now she is a toddle...

Ever since my baby has been born, she has been so, so difficult. We had a difficult birth - emergency c section and honestly, from day one all she has done is scream and cry. I know that is what babies do & I have been told by the doctors and HV's that "she is a baby, they cry" but I am just completely and utterly f...

I just really am sick of dealing with my two face, know it all MIL! She acts like she’s lil miss perfect and puts everyone before herself and “is just trying to help” But the truth is she’s just constantly undermining me and disrespecting my decisions as a mother and making fun of me behind my back. She also shamed ...

How long after birth did you guys stop bleeding? I’m about 10 days pp and wondered when the bleeding will stop? The bleeding is deffo less than what I began with but still there - like a period. V curious to know how long everyone took to stop bleeding. Midwife said it should stop after two weeks but I’m not too sur...

Ok. I feel crazy writing this. But I am crying. My baby is completely crazy about her dad. She laughs and talks to him non stop. I never get that much affection from her. I know that she is excited because she doesn't see him everyday, she is breastfeed and 4 months old, probably she still sees us as one being but I...