Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

Anyone else feel like giving up in life? All I want to do is cry and my stomach hurts from the stress, anxiety, crying etc and I just don’t know what else to do and how much more I can take. 💔

I have mastitis; I'm breastfeeding, and my baby girl is 17 days old. Has anyone else had mastitis? My breast is very sore, and there's a small red mark on it, so my GP prescribed gave me antibiotics. I'm just wondering how long it will take to heal. I feel unwell during the day because of the chest pain and sorene...

So I give my baby a dummy never thought twice about it to be fair but now I feel bad for doing it I go to baby groups and I literally got shamed for using a dummy by a mum and now I just feel awful it's all I can think about. He's a happy healthy little boy and just likes his dummy is that really a bad things he's o...

Any other mums due to go back to work in January and struggling at the thought? I know all mums dread going back but I feel physically sick over the thought and haven’t been able to eat since talking to my boss 2 days ago. Any words of wisdom or mums that have gone back that can give some hope? I will be away from m...

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Has anyone got any remedies for hair loss? I’ve always had fine hair but used to have loads of it and really long, I had covid the year before I fell pregnant and it did a number on my hair, started getting really thin. Whilst pregnant I lost even more and now during postpartum even more! My hair is so thin you can ...

In the last couple weeks, I've been noticing way more hair falling out when I brush/shower/ run my hands through my hair. Is anyone else experiencing this? To be clear, my hair, not baby's.

My baby gets really upset when his Grandma comes to see him. She has to go into another room while I calm him down - even then he'll be very unsure of her and cling to me for dear life. My mother in law is naturally very upset about this, and I do feel bad for her. Anyone else been through something similar and ha...

I would love to know how you guys are taking care of yourself immediately after giving birth? When did you go back to your routine of self care? I need some tips, I feel like a shell of my old self 🥲

Hey all I’m currently 8 weeks and the emotions have kicked in, feel like crying a lot, when something isn’t going right which has been the case this week I get annoyed and want to break down, is it just me or not normal at all lol

Can anyone help me. I just found out I’m pregnant and my 9 1/2 month old daughter will not let me even put her down. How do I get stuff done?? How do I get her to be an independent person. She will literally cry/scream and follow me. She won’t even go to her dad or anyone else but me, we’ve tried. Please help. Any a...

Is it normal to be done bleeding only 2 weeks postpartum? Or should I expect it to come back?

Hey do you guys know of any place that helps a single mom? My best friend lives in alva shes trying to move back to enid she's trying to leave her baby daddy they are not married she's got 2 kids he mentally abuses her almost every day I'm trying to help her .. Can u guys help me so I can help her? Also she does smo...

My baby crying still stresses me out so much, I just feel like I can't cope as soon as she starts crying and I can't bear to let her cry for even 1 minute. There are occasions where there is nothing I can do about it, like when I'm driving (she hates the car), and I struggle to keep calm. Yesterday she screamed so b...

First, I want to start off by saying I know this is not okay, unhealthy, unproductive, immature, etc. I have never done this before in my life, but I just snapped. My baby and I have been sick on and off for the past month and she has been teething. We just got back from traveling across the country for my husband, ...

I'm a SAHM with a 2.5 year old girl and 3 months old baby. I hate to admit but I can't take it some days, it's starting to take a real toll on my mental health these days. My toddler doesn't listen, doesn't help to tidy up, refuses to eat unless sometimes if I feed her (I don't want to!!) and strops a lot. I know it...

Has never been a problem until the past week or so. I give toys, try singing or chatting, but she just cries or shouts. Finding it hard to deal with and putting me off going out but we aren’t ones to sit at home. Any tips? Is it a phase?

Am 4 weeks postpartum I stopped bleeding at 2 weeks then I have started again is it normal to stop and start again ?

Hi everyone, I want to start by saying I’m so grateful about being pregnant after trying for some time to concieve but I feel like I’m close to a breakdown. For the first 19 weeks of pregnancy I had awful sickness, nauseous and throwing up every day, since about week 16 I’ve had pelvic girdle pain so bad I can bar...

How are we all doing? I feel I've hit a wall where I'm a bubbling, hormonal & emotional mess 😭, I'm 34+2 with GD & slightly overwhelmed with ongoing appointments, especially being a bit in limbo awaiting results of the next growth scan etc etc. I have a toddler & I'm just overall struggling, my daughter goes to…