Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

I am going to be 5 months pp next Sunday & the last month or so I have had an excessive amount of hair loss & hair shedding on top of excessive dandruff. Any hair product recommendations y’all have? I am thinking abt going to a hair spa & getting a hair scalp spa treatment on it. My hair has always been thick & smoo...

I am 35+4 today and sometimes i will feel my baby move and I'll feel a sensation almost feels like the inside of my vagina is being scraped by his fingernail. i know that's probably not what it is but that's what it feels like. does that mean he's super low and ready for birth or..?

Anyone else hit the Hair loss stage yet? Feel like it’s a lot worse this time with breastfeeding, I have heard this😪 Anyone got any tips?

I feel like I should be happy, but I’m not. I see my kids running laughing playing together and still feel no joy. I smile a little, but my body does not let me feel the joy. I’ve just come off a rage screaming of I’m trying to clean and keep your toys in the play room. I feel resentment and anger towards my husba...

Wondered if any one else is recovering from 4th degree tear? Or has previously.. if so, what has helped? Currently struggling with the pain 🥴 taking regular ibuprofen and paracetamol but can’t take anything strong as breastfeeding and also most strong painkillers cause constipation which I’m trying to avoid!

Do you think it’s possible to still have postnatal depression when our kids are this old? I didn’t ever speak to any medical professionals when my little one was born and I guess I thought it would just leave, but some days I really think wow this isn’t what life I want.

Hi ladies. On my first night after birth, my episiotomy stitches came away and an infection started. Course, the doctors haven’t been able to restitch so it’s been a painful few days… I’m now 6 day post postpartum and wondering how long it took anyone else’s broken episiotomies to heal? Did you look…?

I dont know why but I don’t want him to kiss me or hug me or cuddle me and I definitely don’t want to be intimate. I feel really bad because physical touch is his love language and I can tell it bothers him but I can’t force myself to be sweet. I have literally no libido, I usally don’t get in the mood often anyway ...

How long was your first period after giving birth?

I’m expecting baby number 2 and I’m really excited, however I’m hating 1st trimester… I’m completely unwell, hate nausea and vomiting. I’m so exhausted and feel like death. Barely can look after my little one (LO is 2), can’t do anything at home and really struggling. My husband is helping but sometimes he acts like...

My baby had severe colic till 4 months & now we are past it but whenever he screams now and I say screams not cries because it’s all I hear, I can’t help but panic and get angry and upset which then makes him worst. I just can’t control it. I’d never do anything to hurt him of course I just get this rage and get tri...

I understand that not having his oldest has impacted him mentally . We have a daughter now together whom he puts in no effort to do anything with because he feels guilty that he didn’t get a chance to do this with his oldest . At that point it’s a choice to miss out on our daughter’s life . I obviously feel for him ...

Over the last 6 months or so I’ve been having very severe anxiety, I’m barley able to work because of it and don’t leave my house most days and I just don’t know what to do anymore. All my life all I’ve ever wanted to be is a mum and now that I am I can’t do the things that normal parents do with their children so n...

Having a baby girl scares me. Maybe bc for years, my relationship with my mom was complicated. She is my only parent. And she had to be both the good cop and the bad one. I'm a solo mom as well (my bd is not really here bc "that's not really interesting now, but when she's older, I'll be more present..."). I don't...

I had an episiotomy when giving birth about 8 weeks ago. I’m healing fine but noticed I seems to get more irritated down there. Such as when I wear sanitary towels and tight underwear and clothes. I’ve still not had sex yet as scared it will be sore. Anyone else been feeling different down there? Not sure if I have ...

I know hate is a strong word so she obviously doesn’t hate me but she doesn’t want anything to do with me literally says she doesn’t want me at any moment she’s got I’m assuming it’s because she can sense the baby’s going to be here soon she’s only 3 but is anyone else’s child/children doing this 😩

My little one just turned 1 1 week ago, these past couple of months I have felt my self get so angry for no reason I keep waking up angry and snapping at my partner and anyone else around me and having uncontrollable breakdowns and I’m just not myself anymore. Something is wrong and I just don’t know what it is. I h...

I had a second degree tear when i gave birth which was healed when i started to have sex again but im finding everytime i have sex i tear bc the skin on my perineum just isn’t as strong anymore and it’s just so debilitating. anybody else experience this ?

Anyone else post epidural get pins and needles/numbness if they sit on their legs? I’m 3 weeks postpartum tomorrow

Sigh*** where to start…. I’ve had issues bonding with my baby since birth due to honestly crippling PPD, PPA, and devastating familial issues. But despite those factors, I have been committed to connecting with my baby and giving her the love and attention I never had. Although my husband disagrees, I feel like she ...