Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

Hi, can anyone tell me what I’d be feeling like 3 weeks after an episiotomy with 2nd degree tear. I am still in pain and can feel tightness when I sit on the toilet still or walk. Is this normal or should i be concerned? Thank you x

Hello ladies, tomorrow I’ll be one week postpartum! Time just flies right on by. Overall my healing is going well I think. Still some pain especially when I move certain ways. I’m wondering about my incision. I can’t remember with my first and honestly I was too scared to look at it or touch it this early last tim...

My husband and I have been going through a really rough patch with our sex life and no matter how I try to help get things better for us, he just “isn’t into it” or doesn’t “need shit like that” when I send him nudes yet I walk in on him watching porn all the time. I’ve even suggested watching it together and got to...

I spent the majority of my 20s and young adult life with alot of trauma, anxiety and depression. I got married before I had taken time to process all of it. I got pregnant right after. I feel like the majority of my life has been doom and gloom and now I feel stuck with alot of stress and responsibilities. I feel ...

Any other moms have dealt with the forgetfulness of mom brain after the baby? If so how long did it last for you?

I can't help but get sad when I see other moms posting their LOs doing fun things. I feel like I can't ever do anything with my son because he gets so upset and cries so loud which makes my already terrible anxiety worse...I know people only post the good times, I just am so defeated 😔

My hair is falling out so much worse after my second pregnancy. Literal clumps of hair, it’s awful! Any tips? What do you use to keep your hair healthy or to help it to grow back?

I have it in my birth plan to get the epidural as soon as I’m admitted (I have to be 6cm to be admitted) but I’m scared about the pain I’ll feel when giving birth even with the epidural.. to the moms who had the epidural can you please share your experience 🙏

This week I feel so stressed and drained my daughter is 7 months and she has a cold won't stop fussing and crying and I'm going mad being with her all day untill dad gets home at 7pm , she really is getting me down I feel like I'm going mad with the constant need for attention I'll try to cook then she fusses for me...

I should have moved her mat to the floor since she has been death rolling every nappy change since she learnt how to roll but today she fell off the table. I never leave her unattended and have my eyes on her always this time I had my hand on her legs and turned my head for a second to grab her wipes and she rolled...

Is anyone else struggling and keeping all the guilt and emotions all in? I feel depressed and dont.give a shit kinda day.

I’ve decided to go for a vaginal birth after a previous 3rd degree tear 2.5 years ago. I have had no bowel symptoms from my tear and consultant said happy for me to have a vaginal birth. Has anyone had a positive experience 2nd baby. I also had a 2.5L blood loss due to forceps and my tear and a long time in labour.

I don’t know if I love my baby, or even like her… Feels awful to say, but does/has anyone else felt the same way? And if so, does it get better? (5 months old)

This time last year my husband ended up in an emotional affair. It wasn’t made clear to me until February this year. We’ve both worked loads on prioritising our marriage and family and have been doing really well. Until I had a memory pop up on my phone of my husband working away last year and it’s literally drag...

I was an amateur bodybuilder and trained up until a week before I gave birth - I'm now 2 weeks pp and stepped into my gym for the first time in 3 weeks (I've never had that long off before!). I'm only doing very lightweight things, focusing on pelvic floor and bodyweight exercises, gradually getting myself into lift...

Sorry ladies, I need to just vent. I have past traumas that I went to therapy for. Things seemed to be getting better and then I couldn’t afford the therapy anymore so I had to stop. Now I feel like I’m back at square one with the same issues. It frustrates me to no end because I obviously don’t want to be here. The...

I personally think there 100% is. All I got when I was pregnant was bombarded by midwives at every appointment telling me how easy vaginal births are and women just get up and walk right out of the hospital and my doula constantly telling me you’re body was made for this it’s going to be amazing. I did not find my...

I'm finding this age so hard. My LG is very demanding and quite an angry baby and doesn't like to be apart from me. Me and her have had a sickness bug the past 3 days and I'm just exhausted and worn out, I've been puked on, pooed on all while having to strip beds wash sheets/towels/clothes. Anyway today while changi...

If you had post partum anxiety, how did you know you had it and not post partum depression? What did the doctors do for you and did it work? Especially interested in UK answers for the treatment side but all experiences would help!

So recently I’ve got quite emotional at a couple of things that’s reminded me of when I was in hospital after having another failed induction. The first time being I had a medication that I had to put inside of me, I couldn’t go ahead with it as I felt the same as I did when I was in hospital (that I’d just had enou...