Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

My 21 month old will scream, screech and cry the whole time I cook. I do home cooked meals and will usually only need an hour to make whatever we eat, and the whole hour my little one is screaming screeching and crying. I put a show on for her to watch, have her on the highchair near me, give her wooden spoons, pots...

I’m 12 weeks pregnant and feel down the stairs I was also carrying my 8 month old I feel so guilty and bad I know u can’t help falling but I feel shit 😞 luckily my baby’s are fine I’m hurt but don’t care about me feel so bad

So when I first got with my partner 4 years ago my MIL and I were very close and there didn’t seem to be any problems… however somewhere around 2 years of my partner and I being together she completely changed and started being very rude to me. This all started when my partner was over at her house and had texted me...

Me and my husband are a family of 4 soon to be 5 and we know we want atleast one more sometime between 2-2 1/2 years after this baby. As Christians we know God wants us to “be fruitful and multiply “ which we have been but I want to practice some sort of BC because I can’t imagine starting over and over and over aga...

I feel like the worst. I’ve shouted at my baby 3 times in the last few days. I screamed when she pulled me hair ‘no’ BecUse he it hurt so much. I feel like I’ve abused her. I don’t think I can cope with being a mum I’m clearly not meant for it.

So my gf and I broke up about this time last yr.. she didn’t want to help me with our child (now claiming mental health was the reason🙄) but before that our relationship was questionable with a lot of elements of manipulation, some physical and a lot of emotional abuse, gaslighting and trapping. When she decided…

Hi all, I’ve started loosing quite a bit of hair when showering, brushing etc. I’ve noticed it’s going at the sides which I’ve read is really common and basically by time baby is 1 years your hair should be back to normal (which feels so far away from now 😫). Is anyone suffering the same or has any advice to help…

Has anyone used the internal thrush cream whilst pregnant? Has it helped? I just cannot use the pessaries, they just fall out 😬😫 Thanks

I’m 2 weeks postpartum I had a 2nd degree tear my midwife said the stitches are healing very well however they are so itchy to the point it’s driving me mad and I’m itching and getting sore. The only way I’m finding relief is by having a shower and letting cool water run on it. Has anyone got any tip to help.

I was told things would get a bit easier around 6-8 weeks pp and then again after 12 weeks. Well, my daughter is now 3.5months old and it's still progressively getting more difficult. She's crying more than ever, heavier than ever and difficult to rock and settle, won't feed (still gaining weight and producing lots ...

How did you guys (if your C-section was emergency/not planned) get over it? Almost a year on and I still can’t get over the fact that I didn’t get the natural birth I longed for. I feel depressed and angry and all sorts of emotions all the time, because I feel like such a failure! I feel like I never truly gave bir...

Has anyone ever looked into perineoplasty? Repair to the perineum to tighten the vaginal opening after a traumatic birth? I had a forceps birth with episiotomy as well as a second degree perineal tear (16 months ago) and while the actual vaginal canal itself is back to normal the actual ‘opening’ to my vagina is ab...

My LO is 6 weeks old today and last night my husband and I had six for the first time (last time was when I was still pregnant, around 38 weeks). I had a very long labor and stitches, and sometimes I still feel uncomfortable down there. Also, in the last I always enjoyed sex and would have multiple orgasms every tim...

My baby’s belly button sticks out when she cries. We had her one month old checkup and doctor thinks it’s an umbilical hernia and that this may resolve o its own or not and require surgery later. Anyone have experience with this and what is the outcome.

Ladies ,sorry if wrong group but my husband is a wonderful father to our 6 week old baby. However he has obviously starting with paternal depression he's suffering and I'm worried about him , I need advice how do I help him

Will it go away on its own? I only gave birth 10 days ago and never experienced this with my firstborn

I HATE my bd so much it consumes me! I hate that I’m carrying his baby. He doesn’t deserve this baby and had done nothing bought nothing been to maybe 2 appointments. and I hate myself for feeling this way. I know I’ll love my child but I cannot fathom the thought of him I don’t think I’ve ever hated anyone in my li...

I know it’s normal don’t get me wrong, but my three year old is driving me nuts and what makes it worse is the horrendous mum guilt I feel after! So I’m due in three weeks, and my first born has decided to finally behave like a three year old (stereotypical) but totally defiant, not listening, stubborn and sometim...

Hey, I’m around 4 months post op. For the past few months I’ve been symptom free & problem free. Unfortunately this past month. All my problems have come back and feel worse than ever. I’m at wits end and waiting for a review with the consultant. As I say For the first 3 months after surgery I was fine. But the 4th ...

This is just something that happens yesterday it’s not a huge deal but it has me thinking . So I have to wait on the long line for school pick up and drop off . I get there an hr before and I’m still like 7 th on the line ,some days the school allows the gate to be open at 2:55pm and some days not till 3 pm . we...