Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

In the first year after having a baby did u want to split from your baby father if you didn't split did it get better

How on earth do people do this! I feel so bad for my toddler, I feel like I’m not giving her enough attention/playing with her enough and she’s just watching so much telly! My 2 week old literally wants to be attached to me or on the boob all day. Any tips greatly appreciated!

All I ever wanted was to be a mom but my first has been such a hard baby n now such a difficult toddler I hate being alone w her n get anxious to take her out alone cuz of her tantrums over everything She’s not this difficult for nursery or family mostly me I’m pregnant w my second I just want to cry

Hi all. I feel I am now at the end of my 11 year NHS nursing career. Since day one I’ve been subjected to a lot of bullying, harassment and discrimination on a daily basis and still ongoing which you can imagine has taken a toll in more ways than one. I don’t have it in me anymore. I would love to hear positive stor...

I think I have PPD and PPR, I have a two month old daughter and am a SAHM. I don’t have friends or any family I trust with helping me with my daughter to give me a break or especially my partners side either. My partner and I also are going through a rough patch and decided to take a break and work on ourselves befo...

Please tell me it’s for the better with a sibling. I feel like I got pregnant more for my husbands sake. I had extreme PPD and still feel like the world of caving in with an almost 2 year old. I will be giving birth when she is 2.5 and on top of PPD it will be the beginning of the long cold winter months and start o...

I want to be done with how I'm feeling, drained, stressed, frustrated, sick, in pain, emotions everywhere, holding everything in, having no outlet in am so overwhelmed and drowning I don't even know what to do. I love my children i would die for my children but the lack of support I've had from family is unbelievabl...

So what do you parents do when your child simply just refuses to listen to ANYTHING . My daughter is 10 and I was window shopping going to buy her a smart watch . I asked my daughter if she liked it and wanted one and if she’d keep it on and not take it off . Then she asks if she can play the games on it during rece...

I had an emergency c-section in December and I'm trying so hard to be positive but I hate my section self. I think it looks horrific on me. It's not my body and I find it really repulsive. I was a size 18 before pregnancy but I've lost all the weight I gained in pregnancy plus more and it just keeps looking worse an...

Has anyone experienced a crazy breakout after having baby. I want to say it’s due to hormones but I’m not sure it was 100% from that. All the medication I was taking for my emergency C section the iron pills the bloating pills. The shot in my arm I got to stop contractions I feel like it was so much in my body plus ...

Just venting. I'm born and raised in Louisiana but I have been living in Arizona for 6 years now and only visited Louisiana once or twice since living in AZ. It's just so hard financially wise and I don't drive. I've been thinking about moving back to Louisiana since a few years ago but never did and I regret it but...

Hi Ladies, Does anyone else feel really sad when they BF or pump? It’s like a feeling of doom and occasional cramps. I’m already 7 weeks pp and it’s not going away. It’s not to the point of depression but every let down I feel just weird. It makes me not like BF

So I struggled with my mental health after my son was born last year, it took me a while to recognise it and I had therapy to help. The therapy ended inline with when I returned to work and I generally felt a lot better. However I’ve found that I don’t deal with stress very well anymore. My mental health has spira...

Hiya everyone, I was just wondering if people could explain how braxton hicks feels to them? I’m pretty sure I’m experiencing them right now but have been for the last 2 hours constantly if that’s the case so just wanting to make sure!!

Anyone loose hair after a pregnancy? I heard about it but I didn’t actually think it’d happen.What did you do?Are there any remedies to have it grow it back? I’m getting a haircut today and I’m a little embarrassed,even though it’s semi-natural.

So stressed - I have a baby on the way - I’m in debt , council tax being pricks, I’m exhausted, mental health is getting worse, don’t know what to do anymore as I have no help. No food, can’t travel to foodbank bc of my back and anxiety. Yh is is all making me so depressed. Can’t even afford lunches to take to my ag...

FTM so apologies for the stupid question… When she was born she came out with a fair bit of hair and now she’s barely got any at all. Everyone also keeps thinking she’s a boy and I’m not sure if that’s because of the no hair or she just has her fathers features 😅 Pic of Ava-Mae below 🥰

For those of you who are not FTMs, people have said to me since newborn stage, that it never gets easier. Surely that’s not the case? It just makes you feel when you’re struggling that it’ll never end and that’s not good on my mental health so was wondering what your take on things is?

My little one is 6months and has just started crying to be held by me all the time. She won't go down for more than a minute or two and if anyone else holds her even her dad she will cry until I take her then stop. Even if I'm in the same room and she sees me she cries until I take her. I've had her in the sling but...

Does anyone else feel or is anxious to do anything on their own with baby? How did you overcome this?