Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

Anyone started having braxton hicks? I’ve had about 4 over the past week and it’s really uncomfortable but not painful!

When did you have a bath after c section ? This is my small dream for now, I been so drained with toddler and newborn plus I have often muscle stiffness, it was so so bad and I had before some injection for it...anyway hot bath could help to relax...I am only 5 weeks and 2 days after I had c section What was your e...

I know this sounds really stupid and so many of you are parenting alone but this is the first night ive been alone with the baby (he's 6 months old) and I am almost frozen with anxiety. I rely on my partner heavily as I get such bad anxiety anyway. Has anyone else dealt with this fear? Or have any tips for dealing w...

I gave birth 5 days ago and im still in pain down there and bleeding still… i been using pain relief and the spray but still hurts.. i only had a one degree tear…

This may be quite niche, but for the last 9 months I've had my hair in a ponytail or bun almost every day bc I have a baby who loves to pull my hair & I like it out the way, but the hair on my hairline has started snapping off & I have a bald spot forming 😭 does anyone else have this??

Can anyone else relate to this. I am grateful for what I have but I find myself daily moaning, being grumpy, short tempered with the kids and my other half. We have 3 kids with the youngest age 1. I've recently returned to full time work. But this has been me for a few years now. I don't get down so I don't think ...

I’m so tired of my unsupportive family. Idk how many times I’ve cried and stressed during this pregnancy but I’m just sick and tired of being sick and tired. If not the thought of my distant brother, there’s my unsupportive sister & mother and now father . From the beginning of this pregnancy I’ve felt alone and had...

Laid her in the middle, literally turned my back 1 second to get a body suit and she slid back and fell back and hit her back of head on the floor She cried for 20/3o seconds and is completely normal now There’s a tiny bump on the back But I’m not overall concerned as she’s completely normal now I just feel extrem...

So I’m 2 weeks postpartum and I gave my husband head last night as I can’t have sex just yet well usually when I give him head I’ll rub on his gooch butt area one day we had tried the whole I stick one finger in his butt months ago and he didn’t like it well last night he stuck my finger in his butt while I’m giving...

I woke up this morning so angry - partner having a 15 minute long shower. I barely get 5 mins shower (if I can shower.) I haven’t felt this angry before in my postpartum.. I couldn’t even smile back to my beautiful baby girl. Now I know what the postpartum rage feels like but it’s scary that it also affects my feeli...

My husband and I had our first child in June and since Aug/Sept we have been getting into fights, it's continuing to get worse. I was dealing with pp rage and pp anxiety in Aug/Sept,which both are now 90% better. Prior to having baby we were extremely independent, I'd said we definitely did not act like a unit. We m...

I miss my pregnancy hair! My hair were so thick and full…. and here I am 3 months later removing clumps of hair after every shower, cleaning up my brush every day 😭 I’m thinking of getting a haircut but I’ve never had my hair this long before and I want to keep it this way. Any advice?!?! I’m already taking my…

Seeing all the craziness that’s going on in the US at the hand of trump I find it hard to sympathize with his voters who are or will be getting burned by his own hand. I have one close friend who is a trumper and has her daughter on Medicaid. I don’t think I’ll be able to sympathize if her daughter loses her insu...

how late can ppd technically start? during the newborn trenches i definitely struggled with postpartum rage but never really felt depressed, the last about month or so though ive felt more depression. im setting up therapy and everything but to me it seems odd that it hit when my baby was 6 months old. i have diagno...

What do you do when you've been friends with someone for 15 years. You have a child, and that person is always asking you to adjust you and your babies schedule to fit theirs. She was never there for me post partum. She's supposed to be my "best friend". Do I just cut a loss and move on? It seems hard with so much h...

Sooo how do y’all go about our LO meeting a toxic MIL? My MIL is very manipulative and toxic but my husband wants her to meet her grandchild. My son just turned 6 months and she’s just now doing the 2 hour flight to see him. I can’t stand her and hate being in the same room as her as all she does it belittle everyon...

Lately I have been feeling really scared and a feeling of almost like I’m not ready but know I have no choice, and the fact my life is going to never be the same again after my baby girl is here. This is leading to me feeling depressed when I think like this, unable to sleep sometimes and just overall down… any advi...

Not sure if I am doing something wrong or if it’s normal… 3 days post section I feel great in daytime feel like movement feels relatively smooth and I won’t push to do too much just pottering around the flat and looking after baby girl. But as soon as I hit the evenings it feels like I’ve been hit by a bus. The...

I've been having a hard time the past month or so and I can't figure out why. I am prone to depression and I have been on antidepressants for many years. Postpartum hit me hard, but I worked through it and things felt better. The last month I have cried every single day I was fine prior to this now my thoughts are...

I talked to my doctor today at my 2 week postpartum visit about birth control I told her I wanted to get the copper iud because it’s non hormonal and I have a history of severe depression and she told me she hates that one because it can potentially get imbedded in the uterus and get stuck… so I asked her which birt...