Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

Hi everyone, So I haven't been on here since I last had my youngest little girl who will be turning 1 in a few weeks so I'm kind of out of practice on here! So me and my husband have been debating of whether to have another baby or not and this may come across as really selfish but we would both like a boy if we w...

Not just hiding tears from a movie but bigger stuff I grew up seeing my mom distressed and tried to take care of her and most people I knew, tryna break generational curses here any tips help❤️

Hello! Has anyone had granulation tissue from an episiotomy removed with silver nitrate? I had it this afternoon and now the local anaesthetic is wearing off it’s quite sore! Just wondering if anyone else has had it and how long it took to settle down and did it work?

My little girl is 10 weeks tomorrow and has CMPA and has been on SMA Althera for 5 weeks now and she had been very settled and happy but since Friday she has been squirming and crying again just as she did before like she is in pain just genuinely very uncomfortable 😣 has anyone else experienced this?

Yall i am annoyed and irritated and worried. Im worried my daughter is training herself to be an attention whore with no self esteem always seeking validation. she is always telling me every little thing she’s doing. i’m mentally drained from this by the way. i try to give her little activities to keep her busy but ...

How are you guys dealing with your ppd months later?? I seemed to have a handle on my ppd for a long time after I had my baby but now that he’s older I seem to be struggling with it a lot more.

What would you do if your manipulative mum and ex-partner started hooking up and conspired to have you committed to a mental health ward with no evidence of you being unwell or at risk and have you on an illegal authority treatment.. and took your 4 month old baby from you? I’m desperate. I’ve made police reports a...

Absolutely exhausted from the constant barrage of illness/ teething/ sleep regressions/ tantrums. I just feel like I’m going to war every sodding day. My daughter is fighting every nap and bedtime so I’m getting zero break, she’s ill and teething molars and so when she’s awake she’s so miserable and clingy. Like i...

Hello everyone, my son is 3.5 months and my hair has started to fall out, not in clumps but so much so that I am noticing it everywhere 😭 I have short hair and so it’s really noticeable which is rubbish! Anyone have any spectacular tips for improvement? Thank you! Xxx

For majority of my relationship with my husband, my MIL and I have not seen eye to eye and I always let her have her way until I realized it disrupted my peace. I reached out to her and told her how I felt and where I was coming from and she dismissed it. We have been no contact for a year (by no contact I mean I st...

Good morning everyone, hope you are having a blessed Sunday! Looking for some spiritual input.... I'm 36 weeks pregnant and getting to the point of considering an elective c-section. No medical other than mentally reason for this but I feel in so much confliction. My husband believes I should try naturally to...

i feel so depressed giving birth at 28 keep thinking how old ill be when my boy is 20 ill be 50 and it depresses me so much i wish i had children at a younger age. Also the memoroes of newborn and how fast hes growing depresses me :( im not sure if anyone can relate

Can someone please tell me this hormonal up and down seesaw stops eventually. Yesterday wanted to cry all day today I’m happy and skippy. Any tips on maintaining a balance somewhere in the middle

She’s never picked me it’s always been my brother or one of my sisters I’m the child that was left out, made to feel grateful if they did take me with them on trips and got shipped off to my nans (different dad). I’ve always wondered where I went wrong but I’m starting to come to terms with the fact it wasn’t me sh...

So I’m a 21 year old mom and it feels like my mom’s punishing me for having a child so young. I’m not the person who goes out 24/7 but like for instance getting into nursing school, my birthday, etc. celebrations like that I want to celebrate and feel like a 21 year old. Every time I ask my mom if I can do something...

I'm worried that my mind won't support my body to get pregnant. My mum died when I was young. My dad lives abroad and is a poor father figure. I'm estranged from my sister. Plan to use a sperm donor. I'm so ready to cherish a child. But I know mentally I lack family network and I wonder if my mind deep down is wor...

All the hair I lost earlier this year seems to be growing back now and I look super awkward. If I push it back and try to blend it with my hair or in my ponytails, it looks super frizzy. If I push it forward, it looks like I have awkward looking bangs. What are y’all doing with your hair? I’ve thought of just gettin...

So I am in need of a gallbladder removal surgery for my gallstones I have a 1 year old baby who is breastfed and super attached to me I have wonderful parents and husband to look after him but I just can’t shake this feeling of me not being there during my surgery or holding him close I’ve been reading and they say...

Horrible support system, horrible support from partner. And you are about to have 3 kids under 2. Have not had a single break since I have my first born. My partner is constantly sleeping, and when he does watch the kid, he’s mean, rude, and aggressive. From my past trauma is very traumatic to me. I’m getting depre...

How r you guys who r mums of 2 coping, I have a 2.5 year old and 6 day old and I’m struggling so bad. Recovering from a c section and extra issues with that, then trying to balance my Love and not being able to do what I use to with my toddler I’m just feeling heartbroken and I don’t think I can do this how will I...