Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

Hi, I’m extremely worried I have a 5/6 month old kitten and I am currently so angry with my kitten - he keeps biting and lashing out- yes I’m aware he can sense I’m pregnant / somethings different.. I give him as much attention as I can but then he just bites and won’t listen and keeps making my blood boil doing thi...

What do you guys do when you feel hopeless and really really low. I need ideas on ways to cope and feel better in the moment without SH. I feel like my mood is so low that I'm crawling on the floor (not literally). My chest and stomach hurts, I can't stop welling up, body chills are on and off and I physically feel...

I don’t care if this is a development thing I’m losing my fucking mind No matter what I do my baby cries never happy for more than a couple minutes I can’t eat sleep get ready wash nothing without her crying even with the dummy Can’t use baby carrier anymore because she scratches my face to shit I look like a cr...

My daughter moved up to pre school four weeks ago in the nursery (shes been in since 9months) and every single morning since she goes to bits when she asks if she has pre school or i tell her we’re getting ready for pre school. She cries saying she doesnt want to go. Day in day out. Every morning i come away from dr...

I feel like im not handling postpartum well. Idk how to explain how im feeling lol I just feel like sad but also happy and grateful for my baby i just love him so much but then i feel very insecure and mad at my husband(why? idk. hes a great husband and father so like why) This is probably dumb and I am being drama...

I can’t take it anymore… I’m 21 months postpartum and I feel like as I go on my memory is just getting more foggy. Sometimes I even struggle to spell certain words, I don’t even remember things that happened a few mins prior or the same day. I use to be so good at remembering now it’s all gone. Tonight I lost my Air...

I was in an abusive relationship for 7 years and had two kids with the person. I was actually pregnant with my youngest when I left and my oldest was 6. He was just mentally abusive at first the it became physically abusive. When I left I was about 16 or 17 weeks pregnant and had a black eye and a broken nose. I hav...

Currently almost 6 weeks postpartum and have mentally been feeling pretty good actually! Occasional hormonal crying but honestly that’s calmed down a lot. But for some reason EVERY DAY when the sun goes down, I get overwhelmed with anxiety, sadness, and guilt that I’m not taking care of my baby good enough. (It does...

If you had an episiotomy or tear back in August how is sex for you now?

Is it just me ?

I’m 4 days pp with baby number 2 and struggling emotionally. I miss my toddler desperately because I can’t give him my full attention, and I had a c section so I also can’t lift him/play with him like I used to. I’m also finding myself on edge that he’s going to hurt the baby because he’s so wild all the time. He i...

Does anyone else feel like their emotional resilience has completely gone while being pregnant? I'm constantly crying or raging over ridiculous things and it's absolutely exhausting. I just uncontrollably sobbed for like 20 minutes because my favourite blanket wasn't dry in time to go to bed. 20 weeks pregnant, plea...

I am a first time mum to a 10 day old baby boy. All through my pregnancy I felt so calm, and excited to meet him. I kept waiting for the nerves and anxiety to come but they never did. When he was born I experienced the love at first sight, I couldn’t believe he was here and ours, but since returning from the hospi...

Hello, I'm 4 months 6 days pp and have been feeling some discomfort since I went for a long walk on Saturday (the longest I've done since my second trimester!). I also have a tummy upset which started around the same time. I think the whole thing could be related to something I ate, but I've got tenderness across my...

I'm 11 days pp and my emotions/hormones are all over the place. At least I think it's all hormones, I've just sobbed in the kitchen and feel like I really am struggling with adjusting to motherhood. Anyone else feeling like this?

Hi girls, I’m struggling a lot but not with my baby. Okay she’s awake most of the night and I’ve having a few problems with breastfeeding but she’s a dream and it’s not her that’s getting me down. I just feel so overwhelmed, anxious and depressed and when someone asks why I don’t even have an explanation. I feel ...

Lo has been crying pretty much all day over the last few days and I don’t know why. He just never seems happy. He was ill last week but seemed better. Any advice welcome. I have been giving calpol and ibuprofen but doesn’t make a difference.

hi so i am going to describe this in the best way possible. all of my flaws are heightened and it causes me to feel depressed (i had depression that im medicated for before becoming pregnant) and fight with my boyfriend everyday. im feeling emotionally exhausted and i feel like a toxic girlfriend and i dont know how...

I’m feeling really low. To cut a long story short, my father-in-law came down to visit us 2 days postpartum to meet the baby. We had been discharged from the hospital just 2 hours before. When he, my MIL, brother-in-law and his partner arrived, my MIL said FIL was ‘a bit sniffly’ so would keep his distance. Immediat...

After 4 years how important is sex? It’s been 3 months but when we have done it it’s not the same…..