Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

I’ve just sat here sobbing after putting my toddler to bed, knowing tomorrow is our last ever day just us two before his sister joins us. I am so excited to meet my baby but the guilt has already kicked in that my first born won’t get the same attention and care that he is used to. I know deep down I am giving him t...

Hi. I don’t know the purpose of this post - I just have to get it out somewhere. I’m crying my eyes out - it’s just all going so fast. 8 month old child. Feeding - crawling - babbling. It’s as if time has been on fast forward. I’ve been brave about starting work but each night I’m sat crying - I don’t want to lea...

Hello. So I’ve got 2 year old and a month 5 old and I think I’m suffering really badly with postpartum depression. I didn’t suffer or feel this way with my first, just baby blues but coped well. This time round it’s the “I want to smack my head against a wall” constantly down, crying, numb and overall struggling I j...

First of all I want to say I am so grateful for having work. I am just confused how I went from being SO career driven before baby to just feeling like I don’t want to work anymore. This feeling has been there for several months. I used to enjoy working very much but since having a baby I’ve suffered from anxiety an...

I gave birth about a week ago and I’m a single parent with no family support. I’m also taking anti depressants and of course as a new mom not getting much sleep. I’m struggling really badly with depression and all sorts of thoughts like “shoulda, coulda, woulda” or thoughts of my ex and wishing he was here or I ha...

Just need to rant because I’m SO angry and looking for some opinions. So my little girl (14 weeks) hasn’t been well this past week with a cold but seems to be getting over it the past couple of days. Anyways this morning out of no where I was literally just getting her changed and she started screaming. Not just c...

I’ve (well my husband mostly had to do it as I was too emotional!) just packed away our little girl’s newborn and first clothes and I found it so emotional. She is 11 weeks and it’s hit me that she will never be that small again and she’s going to keep growing and my heart will keep breaking a little bit, she’s grow...

At my daughters first birthday, we sang happy birthday, of course. After we blew out the candles, I burst into tears and my own father had to hold me while I cried LOL I dont know what came over me. My baby is ONE and there were so many emotions for me as a first time mama.. I was so embarrassed... Anyone else exper...

I’ve really been struggling for over a year now when I found out my husband has been unfaithful, but I (stupidly) ended up staying with him mainly because our baby boy was so young (only 5 months) and I didn’t want to give up on giving him a family… fast forward to a year later and we have a whole second baby, but m...

my almost 5 month old baby just fell off the bed. i put her in the middle like i always do turned to start cleaning up and i heard a bang and she was on the floor. what do i do! she’s okay now and calmed down and i can’t see any cuts or anything but my baby dad screamed at me saying it’s all my fault and to ‘fuck of...

I can’t help always trying to find a solution to things it’s just my personality but I’m really struggling because I looked up what is a difficult baby and the definition was her to a T. Extreme reactions, doesn’t adapt to new things well, cries often and overall mood is negative. It’s absolutely exhausting. It’s j...

I had my c-section done on the 4th and I’m beyond ready to start being intimate with my husband again, my libido is finally back and in full force, especially since I haven’t had much my ENTIRE pregnancy.😂 How long after a c-section did you ladies wait to have sex? (My husband has absolutely zero issues with…

I had my first baby 6 months ago.I Have been slowly losing hair to the piont I now have to tie my hair up in a very certain way to hide the bald patches. It's having a massive impact on my life. I don't want to leave the house. I feel like I'm one breakdown away from shaving it all off because it hurts to look at. A...

I’m really just struggling to get out of bed, its such a chore to do even the simplest tasks and im finding it very hard with my one year old, i just feel like im not doing a good enough job constantly and im always overwhelmed. Does anyone on here have pnd and can advise how they get through it?

Does anyone else struggle to leave their little one with other relatives because he/she becomes hysterical/inconsolable? We have separation anxiety at the moment, and not just baby, myself too! Up until now I have not felt the need to leave baby, hence have only done it a couple of times. Looking for advice on how ...

Is anyone else really fed up and struggling? I’m 35 weeks and in so much pain, got PGP, carpal tunnel and having braxton hicks. I find no comfort in anything anymore, both walking and lying down reduces me to tears because of the extreme pelvic pain and pressure. I can’t even bend down to put a pair of pants on anym...

My baby is only a month and a week she’s only came to see her in person for 15 minutes as supposedly there wasn’t parking nearby. She likes to FaceTime a lot and screenshot pics which idk why it gives me anxiety and she already doesn’t seem trustworthy with her weed smoking. I know eventually she’s going to insist o...

I’m going to try and make this brief I just don’t know what to do. I have a 19 month old daughter who has a chronic disease. My second daughter is due in 4 weeks (I don’t think I’ll make it to my due date) There’s been quite a bit of uncertainty around who will watch my daughter when we go to the hospital. We’ve ha...

I'm convinced now that my mil has been trying to poison me. Let me know if I'm going crazy. There have been a number of occasions where I've gotten this intuitive uneasy feeling. The first time was when I was pregnant. I had cut all communication with her prior for some years because she threaten to "smack me in th...

Im nearly 24 weeks pregnant with my first baby but would really love a big family and I’m in my 30s so do feel like I want to have the next babies as close together as possible. How soon can you get pregnant after giving birth? 🤰🏻