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Antidepressants

So I went to my obgyn for my 6 week check up and reviewed signs of PPD. She said I don’t have depression, but it likely seems to be postpartum anxiety. I have days where I’m perfectly fine and days where I just want to cry. It’s pretty intense. She prescribed hydroxyzine and Zoloft to take in combination with each o...

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Baby hair loss

Anyone else baby losing their hair?😭😭

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Feel scolded for venting, people need to ‘defend’ my child

Curious is others are experiencing this. When someone asks me how we are and I tell the truth that this age is really challenging due to them being into everything and dealing with tantrums, they always feel the need to basically disagree with me and say ‘no shes a great girl’ ‘oh shes so good’ ‘shes an angel’ like ...

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Prep machine

Can people who have used a prep machine before with their baby give me an honest opinion on them? I have a rapid cool already for out and about but I’d love peoples reviews of the prep machines.

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Anyone else have a very bald baby?

I thought he’d have some hair by 7 months old, but not really😂 He’s got a tiny fuzz of very blonde hair so it makes it harder to see

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My mum is bitter about her life choices, so tries to blocks my way.

My spirit senses being slowed down in life and blocked. She pretends, but I see she is happy when I face struggles. She only helps if it benefits her. I prayed and God revealed her to be a witch. What do I do? I cannot cut her off.

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My MIL calls my firstborn as “my baby”

My MIL calls my firstborn as “my baby” I have a 15 month old and a 3 week old. I conceived her when my firstborn was 5 months old. Ever since then I have been sick or exhausted and I could not spend as much time with my firstborn. During this time he grew a strong bond with his dad and completely forgot about me. ...

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Tell me it’s not just me recovering slowly?

Is anyone else still feeling physically not right after labour☹️ 9 weeks pp and I still have so much pelvic heaviness, my vagina feels wrong (can’t even imagine having sex), and I’m just generally not right. I keep seeing people saying they’re back in the gym and getting intimate with their partners and I feel so be...

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11 year gap between my son and newborn

Hey hey I'm 39 years old and just had my baby girl in January, my son is kind of left out of the pic right now because we are like new parents right now, again. I'm starting to feel like I'm too old for this and also really guilty about how left out my son is, any suggestions or comments? I don't mean to sound awful...

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Feeling overwhelmed

I’m a mom of 2 under 2 boys (4 month old and 21 month old). It’s proving to be harder than I thought. I’m feeling extremely overwhelmed, overstimulated and alone. I’ve been having a hard time opening up to people and voicing my feelings, I’ve been distancing myself from my friends and family because I just don’t h...

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Having another kid

I dont think I want to go through postpartum again, this shit sucks even 5 months later. I hate my body, my hair is awful, my skin is worse. I have an overhang from a c-section that wasnt planned. I didnt appreciate my pre-pregnancy body enough. I love being a mother but postpartum is horrible. I dont feel feminine ...

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Postpartum hair loss

What can help with this?

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2nd baby after a bad time postpartum?

I really want a second baby but my mum thinks I shouldn't. I really struggled post partum - the first year I had some pretty extreme moments, though with a lot of happiness too. And the second year I started working really hard on myself to get better. Now my daughter is 2 and I feel great, and am handling it really...

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New born baby and dog

I feel so guilty for my nearly 3 year old dog. I just want to cry because I hope my dog doesn’t feel unwanted. I just feel so sad for her.

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Prenatal depression

Struggling really bad with this … it keeps getting worse idk what to do .. I’m on waiting list for therapy, I can’t take how I am feeling anymore

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16 month separation anxiety ?!

Anyone else ? Very clingy and cries when even being given to my husband.

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Transverse

Is anyone else’s baby still transverse at 37 weeks? What have the drs said? I have an appointment next week

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Vaginal stitches

How long after birth did you feel back to normal and healed where you had a tear / stitches? Is it normal to feel sensitive, tight and get bits of blood from the area 10 weeks pp? Any advice or remedies to speed the healing process?

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Not exactly baby daddy drama but …

I’m honestly at my wits end, I have never had a break from the time I gave birth to our first daughter which was Nov2021 , I’m now pregnant with our 2nd child and I’m honestly just done . I am always the person that takes care of everyone but when it comes to me? I literally cry everyday thinking I have no one I can...

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I feel like I can’t breathe…

I just confirmed that my best friend of 15+ years is fucking my boyfriend/baby daddy. I can’t breathe I don’t know to do. I’m in so much pain. I’m nauseous. I want to scream and punch things but I can’t. We have kids together, we live together. She lives with her boyfriend as well. I just don’t know why, why would t...

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