Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

Baby girl started with a runny nose yesterday and woke up with a temp this morning. I’ve given a dose of calpol which has helped with temp and she is still relatively smiley but is crying alot more than usual. The big problem however is me, I have a terrible terrible fear of her catching RSV I have done since befor...

My partner and I have been through a toxic relationship. Even before we got together he was very hot and cold with me. I bent over backwards to help him after he crashed his car and found out on our second date that he had a baby due but wasn't with the mother as she left him after a few months. Fast forward a year ...

I’m nearly a year postpartum and I just found out my husband has been talking to other women. The conversations were hidden and saved as male names… honestly I’m heartbroken! I’m writing this here because we have been no contact with his mom (her choice because she didn’t agree with how we’re raising our little on...

Hello! I have to ask you guys. How do you deal with being alone with your baby or even children out in public??? I'm from a small island and I'm not saying crime isn't a thing. It's just you know, the states is just a much LARGER scale. And being a first-time mom, my husband gone a lot for work, and my first-time b...

so i’m currently 7 weeks postpartum & my partner is grilling me about sex. he’s constantly saying sexual comments, touching me and flirting to the point ofme being uncomfortable. i tried and it is painful and uncomfortable. i’m not ready or interested but did it to shut him up. now i’m just not feeling it and he’s c...

2 weeks before my little man turned 2 we lost his grandad (my dad) suddenly and quite traumatically. now his grandad was HIS PERSON, he absolutely adored him, he was a completely different child when my dad was around. the problem i’m facing is how i earth do i explain to him that grandad isn’t here anymore in a w...

It’s not something talked about , so is it a thing , I’m feeling so down extreme lack of energy more so then the first pregnancy , complete loss of interest don’t want to socialise or meet with friends I just stay home as don’t think I can face going out and pretending I’m ok

Hey so my daughter have just turned 15 months old. I found out I’m now 4 weeks pregnant, we didn’t try but didn’t avoid this if that makes sense. And I know it sounds absolutely terrible but I can’t help but think have I done the right thing? I’m really nervous about having a 2 year old and a newborn and feel so gui...

10 days postpartum with a healthy baby boy, but I can't stop crying, I've been crying none stop since leaving the hospital, I feel so deflated, don't want to hold my baby or feed him, feel like he doesn't love me, I know baby blues are normal but I want to be put of this state I don't want to stay like this and I'm ...

Hi ! My baby is 10 months old and for the last month i’d say i’m just not feeling like myself.. everything is hard to do, I get annoyed really fast at some things my kids do and I am crying a whole lot.. since the birth of my second child it has been a rough journey but I have always managed.. however now I feel a m...

Now imagine feeling that your best isn't good enough and being told its not too. This is really sad. My daughter told me out of nowhere three times the past few weeks basically that I am not good enough. She said I could be a better mom. She said I should do better. She said if I were you I would do this or do tha...

Title is a bit dramatic but has anyone been feeling emotional lately? Like I just cried while I was putting my son’s newborn clothes away( in a storage bin), then I cried because I saw the horses that survived the hurricanes, then got emotional because I saw a cat kissing her owner on TikTok….. I hugged my Australia...

How would you feel if your man does not kiss you anymore once they get home and before going to bed and hasn’t kissed you at all in all day? Then you notice they’ve changed after baby is here. I walked in when he was in the bathroom and man was watching “porn”. Most women say that is considered cheating. For me it’s...

I'm not really sure why I'm posting maybe for reassurance that I'm not crazy or others feel the same. I'm starting my 2nd trimester, and I have an almost 2yr old. I'm so exhausted and out of breath all the time. My doctor just keeps saying "it's normal" I know it's considered normal but I literal can not live my da...

How do I stop blaming myself and having such mom guilt for my son getting diagnosed with ASD?

Hi, I don’t really know how to start this but.. I’ll try my best. I’ve been with my husband for 7 years. I started to realize I was in a narcissistic relationship and I tried to heal him and understand him. I realized he had a lot of childhood trauma. And i believed that perhaps that’s why he’s the way he is..But as...

I gave birth to my daughter early hours this morning and unfortunately she’s in the NICU and unable to stay with me. I can visit as much as I like but must return to the ward for observations, medication and sleep. I’m finding it really triggering being the only mum on the ward without her baby and watching them al...

Anyone else’s baby cry because they want to be held but then cry because they are being held?

Maybe I’m over exaggerating, but if my son hit himself as a mother I want to console him. She’s always rushing to get there before me and if he’s trying to wiggle his way, to me she’ll hold tighter. He eventually breaks free and comes running to me. Anddd, when I come home from work I like to go on our walks and it...

Do you guys know if it’s safe to give head during postpartum? I can’t remember