Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

How long does it take for your menstrual cycle to start again after birth??

How long did it take for you to feel healed? I’m not talking ‘back to yourself’ as I know this can be a very long time, I just mean like not feeling poorly all the time. I’m 1 week postpartum today, downstairs isn’t so bad now but my tear is still quite sore, I feel so sick all the time and the past 2 days I’ve had ...

Seems like just too much going on. Trying to keep from crying but the only thing I can do is to try to keep being strong 💔

Is anyone else really struggling with this? I had my second baby nearly 7 months ago and I’m really struggling this time. I truly believe I had it the first time round with my first boy but I just ignored it.

I gave birth on the 22nd and tore in three places, including on the perineum. I am so scared to go the toilet and I know it’s brewing. Any tips please? Will it be painful or do I run the risk of the stitches coming apart? 😭😭😭

Does anyone on here have experience with pregnancy after a c section? I keep getting a pain where my scar is mostly when I’m walking like a stitch on one side of it, I’m assuming it’s just because my skin is stretching but just wondered if anyone else has experienced this?

My little one is now 7 months and has developed separation anxiety. Is there a way to help them get passed it. She hasn't been babysat loads as I've had no reason for someone else to look after her while I'm on maternity, but I'm back to work soon. So I got my mum to have her for four hours so she gets use to it. Th...

I've just had my second baby, and I keep getting the worst mum guilt for my toddler (he's 2.5 years old). Did anyone else experience this when having their second? I get worried that he will feel sad, left out or doesn't know how much we love him 😩 Just looking for reassurance really!

Anyone finding anything useful with hair loss and when does it slow down/stop? Does your hair look completely different after? I’m over 3 month PP now and the hair fall is shocking. Currently taking pregnacare vitamins and using rosemary hair oil :(

Am I the only person who experienced wanting to be kind of antisocial while pregnant? And no, it’s not like oh I’m depressed. Wanna stay in my bed and cry I don’t feel like it’s my depression. It’s just that I feel like I get annoyed so easy and people are always being negative and having the same exact things to co...

I had my first baby 5 weeks ago by emergency forceps delivery. How long did you wait until you had sex and was it painful? Me and my partner haven't had sex the whole time since conception. But I'm now worried about how my first time will be after being cut and stitched.

Anyone just start getting very bad postpartum hair loss . When I brush my hair a bunch of hair just falls out 😭😭

I went to a scan last week and they told me I have an anterior placenta so I may not feel my baby for a while and when I do it’ll be duller than what most people feel. Has anyone had this and can tell me when they first felt their baby?

Just a post to how we are all dealing with such nasty narcissistic women! It makes me so angry and ashamed that I share a gender with them! I am finding myself struggling with all things related to my partners baby mum at times. It's hard not to let it affect you, but when people are telling you to "ignore her" whe...

Just a rant, I'm 5 days pp and I'm so unbelievably over the discomfort of down below, it feels worse than half the pregnancy symptoms we had. I just want to no longer be swollen or sore down there😂

So my best friend since kindergarten has been upset with me and I have no idea why, and she won’t give me a straight answer. We hung out a few weeks ago and everything seemed normal and fine but a week or so after I noticed she wasn’t really talking to me and was taking long to reply when I tried. I gave her space f...

Hi. My LG has become such hard work, she won’t get dressed, it literally takes hours. She’s pushing boundary’s all the time and seems to think it’s funny. I think I’m peri menopausal and exhausted as she’s up half the night n bed swapping and I’m finding it really hard to manage, keep wondering if I am doing things ...

I’ve mentioned a few times that I want to go to therapy for my mental health. My partner is totally against it saying that if I were to do that it would end our marriage. I get that he is scared that I would be confiding in someone else when he want me to come to him, but I don’t feel like I fully know how to commun...

I need comforting words 😔😔 My daughter is getting some general bloodwork done tomorrow and I am feeling so much anxiety over it. I know how much she’s gonna cry and how hard she’s gonna make it moving her arm or something. But the test is necessary and i’m just trying to tell myself that it’s gonna only last for a…

I feel guilty like I messed up my daughter because she’s only 4 months and I’ve dropped my phone on her head a couple times and she rolled off the couch once. I feel like I ruined her is this normal?