Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

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Is it just me? 🤷🏼‍♀️

My baby is now 6 months old but I still feel like I’ve got the baby blues. I get really down (not all the time) cry over silly things. I’ve always had depression and anxiety but this feels different. Is this normal or is it just me?

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Postpartum nesting 😂😂

Hello mommas, how’re all our september babies doing? Eating alot? Turning you into an hungry big cookie monster? Ahahah you’re not alone… so, is postpartum nesting even a thing? Mine as gotten worse! I can’t stand a fly, mess or dirt in my house. Its funny cos everything is just so organised it scares me 😂 and also…

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Postpartum sex

I had a baby 8 weeks ago and me and my husband have not had sex since baby was born…..I feel quite nervous about it in case it doesn’t feel the same anymore and if my husband doesn’t feel the same pleasure as before. We haven’t had sex for about 5 months as I just wasn’t interested towards the end of pregnancy. ...

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Awaiting surgery

Any mommas on here have had open heart surgery for their LO . My poor baby is in the hospital still been there for almost a month and it looks like we will be here mid November early December and I’m struggling my whole life turned upside down and I miss being able to snuggle and play with him 💔 has anyone been…

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Almost 14 weeks - emotional wreckkkkk

I can’t stop crying 😭 I just feel so overwhelmed and am so sensitive to everything. my husband will ask me how i’m doing and i just burst out into ugly crying. ughhhhh pregnancy is so wild

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Postpartum hair loss

Hey mamas, I’m almost at two years postpartum this December anyone else still struggling with hair growth? I have what I like to call “wings” on the sides of my hair near my ears. They stick out like little bat wings. Anyone else experiencing this?

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Broken 💔

How do you get over the pain of knowing you chose the wrong father to your children? It eats away at me every single day and I’m laying here in floods of tears as I write this. I just wish I was wiser but I was being controlled by and manipulating narcissistic man who I thought I loved and now my kids have the wor...

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Gallbladder removal

Has anyone had their gallbladder removed during pregnancy? I’ve been having stomach pains and the doc found a large gallstone that’s needs surgical removal. Very nervous! 17 weeks pregnant

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How to deal with a Toxic mom

So my mom has moved close to us so she can be of help with my pregnancy and with the baby once born. I appreciate her help in some situations including the cooking and just being around. However, she is extremely toxic. She has an extreme victim mindset and has carried entire generational trauma and never lets anyt...

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Toddler separation/ parent preference

Not sure if anyone is going through anything similar but our daughter has always been really independent but recently I can’t leave a room without loads of tears and her calling for me constantly. Obviously I love that she wants me but now she’s really struggling going to bed and gets hysterical when we go to leave ...

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Anyone else losing hair??!

I just pulled back my hair and saw I completely lost all of my hair on my edges. I can see my scalp!!! Postpartum is serious. Any recommendations to grow it back?

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Not feeling mentally strong anymore

As third trimester comes closer to the end, I am struggling. I feel trapped in my body, scared of all of the uncertainties, tired from disturbed sleep patterns and body aches… I tried talking to my husband about how I do not feel emotionally strong anymore… and he cannot relate. I don’t know what to do. I assume th...

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Help? 😅

I’m six days postpartum, ever since the baby has came I’ve not been able to control my bladder or even feel when my bladder is full, so it’s not been too fun the past couple of days 😅 is this normal? If so, is there anything that helps? Thanks 🫶🏼🤍

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Postpartum baby blues or just real fucking emotions?

I planned a homebirth that ended in a c section because they lied to me. I'm having a hard time processing and accepting all the consequences that comes with doing things unnaturally. I feel robbed of my very first childbirth experience and now I'm sad all of the time about it. I'm happy to have baby girl, but I jus...

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Sadness when attachment decreases

Please be kind. This is something I'm really struggling with as time goes on. My 15 m.o has always been a mummy's girl but I worry about how mums that are super close to their little ones go when their child naturally wants them less and less. I know it's a natural, normal thing to happen but i am beside myself with...

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Jaundice

My son is now having the blue light therapy as he is confirmed to have jaundice. I was flagging it from day 1 as he was just so lethargic and not drinking anything. After a day theyve finally checked him to realise its quite bad and he has the highest amount of the lights he can, hes hooked up with a tube thru his n...

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Depression

Is depression common during pregnancy period? Am 24 weeks currently and feel depressed with no hope most of the time. Little things irritates me. Sometimes I don’t want my hubby to leave me while at times don’t even want to see him😡. In general, life is normal with some ups and downs. I am really concerned about…

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Baby fever 19 weeks postpartum

Is it normal to look at photos of your baby ad a newborn and feel like time is passing by too fast? Like you didn’t enjoy them enough because you were going through all the emotions. Me personally I always felt like I wasn’t spending enough time and she was growing too fast and always felt guilty from the start. I ...

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Postpartum Rage

I feel like my hormones are out of whack still, and I have so much rage built up in me. My husband works and helps me sometimes but I never get a break EVER and I love my baby so much but between my husband needing more out of me and me having to be a mother and everything else it’s so much. I don’t want to over rea...

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How long did it take for your hormones to drop/baby blues to kick in?

I'm at 8 days pp and I haven't felt too much change in my emotions. I expected for it to hit me pretty hard, I'm also worried it's gonna hit me like a Mac truck... How long did it take for you?

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