Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

I have been on escitalopram for over a year now but have stopped when found out I was pregnant, but I’m really suffering I’m very emotional irritated mood swings my anger is through the roof. Did anyone else take there’s through pregnancy ?

My mom is entitled, treats me like a child and she DOESNT respect boundaries. It’s sad because we use to be close when I was a child, I felt safety in my mom, she was always mean at times I guess like any normal mom but her being miserable just started to take over and it bled all over my sister and I. When we start...

When my 3 month old baby starts crying, it can take a little while to settle again. If she’s hungry, and she starts crying for her milk, by the time I’ve made her a bottle etc, it can be a mission to settle her/get her to take the bottle because she’s so worked up! I’m worried it’s something I’ve done wrong? I cuddl...

Hi! Have any of you ladies had their wisdom tooth out? I had a top one removed yesterday night (emergency dentist), and the pain today has just kept getting worse! Did you take any time off work after having it removed? Or should I just pull on my big girl pants and get over it?

I dont like being classed as an older mum! I think it makes us feel awful. Im having my first child now due to having an u diagnosed medical condition for 5years. I've waited so long for my miracle. Being made to feel like an older mum though it's not nice. I had depression trying to make a baby and watching the eac...

Hi mamas, I am having a really hard time adjusting to motherhood. I honestly don’t know what it is. I love my baby girl so much but I sometimes don’t feel a connection to her. I feel so alone, I don’t feel like anyone understands me and I just don’t feel like I have anyone to talk to that’ll understand. I feel like ...

I have recently been diagnosed with epilepsy not that I have ever had a seizure but I am constantly worried that I will have one when am home alone with my child. I don’t know what I can do to stop myself from constantly being worried/stressed

Do you know that feeling when you wake up in the middle of the night and it’s cold and your diaper feels heavy. And there are so many strange sounds all around you, and it’s dark and scary. And you get a hit in your head and it’s your hand that’s on its own adventure. And you can’t control it at all and it flings ...

Context - I have an 11 week old baby, who seems to be suffering with recurring cold symptoms. Baby has a congenital heart condition, so is immunocompromised. AITA for taking my baby home from my in-laws house because MIL has a nasty cold? I arrived to the house with baby (as we were due to stay over and spend the...

Anyone diagnosed with PTSD & Generalized anxiety/social any type of anxiety ?

Why does it seem like its taking forever for my daughter's hair to grow a decent length? She was born with hair.. some. Even as she was crowning the dr exclaimed "baby has hair". But in certain lighting and in pics it looks as if she has a kiwi head if kiwi hair was an inch and a half long. I see other people's babi...

I been feeling overwhelmed and having anxiety and depression the last three months. I was doing so good and boom it came back. Wanting some support and friends.

im 5 mo pp and want to make a change this is out of control. so much hair falls out all the time.

That’s what my bff said and my son has autism level 3 I tried explaining to her about what autism is before and we’re both Christian’s however I don’t believe this and I was first so angry then I responded with love and education, still no response and I wanna cut her off now but I feel extremely sad rn and like if ...

Okay no judgement please but does anyone else get emotional and maybe even cry when they’re getting frustrated with their child and they yell at them for something? I don’t mean like if they’re genuinely doing something they’re not suppose to but trying to get my daughter to bed and she won’t lay down for long then ...

Have an almost 2 year old. We want another baby. I went though probably 1,000 injections, Around 100 dr appts to get pregnant (infertility treatments). We are so grateful to have a baby, some days I cry in relief that we finally have a child. I want to have another baby but just know it’s going to restart feelings...

Hey everyone! I’m 7 weeks postpartum and I literally feel like my insides are falling out when I squat down or stand for too long. I went to my postpartum follow up at 4 weeks and she said “everything is still healing” but didn’t ask to see me back. It is so much worse at night and I just don’t know if this is norma...

I’m almost 12 weeks postpartum. I lost my sweet girl exactly 2 weeks before my baby was born. She was 13 years old, but her death was completely unexpected, came out of absolutely nowhere. Even though it’s been 14 weeks since I lost her, I still feel like I can’t breathe without her. I love my baby boy more than a...

Y’all today my 14 month old was crying uncontrollably today and I felt so guilty, idk why she was crying. I think she was just sleepy. I ended up crying with her and trying to calm her down, I was home alone and just felt defeated. Has anyone else just felt this low before?

We have really limited visitors since we had our baby in December and worried about sickness & also just adjusting, recovering, living in our newborn bubble. But we’ve been seeing immediate family a little more often & dealing with the “I’ll get food for you & I can hold baby while you eat” or “come over so I can se...