Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

My baby hasn't dropped yet (due today FTM) and wondered how people felt before vs after dropping? I feel like my pelvis/lower abdomen has been so crampy because she's trying to wiggle down there.. Is there a bit of relief as they slot in? What is peoples experiences?

We had problems in the past and life has gotten a lot better. Or so I thought. Now I'm not sure. My daughter a little over a year ago mentioned harming herself (all the way) and got into crisis counseling and then normal counseling. We made a lot of lifestyle changes and I homeschool now and things hav been so wel...

I’m really struggling with PPD and my mum wants to stay for a few days. This would be so useful but I feel like I’m failing. I’m 29 and feel like I should be able to cope a year in but some days are still bad.

My daughter is 4.5 months and still has just a little bit of peach fuzz. I’m seeing a lot of babies her age with full heads of hair and just curious when everyone’s babies started to get hair! I love my little bald babe but am looking forward to getting to style it 🥰

At the end of the month I’m suppose to be going online a family girls trip to NYC, for 3 nights…Without my baby. She’s suppose to be spending a couple nights with my parents and then back home with my husband. I’m having a really hard time deciding if i should go or not. She’ll be 11m old so it’s not like she’s a n...

I’ve been wanting to try for baby number 2 for a couple of months now and my partner agreed this month. But we’ve just had unprotected sex and I’m not sure if I regret it. Has anyone else experienced this. My first daughter is 21 months

is it okay to feel overstimulated when baby just screams a lot lol, last night I cried so much with a lack of sleep and I’m 6 months post Partum, does anyone feel like this sometimes im a single mummy to a beautiful boy and I love him so much, just sometimes I burst out crying or I feel guilty because I told him ple...

I’m due to give birth anytime now and have been referred to the perinatal team due to just feeling anxious, they did say if I didn’t meet criteria they would advise other services but they have sent me a letter taking me under their care as ‘moderate’ now I’m panicking thinking there definitely is something wrong wi...

Has anyone looked at themselves down there and the aftermath right after birth? I have not and I don’t want to.. I just felt it with my hands and I feel my stitches.. is it normal that my stitches feel like a balloon and form on the outside of my skin rather than inside.. I literally have it down my anus.. how...

My partner said to her that she's bound to want me and him, but she's saying it's unhealthy and not normal to want us all the time? She cries every time she's near her and wants to come back to me

I’m obviously not going to have sex right now as I am almost two weeks postpartum and had a second degree tear… just wondering for the mamas that tore when they had sex again??? My sex drive went down while I was pregnant but has since been so high since I had my baby so I’m thinking about it a lot 😅, I’m terrified…

I said I wasn’t going to cosleep and yet some nights its just easier. I said I wasn’t going to do screen time too early but here I am having my 2 month old watch dancing fruit so I can keep her distracted while I do things around the house. Do I feel any mom guilt? Barely, my child is healthy, loved, and I also need...

We got to leave the hospital today with our newborn. We had her on 3/5 and she had a few complications ended up in the Special Care Nursery (a level 2 NICU) this morning she was cleared and we got to bring her home! After being home I have found myself almost unable to stop crying because I have convinced myself tha...

What do you do/ or would you do when your BD/ex fiance is a narcissist and have hurt you severely during and after the pregnancy? Talk about all kinds of abuse including cheating... But loves his baby (9 months) and want to be present every step of the way. Baby however exclusively breastfeeds so can't go alone, ref...

So lately, I've been feeling so bummed and just so down, being 4 months postpartum, I haven't been able to do any high intensity workouts because of my knee being in so much pain. I'm still waiting on a referral to physical therapy for it. But in tip of that, the hair loss is real.. every day, it's 3-4 big clumps of...

Just had a pretty major surgery... my mom took of a few weeks to help with the kids and take care of me. It's day two and she's exhausted! My partner not only didn't take days off, he also did not visit at the hospital, seen or helped with the kids. He hasn't even phoned to check up on them or myself. I'm angry, I'm...

I have a friend who is also pregnant (further along), I was so excited we were going to be pregnant together. Anytime I try to talk to her about anything to do with the pregnancy she either takes the piss out of me or rejects the conversation for example every time I see her she laughs if I’m tired, and makes joke...

Why is it SO hard and emotional watching your child grow up ? I’m in tears all the time anymore. He’s only 3 but everything is changing and I don’t know how to cope with it. He’s my only one. I feel like anxiety all the time about it

Can anybody explain what this actually feels like? I have no idea if I’ve experienced it? Does it hurt I don’t understand 😂

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about my partner and how much I was struggling. He dumped me by text accusing me of the most horrendous things. As it turns out, he has been telling all his friends that I won’t let him speak to anyone and that I wouldn’t let him go anywhere, but he always came and went as he p...