Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

I’m so anxious, nervous, worried, every emotion about leaving my baby for 3 days. Me and my partner have a wedding to go, hit brothers, and is 6 hours away and they don’t want children there, plus it would be a hassle to bring her so my mum is having her. I was okay with it but now it’s 3 days away and I’m crying ...

Im due to be induced in a couple of days and I'm struggling to feel any kind of joy about everything. I have so many anxious thoughts and worrys. So much going on with home life, we have a puppy and a 2 year old. I would list all my worries but we would be here for days but mainly I'm just worried about the change a...

I have a question for the mamas who delivered vaginally. I had a tear and several lacerations. Everyone around me had a C-section so I’m struggling to ask this question to my friends and family, but is it supposed to hurt after the first time? For me , it has been every time. We were first intimate when I was 40 day...

How do you guys deal with the postpartum anxiety? I just delivered my first baby 5 days ago and I swear I’m so anxious and I legit cry everyday. Does it get better? Also I am on an antidepressant and being followed by a doctor for this….

So my daughter is 29 months (2 years old 5 months) She just started walking in Jan 2025 but she’s still not talking or potty trained. She gorges in food && only seems to focus on something for .05 seconds. She doesn’t play with her interactive toys correctly instead she just throws her toys everywhere around my hous...

Going on antidepressants and anxiety meds ,due to my relationship to be honest ,anything to make my self seem happy so my 2nd child doesn't loose her father like my first did 🫠 actually give up its never the man's problems for his behaviour but everyone else's

My baby feel off my bed she’s 4 months old we were both sleeping but she likes to move around to much and I didn’t hear her fall but I heard her cry loud. Stopped crying when I picked her up now she acting normal idk if I should call her doctor but I can’t stop crying bc I feel like a bad mother

Anyone else struggling with their hormones in 3rd trimester? Ever since I hit 28 weeks which is over a week ago now I’ve been so down, can’t stop crying and when being asked why the answer is always “I don’t know” is this a sign of antenatal depression? Just wondering if anyone else is going through similar feelings.

Can you get medication for anger issues? Long story short I’m 22 weeks pregnant and I know hormones can play a massive part in anger issues but I was angry before I was pregnant. I can go from 0-100 in seconds and say the most hurtful things to my husband. Even though I say to him I won’t say them again, I do when I...

I need someone to talk to, as I feel guilty now, but this morning I was feeling really self neglected, I have been trying to do things which can help me get a bit better and be more focused on myself too get better, I have been fighting postpartum depression and anxiety for some time now, I know 4 month isn’t that l...

Hello! My little girl just turned 1 and her hair growth has been on my mind a lot lately. I know all babies are different but I feel like her hair just isn’t growing up the top / front ? The back is growing- still not a lot but growing. Just the top / front. So many babies younger I see have heaps of hair. Should ...

Hi guys… I get my implant removed next week and I’m so nervous… I know how it’s gonna get removed and I know what to expect during the removal and I know that my body will go back to normal as soon as it’s taken out but I’m really nervous. I don’t like needles or cuts or stuff like that… my mum will be coming with m...

need some help/opinions so my little girl who's 7 is becoming out of control in school to the point she's lashing out throwing stuff etc and fbis has been going on since she started year 2 and she won't stop she's not like that at home and physically and mentally i can't take it anymore it's draining me and it's mak...

I am struggling with the guilt that I just don't seem to love my baby like I did/do my first born. Will this get better in time? Everyone says your heart grows but I just don't want it to be obvious I have a favourite of this feeling doesn't go away. Is this normal?

Im feeling really guilty about annoucements/baby gender reveals and baby showers. This will be our first child, and only child as we had to get help to conceive, and it's been a long journey of multiple losses and awful heartbreaks over and over... I'm not exactly excited and still not really embracing it's final...

Does everyone else go through pregnancy depression

I have a daughter, age 4. I’m religious but her father isn’t fully there yet. He wasn’t raised in the Word like I was and he tends to do things like curse, be verbally homophobic, or call ppl “demons” when playing video games. I’m in the process of leaving him because his parenting style doesn’t promote positivity a...

Have you been having hair loss? Does everyone get it or majority? Also is there anything you have used for the hair like any supplements?

So I attended a baby shower about two weeks ago, for me to attend this shower, I had to stay the night at my mil house due to us not having a vehicle (it’s in the shop) but anyway my younger sister in law had to stay here with my husband and the kids due to my older sister in law not wanting kids at her big day 🙄…

Can anyone relate. I become so angry and hateful and tearful when I’m due on like it’s so bad, it feels like my real emotions that I feel when I’m not due on but it’s like x100. When I’m due on I feel like I’m too soft when I’m not due on and these are my true emotions which I hide 🤦🏽‍♀️ I’ve been like this since a…