Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

I’m going to take my 11.5 months baby to the nursery soon but feel so, so anxious about it. I can’t stop the train of negative thoughts around leaving my baby with strangers. Of course people are nice to your face but I don’t know how they could be behind your back. I don’t know how to cope with the lack of visibili...

My 6 month olds belly button looks like this but is not painful for her when I touch. I googled and I think it’s a hernia but as long as it’s not painful it says it will go away before the age of 4. Has anyone else’s little one had this and what did you do? Should I take her to the doctors for this now or should I j...

Curious if/when others have left their baby with their dad? I exclusively breast feed so until I start using a pump I don’t intend to leave her for longer than a shower. My partner is ok with her but isn’t the most hands on dad, much to my disappointment. I have an activity for my 30th in 6 weeks time which means...

My daughter is 2years 3months old and is currently being referred for ASD They are convinced she is on the spectrum but I'm here to ask for advice, her 'behaviour' is so so hard to manage she is my first daughter and I'm learning as she grows so it's all very very new to me I do have a 1 year old son aswell I'm rea...

How do you address when you feel like you’re not being listened to when family and friends don’t listen to what you tell them??? I don’t want to cause an argument but i.e family member wanted to hold, I passed baby over and said to keep rock to sleep they don’t listen and baby woke up and I had to start over. I am s...

I was losing literally 0 hair up till the 4th month post partum, and ever since then it's been non stop and quite a lot 🥴 so I'm curious what people are experiencing and what to expect roughly.

hey guys any advice i’m sooo insecure to even wear my hair up but it’s the only stile i can wear right now with the baby and my wild hair

I don't know if I'm being overly sensitive about this situation so looking to see what others think, my partners dad my father in law made a comment on my babies appearance, he said that on some recent pictures I had posted that my baby looked like gollum from lord of the rings. I never said anything at the time as ...

What actual help is there for mums struggling with their children? What can GPs do??? My 2.5 is very challenging. I find myself in a constant state of stress. I nd up shouting at her for not listening and easily loose my patience with her. I would never hurt her or anything like that. I just struggle to cope wi...

Hey everyone, my girl is 15 months and just started nursery, she is the happiest baby usually but cries so much now when we leave her there and apparently has been crying during the day too, can someone tell me it gets better? Shes only been 2 full days so far and will be doing the same next week and I feel so nervo...

Hi all! I’m 10 days PP but my stitches are causing me havoc I don’t know why I expected to just feel no pain and heal within a week with them but they’re awful, im struggling to stand as the intense pressure pain is awful I can only describe it as I feel as though I’ve been punched down there - it doesn’t sting it’...

Have the worst mum guilt this morning hope I’m not the only one this has happened to. My little girl is only just turned 5 months and she wasn’t strapped in I went to the toilet came back she was out of the chair. Honestly I feel like the worst mum in the world worrying she’s hurt herself, checked her over she isn’t...

Hi mommas! I have started postpartum hair loss and it’s coming out like crazy. Any tips or tricks to help it stop?

Im only 21 I have a one year old and im pregnant with my second my sister is so mean to my son she curses at him (I’ve told her multiple times not to) everything he does she has a problem with I always tell her he’s just a kid he doesn’t understand she yanks him by the arm and it’s just a lot I’ve told her multiple ...

I’m losing motivation to do anything anymore.. I don’t know what it is. Currently at work holding back tears. Maybe period maybe coming early or maybe it’s just everything that has happened lately. Baby fell off the bed and had to go ER week ago, my fiance had meltdown at work due to unfair work treatment and decide...

Has anyone had sex before 6 weeks post postpartum? We weren’t planning for it to happen it just did and now I’m freaking out. Help😩

hi everyone, i honestly feel like im at a breaking point lately and im not sure what to do. first off i am a single 22 year old mom to a 1.5 year old little girl, im also a full time nursing student. i was so excited to go back to school to give my daughter and i a better life but everything has been so overwhelming...

I’m nearly a year postpartum and I have so many random health conditions since. I have liver issues, joint pain constantly and my back is in bits always. I’ve developed an intolerance to alcohol also (which could be linked to my liver, but never have been a heavy drinker) so it’s all up in the air. Like I feel 60 in...

I'm pregnant with my second my first is a toddler. My first I suffered really badly with postpartum depression and psychosis. As I'm closer to my due date it feels as if myt firstborn is unbearable again and I feel the mindset I was in before coming back. The birth of my firstborn was very traumatic and I'm terrifie...

Let me preface by saying i hate crying. Nothing wrong with those that are brave enough to cry in front of others, u just personally never really do it. But… Starting the day i was getting discharged from the hospital after my birth (C-section), I just have been so emotional. I bawled my eyes out that same night aft...