Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

I am currently having therapy for PND, I have returned to work and have generally been feeling a lot better recently. However this weekend I feel the worst that I have done in a while. I feel exhausted from juggling, guilty about leaving my baby and have been arguing with my partner since Thursday. I cried for hours...

Hi all, I’m not quite sure how to describe this but I hope some mothers out there understand where I’m coming from. I absolutely am in love with my baby and I have so much more love for my partner now that we are a family. I do have to say that my life has changed dramatically since having a baby (now 4 months) ...

Hey mamas, I may just be being over sensitive, but on Wednesday I had gallbladder removal surgery, so I’m very sore, swollen and can’t lift (not easy with. 1 year old!) My mum has taken over the bulk of the childcare as I’m a single parent and now my little girl doesn’t want to go near me…my mum keeps saying to her ...

that there's also paternal postpartum depression for men.... Sorry in my last post I called it postpartum depression.

Hey lovely ladies!! My baby girl is now 4 months old and I am severely struggling with postpartum hair loss. My hair is the one thing I absolutely love about myself and what makes me feel confident and I am truly devastated it’s falling out at a rapid rate. Any tips for regrowth and also some reassurance on when ...

My mom heart is shattered. My little one fell off the bed. This was my biggest fear so I set the space up accordingly with barriers while I stood three feet away. typically i would put her on the floor but I was clearing the space where her floor mat is to make room for her playpen. And the instant I heard the thud ...

I’m 6 months postpartum and I’ve been keeping myself so busy that I don’t have time to just think. Or time to be by myself or to feel my feelings. Until my husband said he feels depressed and made me think he has no damn reason to feel this way when I’m the one with no family, no friends & I work from home so I’m a...

My best friend recently recommended Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Motherhood by Lucy Jones. So far, I'm really enjoying it, and it is a wonderful read for any mother. Well, listen for me... with a 14 month old and currently 34 weeks pregnant Audible is all I can handle.

Please seek help like everyone said, no shame in that and understand people comments was to help you and your baby. The post was deleted without your answer. I really hope your baby is ok and you as well. DM if you want, no judgement, just don't want anything to happen to that baby

I have never been bothered by social media previously, I’m pretty comfortable and generally happy in myself and with my life. But, things just hit differently when it comes to motherhood. To put it bluntly: - I rarely kept active or ate particularly well in pregnancy because I was so sick and in pain 24/7 so basic...

For those who have given birth before/already this month - at which stage of dilation did you start needing pain relief and what did you use? Would be really helpful to know if people are happy to share :)

My 3 year old recently (the last 1.5 months) has been extremely attached to me (I am a SAHM) to the point where she won't let me sleep in the other room, she won't let me leave her with dad while I go out, she won't let anyone else babysit her. She used to be good with all this, then suddenly she's not. She goes bal...

Me and hubby had the most senseless argument in front of our toddler this morning, our voices were a little bit raised and my toddler said “stop it” this instantly brought the argument to an end. We looked at ourselves realising how badly we messed up. We both apologised to her and ourselves, hug and kissed in front...

So this has come up a few times now but my ex won’t come out and just say it. I was raised Catholic so got all the usual celebrations (Christmas, Easter etc.) but as I got older I become Buddhist. Before I met my ex I was regularly going temple and such.. as soon as we got together I stopped. Not because I didn’t w...

I feel lied to. I was sold the dream of how beautiful pregnancy is. But I find nothing about it beautiful. My body is giving out on me, my hip bones feel misaligned and cause excruciating pain when I move, the nausea, I had acne, my husband doesn’t understand and is losing sympathy etc. Everything hurts!!!! I never...

For the past few months, my 6 month girl cries whenever she sees a certain few male family members and often cries at men she doesn't know when out and about. Does anyone know why this happens and if there is anything I can do to help? She has never had a negative encounter with the few family members but she only h...

Trying to work out if I'm depressed or if this is just normal as I'm welling up daily

Hey! My LO was born on 13th and I experienced a second degree tear and needed quite a few stitches. I am so afraid to go number 2 now 😭 has anyone got any recommendations to make that experience a little easier?

I’m 8 months PP and still yet to do the deed. I’m terrified as it still doesn’t feel right down there and I’m worried it never will. I had an assisted delivery with episiotomy and still having ongoing physio for my pelvic floor as a result. Just wondered what others experience is with recovery, does it ever feel the...

She’s been this way for almost 6 months now and it’s getting worse. I know it’s a difficult age but it’s not even about the tantrums she just miserable all the time. She lies down on the floor and cries at the smallest thing, sometimes for no reason at all that we can see. It’s making me so sad to see her so upset a...