Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

I have a hard time not being in the room with baby. I recently started putting her in her crib and then going back downstairs to try to get a bit of a bedtime routine. It feels like I’m missing a limb. Not being in the same room with her is so hard, not being able to hear her breathing. I can’t fully relax. Is thi...

Anyone else feeling some ab tightness / soreness or slight pain with their growing bellies? I’m 25 weeks and went through a growth spurt the past 5 weeks and some days my upper abs and sides just feel super tight / sore and a little uncomfortable as my belly is growing. As of now I don’t think its anything to worry ...

i’m sure most stay at home moms have gone through this. but i’m struggling. i’ve stayed home with my 14 mo son since he was born and i feel like i just lost who i am. i feel like im just a mom (not JUST a mom because we have a hard job but you know what i mean) and i want to start feeling like myself again. i also j...

I’m 16 weeks pregnant and I’ll have to get knee cap surgery has anyone been thur that while pregnant before? Or having to fix a brown bone while pregnant?

At a point where I should be happy because I’m alive & things are not so bad but I’m just not happy. I just got out of a 16 month relationship with my ex boyfriend who lived with my daughter and I and I feel so abandoned like when her dad left. My head hurt today. I cried and cried! Trying to get myself to fight thi...

Please help how do you make weeing when postpartum less painful. I’m using a perineal bottle but it’s not helping that much and it’s stinging so much. Any advice?

Is anyone else’s baby losing their hair? He pulls it when I’m breastfeeding him so I hold his hand but I think it’s also just falling out too?

I am so unhappy. My baby is so happy and energetic but all I can think about is what he can’t do. All I think about is how he can’t communicate his wants and needs. I’m glad he can run, play, laugh, learn but i keep thinking about his deficits. I can’t afford speech therapy or ABA and he is suffering because of it. ...

People be saying how I’m behaving now my baby will be like this so like sleeping a lot or eating a lot. My mum is telling me to stop being angry because my baby will be angry too when it’s here lol 🤣 is that true in any cases?

I’ve been dealing with postpartum rage on and off for almost two years. I’m on anxiety medication which helps some but not all. I recently found out I’m pregnant and the pregnancy rage is unreal. I can go from zero to sixty with no warning, over stupid things. After I’m left drained and feeling so incredibly embarra...

My daughter cry’s very dramatic. For everything! I understand she’s a baby. Example: I told her she can’t put her mouth on the store cart & she throws her self back & cry’s so loud full of tears. Everyone is looking like I did something to her or maybe judging. I learn to just leave her alone & calm down. Then I’l...

I am absolutely terrified to call my GP (I’m in the UK). I have the support of a PND group which I attend (we are certain I have PND/PNA) and I haven’t been ready to call my dr, maybe because I didn’t want to admit it but also because I’m terrified of them taking my baby even though I know they won’t. I feel very mu...

Has anyone else had loud angry arguments with your partners. I am feeling so guilty and stressed that it will negatively affect the baby. It’s not just one off. We’ve had a few now. Will this affect the baby’s mental health please? I feel so bad that I can’t control my emotions better

Does anybody else have a baby that is just utter hard work?? Like soo clingy put her down she cries, fights her sleep milk etc. My partner works lates shifts also I have a 2 other kids I can't cope. Afternoons are just utter dread she just cries, put her down just cries, shes crawlinf and into everything. I can't ev...

Just checking in here to see if I’m the only one going through this… I’m 36 weeks (almost 37) and the last week+ I’ve been feeling super emotional, anxious and borderline depressed. For context, I’ve been having an absolutely amazing pregnancy so far and up until this point have felt amazing. This change is really s...

How long should I wait to have sex and bath? 3 weeks postpartum currently and can’t even feel where my stitches were, no pain at all, bleeding has almost completely stopped?

I won’t go into details as I think majority of gals in this group know this feeling. But how do I stop letting it annoy me so much? It’s doing me more harm than good and unfortunately I can’t just cut her out and have to see her occasionally because of our 4m old. What’s your advice for no longer caring and stopping...

So my baby is now 7 weeks old, she is so adorable and not really a difficult baby. I’m struggling so much with my mental health, I always had depression and anxiety but it has gotten way worse now with my newborn, never thought that having a baby is going to trigger so much anxiety. What do you do on a daily bases t...

Hi all. In desperate need of advice please. Since my baby was born I feel like I have been judged left, right and centre. Commenting on her development “oh she isn’t smiling. Oh she isn’t walking yet” So far she has hit all of her milestones but just a bit later than expected…she was a month early also. Anyway, this...

Is anyone having lower back pain or strain from picking baby up or putting push chair in the car? I must be weak as my baby is only going to grow 🤦🏽‍♀️. I’m going to work on strengthening my core I think. Any advice? Xx