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Newborn with no family around

Hi! Had my son almost 2 weeks ago and so far I’ve been somewhat adjusting. My mother was in town since he was born and recently left. Now it’s just my husband and I and I’m on maternity leave for about 6 weeks total. I’m just struggling with the fact that I no longer have any help from family and I know I might hav...

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I feel stuck..

somedays I don’t feel like myself and it’s driving me and my partner away.. somedays I wish I could click a button and restart my life but then again I wouldn’t have my baby.. I feel like i’m going no where. It’s hard.

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Loneliness

I’m having a hard week this week. Just feeling really lonely even though I’ve met up with friends and baby and I have been to a sensory class today. Not helped by my husbands family being weird about stuff, like his mum doesn’t seem interested in seeing me or baby, plus husband and I had a fight (rare) about his fam...

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People without family support

Anyone else out there a single mum & either not have any family or just no family support at all? How do you cope.. the mum guilt is unbearable my daughter doesn’t have doting grandparents or her father around

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Struggling to connect

Also, this might sound like an odd question, but does anyone struggle to connect with their baby whilst pregnant? I've seen some pregnant women really connected to their soon-to-be baby, and I feel I want to be at that stage too. I used to be more excited, but I’ve had some ups and downs with my in laws which has ma...

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Venting - Mental Health in America is a Joke

Called an assistance line with 3 areas stressing me out and keeping me up at night to vent/talk about solutions I already put in place. Purpose of the call was a sanity check/sounding board on my approach/topics. I got through one area and the person didn’t listen to half the things I said so I had to repeat 3 items...

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Idk

My 5 month old daughter doesn’t recognise me or smile after I come home from work after she sees me all day, I just feel sad

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Wellbutrin

Is anyone else taking Wellbutrin and does it help with your mood?

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Lonely world

So, I'm a 24 year old stay home mum I have a 3 year old girl and 7 month old boy And I feel so cut off from the world... I use to have my mum and grandma to talk to but I lost my mum 2022 and lost my grandma in febuary this year. Everyone tells me I have my partners family but it's not the same. I feel like I'm comp...

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Lf friends

Hi moms! Funny ng title but minsan gusto ko na talaga i-post yan sa socmed. Haha Fulfilling maging full-time working mom pero minsan sobrang nakakapagod din. Isa ako sa mga blessed to be working from home so present pa rin ako sa kids somehow, pero may cons din. Like wala na akong time sa sarili, at lalong walang t...

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Feelings of isolation

Hey everyone, im just wondering if there are other stay at home mums in this group? How do you cope with feelings of isolation? My decision to not return to work really worked for me when my second baby came along 2 years ago, but without a strong social group in the area, im now realising this wasn't the right deci...

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Sahm

Im a new stay at home mom. I just moved to a new state i dont have friends and my husband works all day and when he comes home i feel like i bother him and he eats and goes to bed which is absolutely fine. But i guess im trying to say im lonely.

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Anyone else? Just me?

Does anyone else ever feel like their SO hates them? Like we both have our reasons for not liking each other sometimes and we are extremely rocky but some days I just feel like he hates me. I don’t think I’m looking for advice just curious if anyone else ever feels this way.

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So alone in pregnancy

I’m feeling so alone in my pregnancy.. I don’t talk to my family much especially about anything I’m feeling because it’s always due to relationship struggles and I don’t want or need any judgement from anyone. My partner deals with his own stuff and I’m left to deal with all of this on my own. My thoughts my feeling...

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Moving

I’m still quite new to the military life, I’m due my little boy in 2 weeks which means I’ll be moving with my partner into military quarters. At first I loved the idea but now I’m starting to hate it, my mum live 2 minutes away and I don’t drive so the thought of moving somewhere further is making me so sad. (My par...

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Anyone else feeling really alone ?

I’ve been feeling very alone lately. I feel like I have no one to talk to that has anything in common with me. I’ve parted ways with some friends and the other ones are either not in relationships or not pregnant, they just won’t get anything I’m feeling. My husband tries so hard to be as supportive as he can but he...

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