Articles & Expert Guides on Postpartum Care

Medically-reviewed expert guides, tips, real-life stories, and articles on Postpartum Care

September Babies, September Moms: What Caring for Both Actually Looks Like

C-Section Shelf: What It Is, Why It Happens, and How to Actually Deal With It

Tassia O'Callaghan

Can’t Keep Your Cool? Surviving Postpartum Rage Without Losing Your Mind

Tassia O'Callaghan

What’s an Epidural Headache & How Can I Treat It?

Katie Mill

Your Complete Guide to the 4th Trimester

Tassia O'Callaghan

First Night Home from the NICU: What to Expect

Dr. Frankie Harrison

Postpartum Discharge: How Long Does It Last?

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

Postpartum Workout Plan Tips: How to Start and Why

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

Postpartum Preeclampsia: Risks, Symptoms, and Treatment

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

Postpartum Hemorrhoids: What You Need to Know

Deborah Vieyra

What is Postpartum Thyroiditis? Triggers and Treatment

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

Why Do I Get Postpartum Night Sweats?

Deborah Vieyra

40 Postpartum Essentials for Mom After Birth

Tassia O'Callaghan

Postpartum Diet: Top Tips On What to Eat After Birth

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

All You Need to Know About a Vaginal Tear

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

Sex After a C-Section: 6 Things You Need to Know

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

What are the Possible Postpartum Complications?

Deborah Vieyra

What’s Causing My Postpartum Headache?

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

Postpartum Bleeding: What’s Normal and What’s Not

Peanut

Postpartum Hypertension: High Blood Pressure After Birth

Mairi Bunce

From the community

Postpartum research

Im a pregnant university student and I was wondering if anyone would actually be interested in filling out a questionnaire for postpartum depression risk factors before I decided what my topic is. I think this topic definitely needs more research and now that im about to be a mum its given me a new perspective on how stigmatised mothers mental health can be

Postpartum bleeding

3 weeks 2 days postpartum today and mannnnn I cannot wait to stop wearing pads 🙃

I’m now using normal pads rather than postpartum maternity pads but I’m so sick of it, it makes me feel so unclean and unhygienic. Anyone else?

If you’ve already stopped bleeding / had a previous pregnancy, how long did it take for your bleeding to stop?

Bio dad

I’m just now one week postpartum my daughter’s dad who wanted a baby really desperately ghosted me in the Pregnacy had excuses every time for why he wouldn’t show up he’s been in and out didn’t buy nothing for the baby I had contact with him asked he wanted to know anything after she was born. Wanted to know who she resembled her entire name about the birth certificate said he wanted to meet his daughter asked if the Drs asked where the dad was at delivery then he disappeared again won’t respond it breaks my heart we dated he used to be completely different then now he’s gone again I feel I won’t be happy again I won’t find a good guy one day and just be happy can some moms tell me ur story dose gets better did you ever move on from ur child’s father get married or was happy?

Loss hair

Please someone help me alot of loss hair I had have one year like this my doctor says "your low iron" but now it increased....im really frustrated what i do? I have 3 years leaving in canada and I drinking filter water "(

Non first time mums answer honestly!

As my LO's first birthday is approaching, I am getting hit with a really heavy sense of nostalgia, missing the lead up to my baby's delviery, even labour and that fresh post partum feeling. My question is, does it feel as special the second time around?? Im upset I'll bever get to experience that feeling again.

Postpartum hair loss

I am suffering with postpartum hair loss and just wondered if anyone recommended anything to take or try to help with it? I know it’s hormones but it’s so difficult seeing so much come out when I’ve never had issues with my hair☹️

Am I in the wrong for this?

So my (21f) good friend (20f) (let’s call her Jenna) have birthdays in the same week. I am three months postpartum and two weeks post cancer surgery so it’s hard for me to plan anything for my birthday (let alone anything else)
So I went into our friends group chat and tried talking about my birthday and what we could do, I even asked Jenna if she wanted to have something conjoined to avoid having the stresses of planning something. As soon as I sent that message she came in there and immediately started talking about her birthday, and basically just said “fuck no” to the conjoined birthday idea.
This isn’t the only time she does this, whenever I try to talk about something that’s bothering me, or something that’s going on in my life she feels the need to bring the conversation back to being about herself. I’ll tell her that I’m really struggling with postpartum and I feel like I don’t have a lot of support and she’ll just jump in and go “yeah girl I feel you. I just got broken up with and it’s so hard” and she’ll just send multiple LONG messages about what she’s going through to drown out my message. She’s been doing it since we were younger but honestly this is my breaking point. I just wanted to celebrate my birthday with my friends and now I won’t even be able to bc everyone got HER birthday off and I was basically just told to kick rocks. I really don’t get why having a conjoined birthday celebration with a good friend of yours when she’s struggling is such a horrible idea.
So AITA for refusing to go to my friend’s birthday celebration bc she clearly doesn’t care about mine or what I’m going through?

Episiotomy healing

I had my baby 7 weeks ago and I had to get a Episiotomy done and it opened like a week pp and today it looks like it’s still slightly open at my opening will it heal slightly open or will it eventually close fully so my vagina will look the same as before I gave birth. I’m worried my vagina is now gunna look deformed and I’m worried about having sex with my partner again.

How do I get rid of a persistent thought?

I went round my friends house nearly a year ago and the past 3 days my brain has been insistent that I left my daughter there. I spend every day with my daughter and we sleep in the same room, but my brain is still insisting that I left her at my friend's and that my daughter isn't my daughter even though I know she is...
I've tried identifying the thought, finding evidence for it and coming up with a logical alternative thought but it doesn't get rid of it.

Post partum hair loss

My second baby is almost 6 months but I’ve been losing hair like this regularly for the past 2 months and I’m not sure if it’s worth going to the doctors? Anywhere I go I leave a trail of hair and I dread hair wash day in the fear of losing more 😭 I never lost this much hair for this long with my first baby but my whole pregnancy and everything was completely different with my second… Anyone else had anything similar and how did they prevent balding? 🥺