Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

Mamas, how did you treat your hair loss postpartum? Nutrafol is too expensive!

He talks crazy like this on discord to random people that talk shit back to him they all hate each other I don’t get why they play together it’s weird …. I see this message an just like wow I think he has mental illness maybe multiple personalities he acts crazy some times then normal other all this is false and jus...

Is anyone else experiencing postpartum hair shedding? And has anyone found a product or supplement that actually works for this? I don’t trust reviews I read online because you never know who is getting paid to leave a good review!

Anyone else experiencing Braxton hicks?? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I'm 34 weeks now

Hello everyone! I could really use some advice. I've got a 14-month-old daughter and a 3-month-old son. Things have been a bit crazy since my son was born as I literally had two under one. And now I have two under two. Also my husband works abroad every other month. So he is one months in the UK and one month abroad...

My baby was born in Nov 23 and we’ve only had 4 family members meet her so far. She somehow caught a virus from only limited exposure to those 4 people when she was 6 weeks old and we had to be hospitalized for a newborn fever. She was fine but it was policy to have her admitted and monitored due to her age. Ever si...

How does everyone cope when they’re little ones are ill? I know it’s normal to worry but my LG currently has a fever/ antibiotics and I feel like the stress and anxiety of it takes over my life I literally struggle to think about anything else! I’m really confused if this is normal new mum life or if maybe there’s s...

Any other mums very anxious drivers?? What are we doing about it? I have 2 kids under 3 and don’t drive, won’t drive, scared to drive. When I was 17 I was in a really bad accident (I wasn’t driving lol, drunk driver crashed into the car I was in) and I ended up breaking my femur, taking 2 years to relearn how to w...

How have your LOs been with the new baby? My LO is only one but I don’t know why I feel like she’s not been her normal self. Shes always been such a bubbly little baby but she’s gone really quiet and I feel like when I have the baby she looks really sad. I’m sure it’s just my hormones messing with me but it’s made m...

Baby is 13 months now and I've never really wanted anyone to look after him other than me or my partner. He does have separation anxiety and I feel like my partner is blaming me for that because no one looks after him. I'm not bothered about having me time or going on dates etc; I just want to look after my own ch...

My mom is dying and being placed on hospice. I am sahm with 2 daughters 5 & 1, and a husband. I’m worried my mom dying at home with traumatize my 5 year old. Should I send my mom to go live/dye at a nursing home? Or take care of her at mine?

I am getting 4 incisions in my abdomen to uncover and remove endometrial tissue in a few months. They just called to give me a heads up it will be soon so now I’m freaking out. My son just turned 2, so he will be about 2.5 when the surgery happens. He’s VERY clingy and attached to me. We co sleep still (gonna have t...

My baby is almost 6 weeks and still hasn't cried any tears. I got told it should happen around 4 weeks. Has everyone else had them yet?

My daughters just turned 4 weeks and I just feel like I’m not very good at this. She’s been struggling with wind, possibly colic?, only really having 1 or 2 nap windows, seems really hungry a lot (she’s bottle fed has had issues with breastfeeding) and generally hard to settle. When she cries and I can’t settle her ...

My LO is 12 weeks and I am getting so much anxiety when we need to go out. I wasn't this nervous when she was just born because she would just sleep more. Now she is way more active during the day and she is also feeding every hour or so. I am so nervous about going out because I fear she will start crying and then ...

Hi there 🫶, Lately I have been feeling low. Every day I have to put so much effort in to challenging my negative thoughts and emotions. Anyone else on here struggling more with their mental health in their second trimester? If so are there any unique remedies that have worked for you? I know I need to start…

But you know who & what won’t leave us? Our education, our money, our physical health & taking care of our mental health. Always take care of your health, always make an effort to make good quality friends, always get your education, always clean & organize your house, make annual checkups w/dentist, doctor. Go se...

I’m 5almost 6 months post partum and my scar is all of the above. I had a check up today and the doc did an internal and external exam and took a pee sample but boiled it down to “exercising may have pulled your muscle”. My exercises include lifting the baby from bed to arms haha. But anyone ever experienced this. ...

Did anyone have issues with your marriage during the first year? Me and my husband are seperated because he just changed and was always mad and I got to the point where I couldnt take it and left for me and my daughters safety. We have been together for 10 yrs and he was never like this until sept of 2024. Our daugh...

Has anyone else lost the sensation in their bladder post partum? I am not able to feel when it is full. I am taking myself to wee every few hours and passing urine normally. It’s been 4 weeks since baby arrived via forceps