Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

Our baby girl is almost 2 weeks old now, and I’m feeling extremely overprotective. Having visitors over is honestly draining to me, mentally and emotionally. I find that I don’t like sharing our daughter, and I hate when people want to hold her for long periods of time. I get that it’s important for grandparents to ...

Anyone else having really down days?? The last few days I've just felt really shit and everything is making me want to cry. I'm an emotional person anyway but I feel like people are just nitpicking at everything I do recently.

What actually works? Ive got thinning edges which is really obvious then just strands always coming out. I have thick curly hair so its not as obvious but my hair is definitely thinner 🥲 Im currently 8 months pp.

So my partner's sister travelled to meet our 8 month old for the first time and stayed 3 nights. I did say I think she should get a hotel but there we are... Last night little one cried and kicked off multiple times throughout the night..once for over an hour. I don't know why...I had given Calpol incase of teething...

Is anyone else disappointed with how their pregnancy and birth went? Maybe I just have bad PPD, but I feel like I didn't get to complete my pregnancy or have a good birth. It feels like the whole experience was underwhelming and overwhelming at the same time. Less exciting and all depressing. I had gestational di...

How do people cope with this? I always put her in a safe place (cot) & walk away for a minute or so but it’s so tough feel like a single parent half the time ass partner works most the time night time is hard work. Feel awful but I just can’t gather my emotions

Hi Mamas!!! I gave birth to my baby 6 months back through c section. I started getting knee joint pains. recently when we are moving home I did more work not the pain is due to heavy work or c section consequences. Anyone have any idea? Any suggestions are appreciated!! Thank you!!

One of the unfortunate things about my job is many of our clients will eventually die and the facility. We currently have one client who’s in transition and actively dying and whose family hasn’t even come to visit her or anything. It truly breaks my heart that she’s dying alone. With just the staff around her to gi...

So ever since I gave birth to my daughter my back pain has been awful, I struggle to stand for a certain time and when I walk a certain distance I get spasms up it. And when I make sharp movements with my leg sideways for example my pelvis goes into a massive cramp and it feels like I've pulled a muscle and it can h...

Hey mamas! I’ve been thinking about all the wild thoughts that ran through my mind right before labor and how much I didn’t know, even after all the prepping. I kinda of felt helpless. I did 4+ years of mindfulness exercises including yoga, meditation etc. I never thought about using any techniques during labor ( wh...

Anyone else have this? Sometimes it just completely catches me off guard and it’s so painful to walk on. I just struggled to get up the stairs to my baby crying in her cot 🙃

After having my first baby in 2021, I developed agoraphobia and it got worse/diagnosed in 2023. I can't be outside my house without my husband without having anxiety. somedays, I still have anxiety and dissociate. Right now, I'm literally just sitting on my back porch watching my kids play and the longer we're out h...

Of course I've been on and off emotional throughout my pregnancy.. I'm currently 32 weeks pregnant and life has become a lot more overwhelming lately. I've communicated this with my therapist but she's making it seem as if it's "just my hormones". My boyfriend is great but is struggling a bit to keep up with how I'm...

My mother has opted to live with us - basically we’ve all immigrated and she doesn’t have enough money to sustain herself long term and into retirement. We have offered a room in our home and in the long term we will be converting our garage to make a small living area for her. It’s only been a few weeks but havin...

Has anyone had their tubes tied? If I have to do a second c-section instead of VBAC, my OB is offering to tie my tubes since I know I'm done. Im so torn on what I want to do. I've heard so many say they regretted it even though they didn't want any more children. She's also offering an 8 year IUD but the thought of ...

Hey ladies! My little one is 2 weeks old today, and at first I felt so content and happy (and I do feel moments of that still) but I feel like now that’s being overridden by anxiety. When she cries, I feel so on edge, before bedtime I feel so anxious, and today I’ve just felt awful all day, just super anxious! Spen...

My husband has lately been getting angry towards our daughter cos she’s been getting clingy to extended family. She’s always been an antisocial baby but lately she’s enjoying the company of my BIL and sister so she keeps cuddling them or clinging to them. And the husband has been ranting and getting in very bad mood...

So this is a bit of a rant/upset post. I’m four almost five months postpartum. When I was pregnant my family was over the moon so excited and so overwhelmed with joy. When I gave birth I specially asked everyone not to be there I wanted to enjoy that moment with my husband after years of infertility. During hours an...

Hey! Does anyone know when hair will stop falling out? I’m 3 months post partum and feel like ive just pulled out half of it in the shower 😢 what can i do to make it better?

Has anyone cried after sex ? Tmi but this is the very 1st time i cry randomly after having sex i dont know why i cried? Ive always finished before but never cried after this felt like something else 😭idk like i connected more with my partner? Idk i sound crazy but this came out of no where lmao my partner kept…