Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

I've just been out with baby and older sibling for a couple of hours and it's so stressful. Baby just never seems to be happy when we are out - doesn't want to lay down and then when I'm holding her she's constantly wriggling around. She hates the car, so it only works when it's naptime and then she will sleep in th...

As the title says. Did the deed, and since I've been having quite painful braxton hicks and back pains. I know this can happen because of the sperm etc but I'm really hoping this is leading to something more than a few hours of discomfort and then nothing. Anyone else experience this?

we lost my grandmother two weeks ago and my mother has done nothing but cause me so much stress. I’m now 24 weeks pregnant but these last two weeks, she’s been constantly going on about a will snd how she’s gonna get nothing and how it’s not fair and it’s causing me so much stress and isn’t even allowing me to grie...

Day 7 post partum and I actually can't stop crying. The tears come out of no where. So in love with our little girl she is perfection and my husband has been amazing. Been struggling with pain and breastfeeding and no sleep at night as she constantly wants feeding or cuddling. The tears just will not stop today is t...

Hey there, anyone had to deal with an overly involved “mother” postpartum, always running to your child when they show discomfort and acting like it was their child.. I don’t really have a relationship with my mother and it’s creeping me out how overly involved she wants to be with my daughter and I don’t want it to...

What do you wish you knew about postpartum and what has been helpful to you on your journey?

Has anyone started taking antidepressants when pregnant and was there any side effects? Im 32 weeks and not sure if going on them now will affect the baby when she’s born/ when breastfeeding?

Is anyone else’s little one quite timid when I’m social situations. My girl won’t go to anyone bar a few people she knows and is comfortable with. She clings on to me and will even cry sometimes if someone is in her face. I’ve been reading that temperament isn’t anything you have control over. We go to baby groups...

So, people tend to say like they try and get out with their baby in the day, go to coffee shops, baby classes, pram walks, taking them to do the weekly shop.. etc. I have been to some baby classes and tried to go for pram walks and to coffee shops and we’ve taken her shopping etc but my baby just isn’t chill enough ...

I feel like the worst mum ever. I just told my 1 year old to ‘get the fuck off me’ I didn’t shout I just said it calmly but the fact I’ve sworn makes me feel so guilty. I’m so overstimulated and she is constantly ripping my hair out and clinging to me I can’t breathe I feel so claustrophobic. How do people regulate ...

So frustrated at everything right now! The world claims it’s all about mental health and protect people’s mental health but there isn’t the proper support for first time mums who are going through things. Not suicidal or anything but feeling anxious and depressed and no one can help. Youngish mum with no parents ar...

Kind of getting to the end of my wick here. So i dont get on with my brother and SIL. theyre spoilt and demanding and hes younger than me so he’s still the ‘baby’ of the family. Anyway, my husband and i have been married for 2 years and we have our LO who was born last November. We waited a bit after our wedding b...

So I have an 8 month old and a 2.5 year old and I have been having a harder time recently staying calm and patient with my toddler. She likes to full on demon scream when she's upset and sometimes it just sets me off. Or I'll be trying to get the baby to sleep and she just HAS to play loudly near me or crawl on me d...

Hey girls. I was wondering if anyone had a traumatic first birth experience and struggled with subsequent labor anxiety. My first baby was an emergency c who had a lot of L&D complications. We all are ok. 4 years later and I'm pregnant with baby 2 and I'm afraid that everything will go horrible again with potential ...

Hi! I’m seven weeks postpartum and my husband and I had sex for the first time tonight. Long story short the condom broke and my birth control pills haven’t kicked in yet. What are the chances of me getting pregnant again? I’m combo feeding so I haven’t gotten my period yet. Just looking for some advice or someone ...

I waited years to have baby. I used to pray and cry all the time that I just wanted my turn to be a mommy. I finally got my turn and my mother ( who abused me my entire life ) messed up my baby shower because I wanted to have a part in planning my own shower and apparently that was robbing her of grandma duties. I h...

My baby’s just turned 4 months last week and I’ve been having consistent hair loss for about a month now. I’ve lost big patches at the front and am worried it’ll never end 😫 sick of finding hair on absolutely everything I wear, touch, sit on and all over my little boy. Anyone else going through this or when will it…

I totallyyyy forgot about the postpartum cramping and contractions (which if you didn’t know are what helps your uterus shrink back down so technically they’re a good thing 😂) But gosh I forgot how bad they can HURT when they hit! It’s like a period on steroids or even borderline labor contractions lol. 🥴 and I…

Baby is 7 days old and I am experiencing horrible baby blues. I love and care about my baby but I don’t really feel connected to her yet, I don’t even feel like I’m her mum. I feel like she is just a baby that I’m looking after. Is this normal for the baby blues? I also feel lonely and miss my partner - even though...

It doesn’t happen often to me but i feel depressed once in a while, my husband “tries “ to help me but i don’t know, he just told me when im acting like this it makes him feel very unattractive to me. I just wanna think is because of the pregnancy but i feel bad because sometimes i feel im not a good wife, and im no...