Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

I need someone to tell me I’m not a bad mom and here’s why…. I’m a stay at home mom due to medical issues and can’t really work because of it. My oldest is in school which helps but my youngest is an October baby and has been with me all the time I got her a babysitter to watch her 4 days a week but I feel bad about...

Rant/moan incoming (sorry!!) My daughter has just turned 16 months and I'm 32 weeks pregnant with #2. I thought I was tired before but my god I have never been this exhausted in my life. Fortunately the pregnancy itself has been quite straight forward and didn't have any sickness/nausea but physically and emotion...

My baby is just over 8 weeks old. They're not a super fussy or colicky baby but there's still random unexplained crying at times, and overtired crying can be quite intense. I keep hearing that this will improve by 12 weeks... Is it true? Really struggling to enjoy the good times at the moment as I'm anxious about th...

My mother in law is staying for 6 weeks I’m a week in and my partner is mostly at work and it’s just us she is just speaking French at me and I’m using an app to understand her she takes the baby out of my arms keeps asking to sleep with the baby at night which I find possessive then is not safe with the baby she wa...

Venting here because I'm pissed about something I saw in a mom discord and I don't want to be a bitch about it but I have to get it off my chest. We all have "Oops" moments. Baby rolled off the couch. Toddler fell down the stairs. Toddler got a hold of something they shouldn't. It happens. No one is perfect. An "O...

my baby is 10 months old and i wanted to start going to the gym for an hour a day and leaving her with my mum. However im worried that her being separated from me each day will cause her to have negative impacts on her development. Any ideas if this is the case?

Hi all, first time mum here to a beautiful 5 day old. I love him to pieces so equally just want to protect him and have been feeling really teary/ emotional today, worrying in general about anything happening to him. Has anyone had this or has any advice please?

My mom has this weird way of indirectly calling me a bad mom and won’t stop no matter how many times I ask her politely to FREAKING STOP. I sit here and play with my daughter and read to her all damn day. I do tummy time with her and all that. When my daughter is asleep I go into my room and play a game or take a na...

Did you experience postpartum hair loss? if so when did it start and end? I thought i was in the clear but now at 4 months pp my hair is falling out in clumps in the shower 😭

I am getting so much pressure to circumcise my son from female family members. My biggest issue with making this decision for my son is that I don’t even have the genitalia to make an accurate judgement of what life is like with or without circumcision. The men in my life say it doesn’t matter but God forbid I discu...

How do I remove spiritual blockages from my life? I have been prayed over and told by various religious leaders that they can feel that I am physically there, but not really there (if that makes sense?). Coincidentally, I have recently been told something similar by non-religious people. They said that it was as i...

How do you deal with opinions and negative comments? My MIL told me I was being ridiculous because I want to try giving birth without an epidural. She kept saying I have no experience and I should listen to her about how painful it is. I was actually looking forward to labour but now I feel nervous in case I need an...

I’m currently 3 weeks postpartum and still have no feeling in my bladder that I need to go to the toilet🥲 Has anyone else experienced this?

is anyone else's depression just straight up kicking their ass lately?

I'm already a mother of one toddler (recently 3yo) and am expecting again in the next 2 months. I'm a SAHM and I've noticed I feel a bit 'off' - like I have a lot less patience and am more easily irritated by some of their behaviour. They are not unmanageable but I'm finding there's a little more generalised limit t...

So basically I’ve been called ‘ obsessive over my baby ‘ because when my baby was born I just watched him all the time when he went to people and just wanted him close to me whenever I could. I like to make sure my baby is well every so often. Am I obsessive?

Hi everyone! I was just wondering how old your baby was when you spent the first night/weekend alone with your baby without the help of your partner? My husband has a stag do (date is tbc as they’re still finalising) but all of them are pretty soon after my due date and even then this is only if baby is on time! I w...

My daughter is almost 6 months old and I get so jealous when my friends post about their babies being the happiest and most content babies ever. Mine has been crying everyday/all day since the day she was born. I’m a stay at home mom and I reached a breaking point last week and broke down. I just feel like everyon...

Has anyone suffered with prenatal depression? If so what did you do to manage it? I’m 27 weeks pregnant & have been feeling either angry or sad/teary a lot of the time the last few weeks. Obviously pregnancy has its ups & downs mood wise but I’m starting to feel like this is something more. Pre-pregnancy I was taki...

I have been feeling anxious due to a lot of uncertainty in my life right now. Is it weird to feel shame in accepting I need them and taking them? I feel that admitting the need would label me as unstable- not fit to be a mom.