Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

Due any day now with my second little girl and feeling very emotional and overwhelmed after a failed sweep. I feel like I’m really struggling to give my eldest everything she needs because I’m so exhausted and then I feel guilty that she is so needy but she’s still only 20 months so she deserves to want her mummy bu...

Does anyone have any advice on how to protect our children from our issues? I have severe depression and anxiety and on my really bad days I don’t want my toddler to feel like it’s her fault or internalize any of my problems. I do the best I can but I’ve been having days where I feel stuck. And it’s not getting bett...

When did your pp bleeding stop? I know pp bleeding can last 6 weeks, just looking for people’s experiences! ☺️

Me and my mum don't get on that well and she has always been a bit of an attention seeker / needy. Today I heard her playing with my daughter upstairs and then heard her saying she was sad. I then heard my 2 year old asking her repeatedly why she was sad. Then I heard 'I'm really sorry granny'. I then went up to f...

I had a natural vaginal birth four days ago and a second degree tear, and my recovery has been brutal. I was always told that vaginal delivery has a fast recovery, but I haven't been able to walk straight. Sitting is painful, standing up is painful. When I stand up, I feel a lot of pressure down there, everything hu...

I’d like to think of myself as a strong independent woman lol and similarly I think my homegirls are the same one I’ve known since I was 11 and the other one since I was 14 and I’m 32 All of us in a very staggered timeline realized that our exhusbands were raggedy pieces of shit But one of my friends (most recent ...

I’ve been home for 3 yrs I barely go out only stay home and also my relationship has been so toxic I’m ready for a change I’m going crazy 😣 but the only thing holding me back is my baby being in daycare she’s 18mo. What do you recommend?

Am I wrong for not wanting my boyfriends mom in the room when I give birth again when I didn’t want her in there with my first my boyfriend got mad took her to our house to pack more stuff talk and then came back I just don’t feel comfortable like that she can literally come in after I close my legs 😂😂

So last year (almost close enough to say a year ) I meet a chick named katie(fake name ) made friends with her , and a few months before I had my son she just when mia then with in the last few weeks she messaged me asking me a few thing then a few days after that asked me for my snap I gave it to her again didn't s...

“I’m 13 weeks postpartum after a normal delivery with a third-degree tear. My stitches opened within a month, causing excruciating pain. Because of the pain, I struggled to breastfeed, and my milk supply dropped to just 30ml. After weeks of suffering, I finally had an appointment on February 16, where my doctor rem...

I’m literally at my wits end now. My girl has been waking up every single night since December. I really don’t know what to do now. It’s at a point where it will be multiple times a night, and she will cry/scream/whinge for at least 2 hours! It’s like having a newborn again. But she was always such a good baby…

My baby doesn't want to blow you a kiss, huh you, give you a high-five, sit next to you, be held by you unless she's feeling in the mood for it. Why are people so pushy? Like they need that validation for themselves and if the child doesn't do it, instantly it's because "you're with her too much" "you never put her ...

I do not know how to feel about this. We separated 3 days before Christmas 2024. We had toxic habits and a unhealthy relationship. He originally wanted the divorce. He was really cruel towards me after he moved over to his parents. After having so much anger and resentment i decided to send a text saying that I f...

Anyone else having Braxton Hicks often?

Well before I got pregnant I was very depressed, isolating myself from everything and everybody. (Keep in mind I already have a three year old) but I was still very depressed and in a dark place everything was going wrong. All I did was smoke and stay home. Was out of a job for a very long time. My phone was off for...

Hi everyone, I was wondering if there was any support groups or anything anyone could suggest for PPA. I was previously on medication for depression & anxiety anyway which is now being gradually increased but I feel so isolated and am really struggling and don’t know what to do in the mean time. I don’t have any ...

I’m 37+2 and my mum is stressing me out so much 😭 she thinks she’s parent #3 to my baby, saying things like “when my baby is here” “we’re having a baby soon”, even people at her work are asking if HER baby is here yet!!!! I spoke to her on the phone tonight and she mentioned about waiting in the hospital while I’m…

So I had baby girl in November , she’s 3 months and we had already agreed we want more than one , either 2 or 3, we also knew we wanted 2 under 2 so had planned to try for # 2 after our holiday in September… I’m obsessed with my baby girl , and a sahm I didn’t think I was ready for baby #2 just yet but had a scare...

I’m 8 month pp.. and recently I feel unseen, unheard.. especially with my partner. I’ve been emotional. Lashing out on him.. I feel overwhelmed and just like in my head.. is this normal??

I can’t get nothing done. I feel like I’m still in the newborn trenches, only this time, she can MOVE 😩 My baby is so smart and so happy (despite the tantrums lol) but she’s so clingy, always wants to be held and I’m drained from being “on” all the time. I constantly look homeless and my sanity is hanging on by a…