How confident are you in avoiding a postpartum flare up? On a scale of 1 - 10 (10 being most confident)

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-100 😅 i truly believe I am going to be hit like a tonne of bricks! I have already had a flare during pregnancy. Although overall it’s dimmed down the past 7 months, it’s also still very much there so I feel it’s gonna come back hard which worries me with a new born!

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hey! I’m 30+5! Thank you! Xx

I have 2 children already (early pregnant with my third) and didn’t have a flare up postpartum with either so I’m feeling positive about when this baby is born. It’s normally about a year postpartum I start feeling ill again

I came across this group by search. I have rheumatoid arthritis before pregnancy and I was able to go without medication during pregnancy (as the high cortisol tuned down my inflammation). But 1 week after delivery, I started to have very very bad flare up and I was not able to control it unless I took high dose steroids. As I was breastfeeding I couldn’t start my regular medication (which is teratogenic and contradicts with breastfeeding. I guess the pro-breastfeeding propaganda bewitched me somehow and I didn’t want to give up breastfeeding regardless the miserableness I had to endure everyday.

Eventually I stopped breastfeeding and started my medication at around 4 month postpartum. But those first 4 months was absolutely nightmare, mainly due to the flare up.

I just want to vent here and see if any other mama has experienced something similar. Post-part I’m with complications is very hard because it’s not just myself I had to take care but also another helpless newborn.

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When did you circumcise your baby?
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Did you wait a certain amount of time or have it done immediately?
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Can someone pls help i keep making this post and nobody is responding

My boyfriend booked a trip for us to go to mexico for a week as my push present. I have severe anxiety leaving my 7 month old with my mom. I know she will be in good hands but she’s exclusively breast fed for the most part but accepts bottles just fine. i have all my pumping parts packed and will pump when baby normally eats but i don’t want baby to forget me or have latch issues when i return!! any mommas ever experience this?

Postpartum

I’m only 3 days postpartum (FTM) and already have extremely bad anxiety. I’m crying every night, as I think of another night of no sleep. My baby will not settle in his cot, he cries every moment we put him down unless in his chair rocker. So me and my partner are having to alternate after 3/4 hours of being awake with him downstairs. I’m trying everything to get him to settle. It’s a load of overwhelming stress. I’m 23, I was desperate for a baby and now I have one and feel completely useless. I miss it just being me and my partner.

I feel like just a milk cow

Hi I have a 16 day old via c section, I'm a FTM never having been around babies before as I am the youngest of my household and from a small family. My husband is fantastic with our little one. But ever since I've had the baby I just feel like the only thing I'm good for is producing milk. I feel disconnected from my husband like the only reason he's around is because am producing milk. We were having some issues before the baby and we're struggling it took a while to feel like he was onboard even though he said he was from the moment we found out. I dunno if I'm feeling like a spear part because I'm lacking confidence with baby or because I feel like he wouldn't mind being a single dad. Is this postpartum hormones or something else?

When does it get better?

I was crying on the phone with the perinatal mental health team today and the lovely lady, bless her, kept assuring me that it gets better. I kept telling her I hope so because people have been saying that since having my LO and it just feels like it keeps getting worse. She assured me it gets better....

Crawling

Did anyone’s little one start crawling yet? I feel like we are falling behind but really have no idea. I’m trying to introduce more floor time but it’s been rough because of having hardwood floors and our 80 lb oblivious to life dog. I got us a carpet for the living room and trying to put the dog out more when the weather allows. She sits like a pro and will roll to get the things she needs😅 but no real signs of crawling yet.