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Hello everyone! I had a miscarriage in June, my husband and I were devastated. We decided to continue trying without getting our hopes up. Well, two days ago I tested positive. We decided to keep it a secret but i wish my mother knew since sheā€™s very supportive. I feel so alone and no one to speak to. My husband is...

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What helps you snap out of an anxiety episode?

Hi mommas, Iā€™m 20 weeks pregnant and dealing with a massive anxiety episode for the last 2 weeks. I feel like Iā€™m constantly in the verge of a panic attack. Iā€™m in therapy and taking medication but Iā€™m still feeling stuck in the fear of fear loop. To those of you whoā€™ve been there, what helped you break the cycle ...

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Should I tell my psychiatrist?

Hi all. Idk what to do, I'm scared to tell her, scared she'll hospitalize me. I'm 3 months post partum. I love my baby so so so much, and absolutely would NEVER EVER do anything that could hurt my baby. However, when I get really really frustrated with my baby, as in they're tired and screaming from exhaustion but ...

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Just Venting..

Right now Iā€™m just stressed out about life. First, my baby is 9 months and sheā€™s no where near crawling or standing and Iā€™m worried about development delays. Next, I wish I could go back to work but we canā€™t afford child care, donā€™t have anyone to help us and we donā€™t qualify for any assistance. I wish I could be mo...

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Pregnant and very emotional

Hi, I'm 26 weeks pregnant and I get upset for the silliest things. I would scream and cry and feel very sad. Has anyone experienced that before? Is it the hormones making me feel that way? I feel guilty when I get help to do things so then I'll do things myself but worry about doing too much (I get tons of Braxton H...

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Help please šŸ˜¢

I need some help to know if this is normal please My baby is 3 weeks, if she doesnā€™t have a boob in her mouth sheā€™s crying. There is absolutely nothing that stops her crying. She fall asleep with boob in her mouth, anything outwith that is just constant crying. Wonā€™t take a dummy. Holding her - crying. Rocking her ...

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feeling extreme sadness

i woke up today exhausted, unhappy & impatient itā€™s not like me at all to feel this way that i do honestly , of just feeling so unhappy iā€™m not sure what to do honestly because i know i gotta be the best for me and my son

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Mom with boys

Someone in my family is questioning my choices about my kids being circumcized or not! The family member said it says in the Bible that they should be circumcized. I don't want to feel bad about the choice I made.

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PPD/PPA

Anybody else just feel like a shell of the person they were? My little guy is 3 weeks old and I am struggling to even feel like myself. I feel like I feed him and next thing you know itā€™s time to feed him again and I donā€™t even have time to think or breathe in between. Struggling FTM over here. šŸ« 

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Anyone else struggling?

Hey ladies, iā€™m really struggling with emotional regulation at the moment. Having more bad days than good. Anyone else feeling the same?

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Just lost my uncle and feel like I'm broken

I'm just gonna trauma dump here becuase I need to get this out of my system I guess. Long story I jsut need to vent but warning it talks about soem gross medical stuff I guess and death. I have two uncles I've lived with for as long as I remember, one has been blind since I was in middle school and the other became ...

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Greasy hair - hair loss

Hey everyone, Really random one, but is anyone suffering with really greasy hair postpartum? I literally have to wash it every single day, and obvs thatā€™s not helping the hair loss šŸ«  I always use higher end shampoo and conditioner which I thought would be better but itā€™s still so greasy! Anyone had any luckā€¦

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Do you ever look at your kids and think "people must think wow the mom is ugly but she has beautiful kids"?

I feel so unattractive and haggard, but my babies are so beautiful and I feel like people must be thinking this.

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I need to vent

So I have a 5 month old, me and his dad broke up in the middle of August last year but were still messing around and I found out I was pregnant in September..so itā€™s been over a year since we met and the breakup..why did I find out three days ago that heā€™s been married since right before I told him I was pregnant..h...

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Iā€™m a terrible mom

My husband seems to call me out on all of the things Iā€™m doing wrong. My son is almost two, we accidentally got pregnant and Iā€™m 4 months now, and he continues calling me out on stuff and Iā€™m always left feeling like the worldā€™s most awful mom. I went through really bad postpartum depression with my first and I feel...

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Emotions

Iā€™m currently 15 weeks pregnant and I donā€™t feel a connection with my baby I just donā€™t feel the love yet is that normal?

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High needs baby

Anyone have a high needs baby? My girl is always cranky, needs constant attention from me, hates the car, needs to be entertained. Just overall stressful lol. My son was such a chill baby so this is very different. Iā€™ve mentioned it to the pediatrician and she thinks because Iā€™m still breastfeeding thereā€™s no real s...

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My baby fell down the stairs

I was getting my baby ready for bed tonight and I popped her on the bedroom floor and was doing the blind. When I turned round she was gone, I ran to the stairs and she was at the bottom of the stairs crying. She has never gone anywhere near the stairs before and we have stair gates and I just didnā€™t shut it because...

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Nursery anxiety

Iā€™m going to take my 11.5 months baby to the nursery soon but feel so, so anxious about it. I canā€™t stop the train of negative thoughts around leaving my baby with strangers. Of course people are nice to your face but I donā€™t know how they could be behind your back. I donā€™t know how to cope with the lack of visibili...

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Is this a hernia?

My 6 month olds belly button looks like this but is not painful for her when I touch. I googled and I think itā€™s a hernia but as long as itā€™s not painful it says it will go away before the age of 4. Has anyone elseā€™s little one had this and what did you do? Should I take her to the doctors for this now or should I j...

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