Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

Are anyone else’s periods pretty brutal after giving birth? As in, really heavy/painful?🥲

Anyone else experiencing Post Partum Depression symptoms and wanting to extend their leave? I am currently talking to a therapist already. How do you go about it- tell your PCP, or your baby’s pediatrician?

Hi everyone, I’m really hoping to get some advice from anybody who knows or has experience with ADHD diagnosis and actively taking medication whilst pregnant. I know that there are no concrete evidence out there to suggest that medication is very harmful for pregnancies but I have been advised it isn’t the best idea...

I know this is probably just baby blues but I sometimes look at my baby girl and don't feel bonded to her. I relish when my husband takes her for a few hours so I can escape even if it's just lying in another room and scrolling through my phone for a few hours. She has cluster fed consistently for almost 2 weeks and...

My husband has an unhealthy relationship with his mum. He is south Asian and his mum had a very different cultural perspective of her role as a grandmother. My husband wants his mum to be a primary carer but she is not physically or emotionally capable of doing this. Whenever I speak about boundaries with him he say...

Is anyone else experiencing this crazy rage and anger? Specifically single moms… It’s making it hard to bond with my baby although I love her to death. I find myself hitting the wall and screaming into a pillow to try and release all my anger 😂😂 It gets better right?? does medication help? I wanna be HAPPY with my…

I’m almost 6 weeks postpartum, obviously I want to start thinking about having sex again, but I’m very anxious about it due to the stitches (I had a second degree tear) and worried about the placenta wound and infections. Is it definitely safe to have sex after 6 weeks or should I wait a bit longer?

I have 2 kids but they deplete tf out of me. They don't go to daycare. It took me a minute to get it back. I have no help. I have no car (accident it's gone) Trying to go to school. No one to look for kids. What I'm going through isn't hard. It's just kids but ibfeel weak and worn down.. I'm alone. My anxiety is...

How do you feel at the moment about being a mother ✨️

My little one is couple months old normally happy and content. I love them more than anything but when come to shopping he always screams the place down, i know babies cry but I try calm him but today I had 2 people commented on how much of a "bad mother" I am because my baby was crying. So literally left and walked...

We were at swimming today, in the changing room before swimming my wee girl (8 months old) fell and hit her head off the tiles and was screaming. I felt like such a failure and got upset myself and a room full of mums I’ve never felt so lonely! Not one person came up to ask if I or baby was okay or ask if I needed a...

I always hear parents say ‘my child is my happiness’ or ‘my life is complete’ but do children actually bring happiness 24/7 for the rest of your life ? I’m an expecting FTM. I’m finding it hard to believe especially when all I see is women on social media talking about sleepless nights, constantly worried about thei...

I feel like such a bad mom I can't go out on my own with just me and my 23 month old I'm scared to step outside and if I do I'm looking over my shoulder constantly I want to be normal and take her to park on my own but I mentally can't I'm so sick of it and I just don't know what to do anymore I feel like I'm always...

Anyone else got back to their usual weight or tummy went down? I still look like five months pregnant 6 weeks pp. Muscle separation and with my first cs didn’t go back for a whole years and than was pregnant again, I feel this time is the same. What did you do to help, tummy tuck I just can’t as an option can’t deal...

Never thought I’d be a shouty mum but I am really struggling with my 2.5 YO behaviour. She does not listen at all. I find myself losing my patience with her very quickly and raising my voice at her. I obviously feel awful and try to apologise after. I’ve tried breathing techniques etc. but she just has me in a co...

Hey everyone! Hope you’re all doing well. Our little girl since 3 months has started to cry and get in a right state whenever anyone other than me or Dad holds her - even her Granny or Grandad who we are very close to. Unsure if this is separation anxiety/a phase? Has anyone else experienced this? If so did it r...

When my son was born, I went through a rough time with PP anxiety. Around 5 months in I stopped taking my medication because it felt like a chore, and I was feeling better! Now all the sudden the last month, 4 months later, I feel like I’m struggling again, but in a different way. It’s hard to take care of myself, ...

Opinion on including toxic and emotionally abusive MIL that husband can’t let go of, in the pregnancy and after baby is here? Mom in law is the definition of monster in law. Been avoiding her the duration of my pregnancy due to the stress she causes. Husband agrees and understands but he’s not at that level yet whe...

This is HARD. Really struggling to mommy rn. Im angry most of the time, feeling really sad, and everyday now feels like an endless loop of insanity. I am sooooo tired i dont want to sleep anymore, because it feels like i am not meant to have a moment of peace. And time feels like it has just stopped. 💔💔💔

If yalls mother in law comes banging on yalls door, u accidentally open it thinking it’s someone else & she pushes her way inside screaming & yelling trying to get her sons things (when he already has them all), going in every draw, room, closet, cabinet. What yall doing? Keep in mind she screaming/yelling at the to...