Postpartum Care

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Fed up

I'm genuinely fed of everyday looking the exact same. The same conversations with my partner, the same conversations with my 8 month old, the same chores, the same mess, the same everything. I don't know how to get out of this flump. It's killing me and I'm getting more and more days where I don't want to mum. Don't...

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Hair loss

Is anyone else finding their hair EVERYWHERE? Worried Iā€™m not going to have any left on my head! When does it stop falling out?!

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Baby balding

Hi, I understand some babies loose hair at the back of their head after they are born due to it friction where they lay down but Iā€™ve noticed my baby losing it round the hairline as you can see top photo is before bottom photo is today. But Iā€™ve never heard of it round the front before itā€™s like sheā€™s receding. Hav...

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Tender stomach

Has one else experienced lower stomach pain post c section? I had baby a month ago and am back to normal the Scar doesn't hurt n is all healed up but any pressure on lower stomach is so sensitive and tender I literally feel bruised. I can't remember experiencing this issue after first c section by this point I was t...

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How many people still find their partner attractive after having children?

I just donā€™t feel the urge anymore I have a little one 6 month pp and wonder if this is normal?

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Overstimulated

I think overstimulated that I cannot hear my infant cry, nor I canā€™t stand my toddler to be crying at the moment like I just wanna run away and cry myself. Iā€™m sick and I feel like I havenā€™t even had time to take any medicine and my partner doesnā€™t even help me.

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Emotional wreck

I found out I was pregnant 3 days ago and I am absolutely over the moon. However Iā€™ve just sat here all morning going through pregnancy posts on here, on Instagram, on google etc and have made myself really anxious! I am sat here a complete emotional wreck crying my eyes out, trying to be super quiet as I donā€™t want...

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Relationship since having a child

I had my lovely little boy 4 months ago and heā€™s mine and my partners first child together. Since heā€™s been born, our relationship has just become terrible. It started off with my partner just completely stopping affection and any sort of emotional intimacy. He said it was because he was just so obsessed with our bo...

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Need to vent

I know there are several posts like this but I really need to get something off my chestā€¦. I have people who donā€™t realize how weak and tired this pregnancy has made me and they expect me to be at the same level I was before pregnancyā€¦ Iā€™m like guys I can barely get through a 6 hour shift at my job without feeling...

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Vent vent vent

So much has happened over the course of my babyā€™s life. And heā€™s only 17 months I need to vent and find a little bit of comfort.

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Pregnancy & postpartum has completely changed how I view my husband - not in a good way. Need advice. Long read.

Iā€™ll start from the beginning. During pregnancy, I was extremely ill with HG for the first 4-5 months. I was bed ridden for a lot of the time and felt like a zombie. During this time it was really hard for my partner to understand how ill I actually was and what I was experiencing. He often made comments about how I...

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Would it be selfish get a loan to have a better post-partum experience?

My family and I just moved back to our hometown and we've had to start over in every way, we are slowly adjusting and we are expecting a baby soon, it's my second one and probably the last one, im running out of my personal savings and will rely on my so for support, ive been contemplating the idea of taking out a l...

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Breavement

Iā€™m 37+6 weeks, my mum passed away suddenly yesterday morning (10/01) there was no warning or any signs she was unwell. Iā€™m due to give birth to my little girl in the next couple of weeks and Iā€™ve never felt more frightened not having her by my side through labour and just life in general. This was her first grandch...

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One overstimulated mama

I just yelled at my daughter and I feel so awful now that sheā€™s asleep. Iā€™m SO overstimulated right now and I think thatā€™s where it came fromšŸ˜«. I have no family and friends here where we live and her dad doesnā€™t help with her at all. I told her we would practice drawing and tracing tonight which I ALWAYS do what Iā€¦

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Broken toe

Not for baby but for me. Iā€™m not sure if I should get an appointment with the doctor or not, Iā€™m not usually the type to be bothered for getting checked over small things but a few people have said I should have it looked at. I think I broke my toe a few weeks ago, itā€™s still swollen in different places, bent and th...

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Feeling Unheard

Iā€™ve been struggling with PPD after our last baby and I feel so unheard by my husband. I just want to be loved on and not be pressured about not having enough sex with him.

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