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Iāve recently just had my 2nd child 4 weeks ago and have a recently just turned 2 year old. Since having my 2nd child Iāve found myself really struggling day to day and recently Iāve started to feel as though Iām not cut out for motherhood at all. My 1st child has constant ear infections and awaiting surgery and my...
I have really been looking after my hair since having my baby (he is 16mo). I use the colour wow shampoo & conditioner. Hair syrup oil before washing and heat protector before drying. I only wash and style my hair 1/2 times a week, so barely use heat. I also take the āmy vitaminsā hair vitamins but feel as though it...
hi mamas, so my baby daddy has been in prison for over year and is due to be released soon. I was a victim of DV for about 3 years with this man, and was in denial for a long time. i finally mustered up the courage to move on about 2 months ago. everything was going okay but me and my new partner keep having these l...
Okay how are we making sure we take care of ourselves while also taking care of the family? I have a 19 month old and 7 week old and I donāt even feel like a person anymore. I made sure to get my hair done before the baby came and managed to tear myself away for an hour to get a manicure to try and fight off the ppd...
My best friend of 10+years and I donāt really talk much since my baby has been born. She met my baby one time and has not made any other efforts to hang out again. Sheās in school. I feel like I get that sheās busy but to go weeks without talking to someone who you call your sister and yet still send memes and post ...
Iām honestly donāt know what to do anymore because I just got diagnosed with postpartum psychosis about a week ago and i just had my baby 2 weeks ago and the person i lived with swearing thst people were yelling at 1 yesterday morning and i swear that didnāt happen but is that possible of something happening and i ...
Anyone has a hard time adjusting with mood swings? My husband is not an emotional man, so itās been quite hard adjusting to my new needs as a pregnant woman. We ended up having a lot of fight and it scared me a lot for having such a big emotions during my first trimester. Iām afraid of what it might do to my baby š¢
Ive been EBF for 12 weeks, but am suffering from major ppd and ppa. Im on lexapro, just started Wellbutrin and occasionally take Ativan until the Wellbutrin kicks in. Baby pediatrician said this was fine as did my maternal psych but my anxiety is so bad im freaking out over every ānew thingā baby does. Or if she sta...
My last wfh assignment ended a few weeks ago and I've been feeling super depressed lately about not knowing what I'm good at or what my purpose is . I try super hard not to beat myself up. I know I'm a great mother and I love my babies but I want more for myself and for them. I've been suffering with PPD and its be...
I feel like I'm about to explode, the stress is building and I just don't feel okay at all... my kids crying and moaning is triggering me so much and it's making me feel I'm gonna have a heart attack, I feel irritated and angry.. I get no help from family and erugh I dunno. Anyone else feel like this. I feel like shit.
I need to know whatās normal
anyone elseās 9ā10 month old cry for everything?!! how do i stop this? i donāt want her to learn that crying = whatever she wants.. but i also donāt want her crying i feel bad šš share some wisdom
I just need to vent. My mom triggers tf out of me with my child. She does things that arenāt okay with me and acts like itās okay when sheās not my childās mother. Like Iām huge on the no kissing my toddlers face and Iāve had to tell her multiple times itās not okay with me and over the past 2 years Iāll catch her a...
What is with other moms staring? We are all in this together surely youāve been through similar or will go through similar in regard to tantrums, baby crying/ fussing in public etc. As a first time mum I could never imagine myself now or even before I was a mum to stare at another mum or whisper. It a part of life b...
Iām so nervous to have 2 so close together and also feel so guilty as my LO is still so little sheāll be around 18 months old when Iām due and needs me and I just feel like Iām letting her down! Has anyone had these feelings before?
I love my babe sheās 4 months old. But I justā¦ I hate being a mom. I hate having to make decisions when Iām burned out and my brains completely running on empty. Sometimes I fantasize about leaving and never coming back then I feel so guilty for feeling like that cause all Iāve ever really wanted in life was to be a...
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