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Not cut out for motherhood

Iā€™ve recently just had my 2nd child 4 weeks ago and have a recently just turned 2 year old. Since having my 2nd child Iā€™ve found myself really struggling day to day and recently Iā€™ve started to feel as though Iā€™m not cut out for motherhood at all. My 1st child has constant ear infections and awaiting surgery and my...

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Help with my hair postpartum!!

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 ā€˜my vitaminsā€™ hair vitamins but feel as though it...

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struggling

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...

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Fitting in self care

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 donā€™t 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...

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Am I overreacting?

My best friend of 10+years and I donā€™t 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. Sheā€™s in school. I feel like I get that sheā€™s busy but to go weeks without talking to someone who you call your sister and yet still send memes and post ...

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Struggle

Iā€™m honestly donā€™t 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 didnā€™t happen but is that possible of something happening and i ...

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Fighting with husband

Anyone has a hard time adjusting with mood swings? My husband is not an emotional man, so itā€™s 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. Iā€™m afraid of what it might do to my baby šŸ˜¢

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Switching to formula and feeling guilty

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 ā€œnew thingā€ baby does. Or if she sta...

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Feeling worthless

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...

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I'm burnt out

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.

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How often do you cry?

I need to know whatā€™s normal

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cry baby

anyone elseā€™s 9ā€“10 month old cry for everything?!! how do i stop this? i donā€™t want her to learn that crying = whatever she wants.. but i also donā€™t want her crying i feel bad šŸ˜‚šŸ˜­ share some wisdom

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My mother triggers me

I just need to vent. My mom triggers tf out of me with my child. She does things that arenā€™t okay with me and acts like itā€™s okay when sheā€™s not my childā€™s mother. Like Iā€™m huge on the no kissing my toddlers face and Iā€™ve had to tell her multiple times itā€™s not okay with me and over the past 2 years Iā€™ll catch her a...

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People who donā€™t mind their buisness in public.

What is with other moms staring? We are all in this together surely youā€™ve 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...

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Nerves

Iā€™m so nervous to have 2 so close together and also feel so guilty as my LO is still so little sheā€™ll be around 18 months old when Iā€™m due and needs me and I just feel like Iā€™m letting her down! Has anyone had these feelings before?

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Anyone else not adjusting as easily as they thought they could?

I love my babe sheā€™s 4 months old. But I justā€¦ I hate being a mom. I hate having to make decisions when Iā€™m 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 Iā€™ve ever really wanted in life was to be a...

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