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MIL Drama

Hi yall. So I’m 16 weeks pregnant with my second. We found out it’s a boy recently and we’re very excited because our first was a girl. We shared the news with my family and a few close friends of ours. Now here’s the issue. My husband’s mom is a PROBLEM. When my daughter was born she’d constantly make comments abou...

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Breastfeeding depression

My milk supply has simply dried up and it has broke my heart. All kinds of emotion has hit me at the same time. Hard. I wish my body could support my hungry baby. He does perfect with formula but I’m just sad. I’m back to collecting what little I do have with a syringe.

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Incision care after 6 weeks

Went for my 6 week check up and was told I’m healing just fine. Can I put anything on my incision to help with the healing process and so it doesn’t keloid over?

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Pregnancy after getting tube tied

I want to know how many of y’all gotten pregnant after getting your tubes tied. I got mines done almost 7 months ago after having my daughter via C-section I’m not pregnant just want to know the outcome of this.

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Sad because my daughter recognizes my mom as her mom

So I am a stay at home mom who ofc takes care of my 1 year old daughter all day long and night and I live with my mom so my daughter calls my mom “ mommy “ it hurts my feelings at bit because I question am I a good mom all the time 😕, like does she not recognize me as her mom and any time I show her pictures of us…

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Is your baby dad a man h**?

I feel like just realizing that has made me so disgusted

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So here’s this

So I drank when I was pregnant and now I’m getting to the point where I am so absolutely sickened with guilt like I’m literally living inside of a box and I feel like I’m gonna throw up all the time now and I’m so exhausted I do things with my son playing talking etc but I feel like one day he’s going to hate me and...

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How to know when you're done

Is anybody 100% sure they're done with kids? Like did you have a feeling? I am nearly 4 weeks pp from my son, I was in and out of hospital every week with him and it wasn't the best pregnancy, I have a daughter too who is 3 years old, I really thought one of each would be enough for me to say I'm done but I don't t...

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Baby’s hair

My 1 month old baby is losing her hair. Is this normal and why is it happening? Do I need to look into this further?

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Baby blues

I'm on day 5 so I am feeling pretty emotional due to milk coming in 😢. Starting to think too much about life and death and just generally feeling down. Anyone have any advice? Been trying to do normal things like we took our older son to a soft play earlier and went for a dog walk just now and it helps but then…

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Anyone 38 weeks?

What’s your symptoms so far? Mine is lightening crotch, pressure down there, Braxton hicks, fatigue, back pain, rib pain/soreness.. No loss of mucus plug yet Haven’t been able to harvest colostrum yet

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Stressed not depressed ... Should I still be thinking about speaking to someone?

I'm not a person who gets down as such but I'm struggling with anger / frustration at the moment. I'm not sure if it's with the return to work looming / hormones/ pressure of ebf still... But either way I'm thinking maybe I should speak to someone. It's certainly not good for those around me and not for my health ei...

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Newly pregnant

Hi mommas, so I’m lowkey freaking out not even 6 months postpartum and I’m pregnant again. My first is 5 months and I’m just barley getting by, I’m absolutely terrified, and on top of all that I was insecure about my body and now idk I just I’m feeling so lost…and I try talking to my husband about this but I feel li...

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Anxiety about in-laws looking after my baby

I’ve never had a great relationship with my SIL as she has been horrible to me since being married for no apparent reason (seemed she didn’t like the idea of her brother being occupied?) and she goes out of her way to annoy me and do things which bother me, in a very immature manner. She’s now asked my husband if sh...

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Postpartum depression

In the trenches of major depression 8 months postpartum. Just want to sleep, not eat, or talk to anyone, moments of rage. Those that went through a similar experience, what helped? If you took meds, did it actually help? Please give advice. Made a psychiatrist appointment.

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6 month old miserable

Please tell me I’m not alone… we’ve maybe had 3 weeks of my little girl’s life where she’s been remotely ‘content’. She’s 6 months on Monday and she doesn’t stop whinging, crying or screaming. I’m exhausted and don’t know how to cope anymore. It’s making me so unbelievably depressed I don’t know how to keep going. I...

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I need a strong support system

Have you ever been so foolish in love that you overlooked the pain someone caused you simply because you loved them? How did you manage to let go and move on? How do you recover from a 13-year relationship? How did you get your mind, heart, and soul to face the reality of the situation? How can you be friends with s...

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Feeling so happy, anxious

Does anyone else feel anxious and overwhelmed. I am so filled with love I just don’t feel right, had a traumatic birth which ended in c section and I just can’t stop crying and feeling so unbelievably anxious

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Postpartum Hair Loss

Any tips for reducing postpartum hair loss??!

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Venting

I’m sick and I’m exhausted. I’m pregnant in my third trimester and I have to chase around my toddler, while cleaning and cooking for everyone. My body feels like it’s on its last leg, I get up and get my step daughter ready for school and I feel like I never catch a break. I’m mentally feeling so drained. I feel so ...

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