Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

Going on 5 months with my amazing baby boy but I feel like I’ve been becoming more and more overwhelmed and irritable - I feel bad when I get irritable with home but sometimes I just want to hide away in a room. Then I have guilt of being a bad mother 🫠

I feel so sad tonight! My heart is just heavy from having to pretend I’m doing good or not hearting but tonight I’m feeling pain, regret and everything my life could have been… New year so I won’t dwell and bring these vibes but just how I feel right now.

I want to start by saying I’m a FTM so I’m new to all of this and think my hormones could be playing up… I’ve always gotten on well with my MIL and she’s been so excited about our baby - he’s 3 weeks old. She is constantly saying she will come over and saying myself and my partner are to ‘go out for lunch and she...

I feel like a horrible mum, i am already 16 weeks pregnant, and i still can’t feel any connection or excitement for my baby… i just feel like i am a spectator and just watching things happen and the pregnancy advance. From the beginning i didn’t feel anything and i gate myself for that, i kept telling myself maybe a...

I'm just curious to hear from any women with more than one child. Did you experience baby blues or ppd/ppa w)after one delivery and not the others? If you experienced it with more than one birth, can you describe if their were any differences? Im curious because with my son, i had the baby blues so bad for 3 weeks ...

I’m British and we don’t circumcise babies in England other then for religious reasons. I’m currently living in the USA since 2018 and my husband is American. We just can’t come to a mutual decision on whether this practice is a bit outdated or not. I personally don’t want anyone to cut my baby and think it should b...

Pregnant with my second baby due in a few months time. I have a 2 year old. I’m feeling extremely low in mood and truly lonely. And I can certainly identify some of the triggers: I live far away from my family, I am working full time and really struggling with it as I dislike my job a great deal, I feel there has be...

Just wondering if there's any words of advice or reassurance out there....my partner suffers with depression and has just told me he's been feeling suicidal recently. Im obviously worried for his wellbeing but also he is supposed to be looking after our baby when I go back to work next month....I don't think he woul...

When did postpartum hair loss hit you? Am i in the clear yet?! I feel like ive lost more than i normally would over the past 2 months (im 5m pp) but not enough to be noticeable. Im hoping i skip that stage 🙏🏻

Ftm to an ivf baby who is 1 this month. She won’t sleep and spends every night inconsolable screaming and crying. Tired, teething and has a virus. She won’t take milk and calpol when she’s hysterical, nothing I do will make her calm down. 2.5 hours non stop crying tonight: I don’t know what to do. Uk based. Who ca...

This is my second baby and as the due date is coming near I find myself getting more and more guilty that my little girl isn’t going to be my little baby anymore and the fact that I’ll be leaving her with family to then come back home with a baby in tow 😫 can anyone help on how to deal with this?

My mil keeps seeming surprised that my 2 month old prefers and then proceeds to try to talk to her in a sweet soothing tone for 45 minutes every time she sees her and I don’t wanna seem paranoid but it seems like she’s trying to confuse my daughter into thinking she’s the mother by being nurturing. Last night she wa...

I'm really drained right now from the CONSTANT moaning, crying and whinging. It's all day, every day and only relents when she's eating or sleeping. I'm finding myself putting food in front of her all day long because it's the only time she stops shouting at me for 5 mins. There's no apparent reason for the consta...

Any advice on what to do please or if you’ve experienced this? So I gave birth to my son in September 2023 (first child) I had a vaginal birth but after 2 hours of pushing I had to have an emergency episiotomy due to both our heart rates being abnormal anyway after a week the HV noticed an infection etc and it took ...

Pooing during pushing is one of those things that everyone says happens and it’s supposed to be a good thing because it means you’re pushing properly, but what happens here when you’re giving birth on all fours? I don’t want to give birth on my back and plan to be in literally any other position - but am I still goi...

13 months pp does anyone elses scar sometimes ache, really itch or just generally uncomfortable?

Anyone else in the same boat? I can’t stop crying. I know rationally that this will be good for us all and I go on mat leave part 2 with our second baby girl in May so it’s not for long… BUT I just feel so unbelievably sad that I won’t be spending every day with her. I’m full of regret for all the time I spent doing...

For those who have tried cry it out method , how long did it take to work and how can you tell if it worked completely? Will baby still cry for a few minutes or not cry at all when being put down?

Anyone else think back to newborn stage and feel so sad and feel like we didn’t soak it up or that family were always round so couldn’t enjoy it or just that I wish I could go back and enjoy it rather than worry and cry all the time because I was so tired lol I feel like I missed out and can hardly remember any of ...

It has just hit me that this year in a few months, Mat leave is coming to an end and my baby girl will start nursery in September. Honestly could cry everytime I think about it. Can’t help but feel so down and sad! Even though I know I should be excited for what’s to come and enjoy the time I have with her….. 🥺😭