Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

This is our second baby. I’m 6 months pp and have zero sec drive. Like none. I’m breastfeeding we have a 3yr old and I feel bad for my partner. Is this normal? We have had our issues but for the most part he is so good to us. I’m 37. Is it my age?

I am quite against letting anyone kiss newborn in first months whereas husband thinks I'm crazy and herpes like cold sore isn't the same as the genital herpes.

I’m a FTM and I’m having such a hard time leaving my baby even if it’s for an hour. She’s almost a month old and I’ve only left her once to go to a drs appt. I cried and was in such a hurry to get back home. My husband keeps telling me to get out of the house, even though I know I should, I get really anxious about...

Does anyone else ever feel disconnected or anxious about their pregnancy? I am not sure exactly how to explain, but I am having a hard time feeling any emotional connection to my baby or the pregnancy. Not every day but some days. Its like I can't relate all the changes happening to my body and there actually being ...

Example:Like being more mean, rude and judging or being a better man towards you like good words, helping and supportive.

Hi girls, I am soon to be 35 and my Husband wishes a Child sometime next year. I already have a 11 year old from a previous Marriage. Currently, I am in a stable happy Marriage, financially in a decent position (Good UK Salary) , However I am scared to become pregnant again, scared of the pain, scared to start all o...

This is going to probably sound like a silly question but do I need to speak with my doctor before having sex after giving birth? I gave birth at the end of September and I had an episiotomy which has healed. Thanks in advance

I have daughter 22 months old, in few weeks will have another one. I don't have village, just me and my partner, but he does not help much and I have to ask him always several times. My daughter is not a calm child, she cries and shouts often...this just so draining...I am at my breaking point, I always want to cr...

Does anyone else feel like most days they are just surviving? I love each stage more and more but nearly 7 months of no sleep, contact naps, colic/reflux baby has really took it out of me and I can’t help but feel guilty for feeling so deflated I love my baby more then anything but the days feel longer then ever ...

Hi everyone, so I had my little boy last feb! And recently I’ve noticed a huge shift in how I’ve been feeling, I’m always low in moods, have mood swings, constantly tired and loss in appetite and have no energy to do anything anymore. I have no thoughts of ever harming myself or my son, but I admit being a full time...

Does anyone else feel like they’ve changed since before they pregnant in ways they never expected? Before I was pregnant, I had a great relationship with my in laws. However, during pregnancy and since our son was born, I find myself becoming so irritated around them. I really hate it and feel like I’m being irrat...

I’ve never felt more lonely in my entire life than when I became a mom. All my life I felt like I was surrounded by love and so many people around me, friends and family. Maybe it was because I never needed something from anyone. The way I was abandoned when I was at my lowest has left a permanent scar in my heart. ...

Okay so trying to find out if there is anyone else going through this because I am fed up of the arguments with the doctors. Has anyone else experienced sudden dramatic hair loss? In the last month I have lost over 50% of my hair. It has happened very quickly and is very very noticeable with my hairline fully recedi...

My mom is no longer here. However I found out after she passed she has long written messages in all 3 of my siblings birthday cards (since youth onward) but just her “love mom” signature in mine. I wish I had her words to read back on but I don’t. It hurts and something I’m still processing. We were close. I was the...

My daughters just absolutely started screaming hysterically and shaking and won’t stop she doesn’t want to be comforted she can hardly catch her breath, threw up because she cried so much, I’m here on my own and I have no idea what to do she sounds like she’s in immense pain but I don’t see any signs of illness, ref...

Hi I'm 10weeks +2 and very happy with my pregnancy. I don't know if it's the back to work blues creeping in, but I feel very low and teary. I experience anxiety and depression generally but I don't really know how to explain this. Is anyone else experiencing this or is it a sign I need a different career after mate...

When was the earliest or the timeframe you and your partner took to get intermittent after birth? Not necessarily just sex…

I’m 27 weeks pregnant and my midwife has been checking in on my mental health at every appointment so far (I expressed concerns at my first appointment that I might need to start taking antidepressants for low mood & anxiety). I’m now at the stage where I need to do something to help myself so feel I need to begin m...

I'm miserable in my marriage. My husband completely did a 180 after we got married and his mom passed away. He's constantly projecting. Like this morning, I got up early and went grocery shopping in the snow storm. Went down every aisle, spent $200 and was told I basically got nothing and somehow that led to us neve...

I've had good and bad days, I had a traumatic birth and have anxiety anyway. Felt super anxious since being a mum and had to put in lots of boundaries with people kissing baby etc. My partners amazing but feel like today it's just hit me that I think I have pp depression. Baby is 4 months today and I'm so in love! ...