Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

Hey everyone. So starting yesterday evening, my daughter will be with her dad for a week and that’s the longest we’ve been apart since she’s been born. My daughter turned one on the 15th of Dec. and she’s spent two nights with her dad and it went well but since she’s been gone I’ve been depressed, isolated in my roo...

Has anyone tried nutrafol for hair loss?

My husband is “trying” to help out with our LO but im hard on him and feel like he doesn’t do enough or good enough for what he does do- Im not 100% trusting of how he takes care of her I left her with him 2 times and both times she wouldn’t feed at all and he didn’t call me when I was gone for 5-6 hours I was devas...

I know it’s only been two days since I gave birth, but how bad was pain for you afterwards? I have a second degree tear. Sometimes I get such bad waves of pain I can’t sit or walk, and it stings and feel like there’s a fresh rip or something. My partner said there’s nothing down there that looks concerning and it j...

*trigger warning, dont read if you may be scared y answers to this. Has anyone had a short-term or long-standing injury after an epidural was used during child birth, such as long term back pain etc?

my scar has randomly opened and started bleeding, i’ve been to the hospital and have an infection - i’m 4 months pp, anyone else had any experience with infections? did it just go away with antibiotics?

Hello, how long did it take for your stitches to heal. I’m 4 weeks pp and just checked down there for the first time and the top of my hole it looks like it’s open but im in no pain. Not sure if this is normal or not.

I’ve never been very open minded to a 3 sum. I’m a very jealous person when it comes to my husband and the thought of seeing him with another woman or him seeing me with another man has always made me feel really uncomfortable just the thought of it. We’ve been together 13 years and have both agree’d we’d like to ...

Is there anyone that has postpartum depression? If so how did you go about seeking any help? I’ve struggled for a while but have masked and kind of ignored/just dealt with it the best I can, and health visitors have suggested I may have postpartum depression. I’m starting to really struggle and feel like I may need ...

Since I found out I was pregnant at the start of October, I’ve had really bad morning sickness and feeling unwell and haven’t been working since November because of this. The whole time I looked forward to Christmas because it meant my partner was also off work for a couple of weeks and it was something to look forw...

My baby girl is 3 weeks old and every day I feel overwhelmed with fear and I am crying constantly. I have a constant feeling of dread, I feel guilty and as though she’s better without me. I feel like I am a bad person all the time. I have turned really bitter and hateful towards my partner too. I don’t want to be th...

My little girl is 1 week old today, for the last 3/4 days I have found the evenings so hard emotionally for me. My partner is so supportive and has been making dinners and helping with everything. I feel like as soon as it starts getting dark outside I feel sad and like I just want to cry. I don’t know if this i...

My daughter was born just before Thanksgiving and so far we’ve been to all the holiday gatherings which were small and intimate besides New years. So far I’ve been asked to babysit twice, my mom doesn’t consistently tell my little sister to respect the baby’s space as she’s been wanting to be all over her every time...

How does someone tell their partner they are struggling? My partner Is so lovely and has been so so supportive through my whole pregnancy journey. I gave birth 3 weeks ago and for the past week or so I've been feeling really low about everything, the lowest I felt in a very long time. He keeps asking me what's wr...

Hello mums, I'm currently 25 weeks pregnant and feeling overwhelmed. My partner is struggling to connect with the pregnancy and doesn't seem to understand my physical and emotional needs. All he talks about is himself or his mental health. He prioritises himself and mental health over our midwife appointments. He wa...

So for context my sister has depression, she is on amitriptyline and also has autism and ocd. She recently went to uni and has started going out more. The other day we went out for breakfast because our mum had my son and she had told me how a group of lads in her cohort had been saying stuff about her appearance, t...

When did people start having sex again after a c section? I’m only 2 weeks postpartum and just wanted other opinions on when people started to try again

Is there anyone that has postpartum depression? If so how did you go about seeking any help? I’ve struggled for a while but have masked and kind of ignored/just dealt with it the best I can, and health visitors have suggested I may have postpartum depression. I’m starting to really struggle and feel like I may need ...

My baby’s belly button isn’t fully healed yet it is this normal?

Having a bad few days just need to let it out This baby has always been a challenge in some way or another. First colic and the feeding was a nightmare and the sleep was great at night. Then the feeding resolved itself and we were getting somewhere but the behaviour started to get worse with the whinging and whinin...