Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

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By complete accident my little one nearly got burnt today. Luckily there was no mark and he’s not hurt or was bothered at all. We ended up attending emergency care and now being reported to social care. I know my little one is uninjured and is fine but I am beating myself up so much about it I’ve been crying for 3 h...

I am 5 years into a loving relationship. We have a 2 year old and a baby. Up until now I feel my faith hasn’t been a priority but have recently felt I need to change this and with my boyfriend being a nonbeliever I just feel my life will never really be what it should be. I love him but have been having these feelin...

I feel so bad crying - I’m so sad and this is supposed to be the happiest time of my life. I’ve always wanted a baby, but being completely alone and with mental illness and constant backache and sickness that comes and goes. I feel miserable :( it’s not my baby’s fault I’m so grateful for this baby, I just wish I di...

Since having a baby, my family came to see her once to get all their photos. Then we’ve barely been in touch. My mum only ever sends me voice messages with “Is the baby awake? Is she awake? I wanna see baby. Is she awake?” Yes, she repeats herself a lot. When I do get baby on video chat with my parents, they barely ...

I know it’s 6 weeks to wait but what about foreplay or mastubration how soon after birth can you do these things?

Hey ladies, I was diagnosed with Postpartum psychosis not long ago, and have been struggling to kind of forgive myself for the scary thoughts I had before being medicated (which made a HUGE difference thank God). Has this been anyone else's experience? If so what do you think helped you move forward?

I’m 32 weeks as a solo mum by choice. For the last 3 days I’ve been unable to keep any food down and Im being jolted out of my sleep with anxiety every 30/40 mins. But I can’t put my finger on exactly why… feeling like I’m not going to be a good enough mum, like I’ve made a mistake going down this path. When all I...

Hey so this is a rant but im 18m PP and am pregnant again. I feel so depressed and like a failure. I ask my husband for so much help and im scared he’s getting sick of me. I also have terrible mood swings. I was trying to get our daughter to sleep but she wouldn’t lay down and kept talking. I was doing that for 30mi...

I will be 37 weeks on Friday and have been having braxton hicks contractions for a couple weeks now but the past few days even tho they are still irregular they have started to get more painful. Can someone explain what this means to a first time mom?

Hi everyone, just feel like I need a bit of a vent as this is playing on my mind and keeping me awake… even though baby is fast asleep 😅 I went out to a baby group with my friend today with our babies. During the coffee and shopping afterwards, I felt interrogated about my baby, going back to work, our house and…

I had my baby 3 weeks ago today, and im still feeling uncomfortable with my wound. My wound was infected and today I had an ultrasound done they said i have fluids in the tissues above my incision. It making me so depressed and I feel like its giving me baby blues. Am I the only one here with c section problems alr...

I’m severely depressed. No point in going back to the dr’s because it doesn’t help. I won’t take medication and I hate talking to people. Don’t really know why I’m posting here for answers, but as I said I don’t like talking and even if I did, I don’t have anyone to talk to. I guess I just want to know if there’s an...

Is anyone else suffering from PP Rage? I find myself getting so angry and frustrated so quickly at the smallest thing. It could be my baby crying or simply knocking something over and I want to smash my head off the wall or shout 😭 I’m usually so calm and patient I hate myself for how reactive ive become, I hate it…

I feel absolutely horrible I looked away for one second and my 9.5m old fell off the bed head first. I took her to the doctor and she’s fine, but I feel HORRENDOUS. I feel like such a bad mom. Someone tell me it’s gonna be ok 😭 I knew better. She just started crawling and either way has been rolling for months. I…

My MIL says I’m spoiling my newborn baby!! How do I tell her that it’s impossible to spoil a baby without loosing my temper Midwife has told her and so has health visitor!

I’m only 8 days postpartum and I’ve had 2nd degree tear and dissolvable stitches. I’m just wondering when can I actually take a long clean bath? Or how long they take it heal. I’ve had showers but I’m finding it difficult to stand there without going dizzy as i lost so much blood in birth and still having big clots...

Hi everyone. First time mom here to a 5 month old baby. This is my first time reaching out and talking about this. But I think I have really bad post partum anxiety. I think about the worst case scenario happening to my baby. When I’m not with my baby, I think about the worst thing that could be happening to her and...

Anyone else got an achey back? 30+4 weeks. Any tips?

My heart is feeling so low and depressed as I can see many June babies already standing, crawling, sitting unassisted and playing. My baby still doesn’t do anything except rolling 😭 Please tell me how are your’ll getting this done, first time mum with no family support. Nobody to teach me anything. Atleast if she…