Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

im a young mum, struggled with mental health & PTSD for years but im struggling right now, im SCARED of everything, every small thing i notice i have a severe panic attack, with everything going around of course my 3y old and i have fallen ill to, but since all that, ive had panic attacks & done the stupid thing of ...

I have a healthy and wild 6 month old boy who is full of life and alot of emotions. I have emotionally been struggling as a new mom and have had a hard time finding people to talk to about it and finding support. My only true support is my husband. Part of my problem is I put on a facade that everything is fine and ...

Do any mums struggle with feeling overstimulated when baby is crying and won't stop wriggling around when you're trying to settle them? I don't know how to calm myself when I'm battling with irritability when feeling overstimulated by baby 😪

This is it, she shout or scream for anything, I am very soft with her....I am suffering a lot, I am mentally drained, all my body so tense from daily stress Please what can I do to change this situation?

Hey, So long story short - me and my partner came to my parents house for Christmas and my sister came with my nephew. Before they came I said please tell me if either of you are ill because my little one is only 8 weeks old. She has a cough on the call but insisted it was a cough from giving up smoking/vaping. I ...

Is it normal to get frequent braxton hicks? I’m 39 weeks on Saturday but the past few days the braxton hicks are more frequent. They are not painful just uncomfortable more than anything (and annoying!). X

Hello! Not really looking for advice or anything, just wanted to vent 🥲 Yesterday was my baby girl's first Christmas, she's only 3 weeks old, but yet the entire day was spent with me just watching my family members hold/cuddle her trying to keep a cool face whilst on the inside I was an anxious mess and just…

On reflection I noticed I enjoy sex a lot with my ex more than my husband. I’m never sexually attracted to my husband and I just don’t know why. Sex with him feels like a chore. Does this mean I’m not in love with my husband?

I’m 39 weeks today and literally don’t know what to do with myself. I’m in so much pain, can’t walk or basically do anything, being sick after I eat anything, sleeping awfully, just want baby out now. Just feeling fed up and want to cry haha. Sorry for the rant but I’m sure some of you are in the same boat. Merry Ch...

We have always got on fine, we’re very different but she’s always very caring. She came to visit 2 days post c-section. She barely said hello to me. All she did was hold our baby in an arm chair and cry over him. Didn’t do one helpful thing for us. Didn’t stop crying. I tolerated this for 45 minutes(!) then made a...

Hi, I’m first time mom, my baby is 3 month old, and first couple months I thought I was fine, I think I had a baby blues first couple weeks but then I was okay. And now I feel so bad, crying, isolated myself from people, don’t want to go out, scared of everything. I don’t know it might be just sleeping deprivation.....

like sometimes i cannot believe what i am reading and there are SO many of these posts. im scrolling on here and its venting post after venting posts of women with these incompetent or abusive men but they won’t leave or change their situation and then end the post with something cutesy like “just venting x”

I am 31 weeks pregnant and today I had the worst Christmas of my life. Early in the morning my boyfriend and I had to big argument and after that I had family over and had to hold myself together all day, even though I was fighting tears. I’m emotionally and physically exhausted. Each phase of my life I have just be...

Me and my partner have been together for 8 years and now expecting our first child. It seems as though in the recent months, his depression is getting worse and I feel like I’m getting the brunt of it. I’ve tried talking to him so many times and it ends up going nowhere. It’s getting to a point where sometimes askin...

My son is 1.5. Ever since I gave birth my hair has been slowly looking like sh*t. My hair is so broken. I feel like the only way to make it look better is to cut it short. I’m nervous to go short because I don’t know how I will look and feel like I might make it worse. Help!

Hi, I have a daughter (2) with my fiance and a stepson who is 13. Today at Christmas dinner my fiances mum pointed out that stepson was winding up my bio daughter by drawing ugly photos of her and saying look that’s you. My partner laughed when this was mentioned at the table, the conversation then got on to how the...

I’ve got a newborn baby (nearly 6 weeks) and had all these magical visions for his first Christmas but in reality it has been awful. My poor baby has been overstimulated and then just extremely unsettled/crying for what feels like forever. I am just looking for some reassurance that I’m not the only one and that it ...

I have very,very severe anxiety and anger postpartum. I hold back tears and panic attacks a lot when my partners family holds my 2 month old baby. Different culture and language barriers which I think causes it or adds to it. 🥲 I'm more comfortable with my parents brother who does speak English, I don't speak…

C section ladies.. do you feel tender still after your section? I'm 5 months pp but still hurts if I prod above the scar line. Has healed well but feels swollen and tender STILL

i just came out of an abusive partner , i met someone new i just mistakenly thought i was pregnant cause i missed my period i got very aggitated,now i foind out i am not pregnant i go relief but it felt like all the abuse came back so fresh on me now i am very scared than usual what do i do is this normal my mood...