Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

I’ve never had them but im assuming i will sooner than later. Do i call my doctor about them even if i determine im not going into labor? My luck it will be after hours and the nurses line will take a million years to contact me back. Hmmm.

Ladies it’s my lgs first full day at nursery tomorrow she’s 2 and I just want to cry and I feel sick she loved the settling in days she didn’t want to leave but the thought of leaving there longer then a few hours is giving me anxiety how do you get over this 😭 she’s only doing two days a week but it feels like to…

I know your hair falls out more after you have a baby but my little boy is 4 months old and I feel like it's getting worse not better everytime I brush it or have a shower I lose so muxh is this normal?

I need new friends but at the same time want to stay to myself. Just got out of an abusive relationship. Been abused even while pregnant. Now dealing with postpartum depression. I want the emotional support but idk if I can handle it

1 week post op and so exhausted of being in pain all the time 😭

Ok soI am currently 9weeks5days pregnant and we are waiting till we make it to 15weeks to tell anyone. I had a mc at 13weeks4days in November. We had actually found out the gender of our baby the day his heart stopped and didn't find out till 14weeks I would be due next month if I hadn't lost him. My sister got preg...

Anyone else's baby so wingy? My little girl is 6 months old and so whingy, I swear she is broken. I feed, change her nappy, pay her attention and she still whinges no matter what I do it just seems she isn't happy. Any advice would be greatful at this moment intime before I have A nervous breakdown xxx Pic of my l...

Does the the anxiety of leaving the house with a baby ever go?😫

Was in hospital today having an iron transfusion. 4th pregnancy and 3 epidurals. And I was talking to the nurse about how I think the cannula hurts more to put in than an epidural, she agreed. So guess I wanted to see what others thought! Who agrees, what u think?

I'm really struggling in my relationship at the moment. I have a c section scheduled for Friday and I'm really stressed about everything. It was not my choice to have a c section and I really wanted to give birth vaginally. I've lost a lot of my patience and become quite short tempered in the past few months. I just...

Is anyone else’s 1 year old going through a separation anxiety ??😩😩 I can’t get anything done or even catch a breather

Hi all, I’m 30 weeks tomorrow and for the past 1/2 weeks I have had a lot of braxton hicks that actually hurt and last quite a while. This morning my belly also aches like I’ve done loads of sit ups or something, has anyone else had this? Thanks!

How to people handle annoying comments from people in a reasonable and respectful way? Especially from people they care about. My daughter is 12 weeks old, has her fussy periods like any baby but it always seems to happen worse around my MIL. I think bubs is probably feeling my anxiety around MIL cause she always m...

I am so ashamed to feel this way . Is it normal to feel like "what have I done" . Is these feeings the hormones or am I really regretting having a second child ... Just looking for some recomfort :(

Hey mums 😩 just need a bit of reassurance that I am not the only one losing soo much hair 🥹 it’s literally covering the house like bloody cobwebs and every time I brush my hair a good hand-full comes out… anyone else experienced this? (13 weeks pp)

Everything was fine originally but the past few months I've felt like she isn't my baby and that I'm just holding her until someone comes and takes her away to her real family

I had my little girl nearly 7 weeks ago via C Section, my scar has healed really well and i had a good recovery, however my hands are very numb, painful and tingling, it is preventing my from driving, i have reduced strength in my hands and i struggle to do things such as putting the pram up and doing up poppers on ...

Anyone else feeling super emotional at the moment 😅 the littlest things make me want to cry! Our older little boy got accepted for the free childcare and now I'm sad because I don't want him to grow up 😂 he's not even going yet what is wrong with me?!

I am trying to keep my pregnancy private, and my husbands side of the family keeps congratulating me on my pregnancy as I continue to have complications with the pregnancy and so how it irritates me. I am Not sure they know about my complications or not but they surely don’t keep things to them self’s and have to me...

As a momma, how do you cope or deal with the anxieties of something always being wrong? For example, I saw something about how babies/kids should not sleep with their mouth open & it’s a sign of a larger issue. Which has sent me into a rabbit hole to figure out if my baby will develop this issue. Or my baby will hav...