Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

I am going to be 33weeks tomorrow and Ive had uncountable braxton hicks today atleast 3-5 every hour but no pain for the past few days. Is this normal? Please what is your experience?

I feel like I am loosing myself. Today for the first time I preferred to be dead. I have a little girl 1 year old but she doesn’t eat, has severe reflux doesn’t sleep, doesn’t gain weight and height and everyday is a struggle. I am pregnant for a second time and I am having the most difficult time I’ve ever had. I l...

Hi I’m a first time mom 21yo and currently 20w and am due in august. I’ve had many struggles so far from friends and pregnancy symptoms to having to stop all of my pre pregnancy medication. All has been for the best I like to believe but sometimes I don’t recognize myself because everything has changed(again for the...

My son is currently near 4 months and I’m having severe mum guilt because it’s been nice n sunny outside and I can’t bring myself to take him a walk, everything about it freaks me out and then I get annoyed at myself for not being able too. When I see his daddy and other family members doing it, I get so jealous bec...

Without sounding shallow, I have such big anxiety about how my body will respond postpartum and how long it will take for my stomach to shrink back down. It’s something that really plays on my mind and has made pregnancy less enjoyable for me. Although I truly am grateful. What are people’s experiences postpartum pl...

I'm 12 weeks now and already going through the hormones and I feel like my baby daddy is doing the bare minimum like I can't even get him to spend time with me every time I ask it's like a chore I hate being a burden but at the same time I just feel unloved and I'm in this alone I have no family support from either ...

Please no judgement. I already feel like the most awful person. I placed my 6 month old in the middle of my bed, which I always do when getting ready. I stood up to grab something off the dresser which is less than 1m away and as I turned back around she was falling to the floor. She landed pretty flat on her front....

This might be a weird question but how do I know if I want a 2nd baby or just want to re-do the experience all over again with my 1st? I feel sorta desperate to be pregnant again but don't know if I'm just craving that new baby stage again. I do get overstimulated with my daughter and was firm that I was one and don...

In the first year after having a baby did u want to split from your baby father if you didn't split did it get better

How on earth do people do this! I feel so bad for my toddler, I feel like I’m not giving her enough attention/playing with her enough and she’s just watching so much telly! My 2 week old literally wants to be attached to me or on the boob all day. Any tips greatly appreciated!

All I ever wanted was to be a mom but my first has been such a hard baby n now such a difficult toddler I hate being alone w her n get anxious to take her out alone cuz of her tantrums over everything She’s not this difficult for nursery or family mostly me I’m pregnant w my second I just want to cry

Hi all. I feel I am now at the end of my 11 year NHS nursing career. Since day one I’ve been subjected to a lot of bullying, harassment and discrimination on a daily basis and still ongoing which you can imagine has taken a toll in more ways than one. I don’t have it in me anymore. I would love to hear positive stor...

I think I have PPD and PPR, I have a two month old daughter and am a SAHM. I don’t have friends or any family I trust with helping me with my daughter to give me a break or especially my partners side either. My partner and I also are going through a rough patch and decided to take a break and work on ourselves befo...

Please tell me it’s for the better with a sibling. I feel like I got pregnant more for my husbands sake. I had extreme PPD and still feel like the world of caving in with an almost 2 year old. I will be giving birth when she is 2.5 and on top of PPD it will be the beginning of the long cold winter months and start o...

I want to be done with how I'm feeling, drained, stressed, frustrated, sick, in pain, emotions everywhere, holding everything in, having no outlet in am so overwhelmed and drowning I don't even know what to do. I love my children i would die for my children but the lack of support I've had from family is unbelievabl...

So what do you parents do when your child simply just refuses to listen to ANYTHING . My daughter is 10 and I was window shopping going to buy her a smart watch . I asked my daughter if she liked it and wanted one and if she’d keep it on and not take it off . Then she asks if she can play the games on it during rece...

I had an emergency c-section in December and I'm trying so hard to be positive but I hate my section self. I think it looks horrific on me. It's not my body and I find it really repulsive. I was a size 18 before pregnancy but I've lost all the weight I gained in pregnancy plus more and it just keeps looking worse an...

Has anyone experienced a crazy breakout after having baby. I want to say it’s due to hormones but I’m not sure it was 100% from that. All the medication I was taking for my emergency C section the iron pills the bloating pills. The shot in my arm I got to stop contractions I feel like it was so much in my body plus ...

Just venting. I'm born and raised in Louisiana but I have been living in Arizona for 6 years now and only visited Louisiana once or twice since living in AZ. It's just so hard financially wise and I don't drive. I've been thinking about moving back to Louisiana since a few years ago but never did and I regret it but...

Hi Ladies, Does anyone else feel really sad when they BF or pump? It’s like a feeling of doom and occasional cramps. I’m already 7 weeks pp and it’s not going away. It’s not to the point of depression but every let down I feel just weird. It makes me not like BF