Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

So a little context I struggle to trust people. I was r*ped and SA by someone I trusted and knew well. They apologised and convinced me it would never happen again. Well it did and since then if you break my trust it's gone. Well today my MIL looked after my 7 month old from 9 til 5. She asked about giving LO food ...

Is anyone else’s little one going through absolute BRUTAL separation anxiety with mama? Like next level bloody murder screaming if anyone else tries to soothe her, needs to be held 100000% of the time and sometimes still cries for me even if I’m holding her. Can’t put her down for naps, waking up in the middle of th...

I'm between 6 and 10 weeks pregnant, my bd has bipolar (unmedicated) and is excited about the baby when we're on good terms, but when we get into an argument he says he doesn't want the baby. He claims he wants to be involved as long as we're together and has no plans of coparenting if things don't work out. I'm try...

How does everyone cope? My daughter is 3 non verbal, no diagnosis as of yet! Doesn’t seem to be much help for us atm but literally tried and trying everything! My daughter always has the worst meltdowns and tantrums! She’s super strong, getting stronger then me, she’s very tall for her age and powerful. She hits me...

I’m 24weeks pregnant with my 3rd and I have severe pelvic pain to the point where I’m crying and waking up through out the night and my belly bands do not help. I’m curious if this product will work.

Has anyone else had their stitches come undone after having an episiotomy? Please tell me the pain gets better

My questions from labour never got answered so wondering if anyone went through the same thing as me: I was at 1cm for over 6 hours, baby’s head wasn’t fully engaged either but the contractions were back to back and were unbearable. At one point, I went to the bathroom for 2-3 minutes and had 3 contractions in that...

help! my boy is 4 months old and we both started to loose our hair HARD. any tips for mamas to not look completely bald? products, home remedies? Does it ever stop falling or am i doomed?

I think I’m experiencing my first braxton hicks, I’m 32 weeks today and getting random jabbing feelings on my right hand side , almost feels like somethings stretching so originally thought growing pains but where this is sporadic, not sure if this is braxton hicks? It’s not painful just uncomfortable!

I was expecting luscious, long, thick locks during pregnancy and instead I’ve got GREASY hair, a flaky scalp and fast sprouting greys 🫠 please tell me I’m not alone

Our little one is just over a week old now, and we have only had grandparents visit so far. We have a huge amount of people excited to meet the baby and we have slowly started to schedule in visits. My issue is i feel really anxious about the idea of people coming and holding the baby especially if multiple people...

Hello! A couple of days ago, my husband was wearing different boxers that he never wore before with me, so he started to say: do you remember this boxers? And I was so confused and I said: no, I don’t! And he said: yes! Remember I was wearing it the first time we were together? I bought this one for that occasion! ...

My friends little girl got hand foot and mouth 2 weeks ago and I saw them at the park when she was still sick. I said we had better keep our distance because my daughter has had it twice and ended up in hospital both times (I got super sick too). She seemed annoyed by this but her daughter was obviously still sick. ...

Anyone else experiencing hair loss? I literally have to empty my brush every time and finding my hair all over the house!!

People around me a say that they can see he’s in awe of me, without me asking. But I just don’t see it, I really don’t think he loves me. I feel like others do a better job with him, make him smile and laugh mode. I feel he only cries with me, everyone else can comfort him better. I feel stupid thinking this, but ...

We also have an 11 month old baby and I’m in my third trimester. I’m exhausted. My toddler throws tantrums only with me and is an angel with him.

Has anyone ever cut contact with their mom? My mom and I got in a fight when I told her she pushed a boundary again with my husband and she called him a POS. I hung up when she said that and then she told me to leave the family alone. 4 days later said she was sorry we had words and was stressed for a reason. I to...

Can you have PPD and not feel suicidal? I have most of the symptoms except I don’t feel suicidal and I feel a strong bond to my baby but no “want” to be around him? Could this still be PPD?

Anyone else get super sad when their husband does not want to give them affection? (Cuddles, hugs, etc) I find myself in this situation often where at bedtime I ask him to cuddle before bed and he says no then I will get silent and he will say "Oh now your going to cry??!"....

I prayed for my baby for years. And when he finally arrived, I thought I couldn’t be happier. But since the beginning I could tell that my baby and I weren’t bonding. Like he would stop crying when others held him (never when I did), he doesn’t look for me, doesn’t want me to hold him, or play with him. He would muc...