Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

I live with my husband, my mother in law and step father in law… Currently 33 weeks pregnant and the hormones are strong. Please can some advise how you deal with MIL rubbing/touching bump all the time and just questioning how you are every 20 minutes. I understand she’s excited as her first grandchild but I actua...

So my little girl is 2 in September and when she was first born I didn’t bond with her at all and I know that’s normal i eventually did bond with her when she was around 3 months old but every since she got her 1 year jabs she has totally changed just constantly crying and screaming and I’ve tired everything playing...

I am 17 weeks pp and haven’t noticed any out of the norm hair loss. I’ve heard it gets bad after 3 months pp. Does it happen to everyone?

Welp- I broke my ankle at 36 weeks with an induction planned for 37 weeks. Baby girl is doing great/no impact from the accident, but has anyone else dealt with labor and delivery with an injury? My OB team feels confident going forward with delivery. was already geared up for/worried about postpartum recovery, and t...

I'm having baby fever sooo bad even worse, since we have been talking about trying again. We are trying to settle in our new house first but I want another baby now! I see all these babies and making it so much worst. I'm lucky I my daughter she makes it better but I want to bring a sibling for her to play with. I k...

Just had a daughter 3 weeks ago; -Around 18 weeks prego was the last time I talk to my boyfriends mom she hung up on me and lied to my boyfriend about the context of our conversation then blocked me on social media as well as blocking my mom for no reason !! - she also didn’t want to know our babies name since she...

I know people say this a lot but I really think there’s something wrong with me, or I’m really not getting this motherhood thing right. I have a 3 year old and a 6 month old and I would say 5/7 days a week I feel stressed, not all day but most of the day I feel rushed to get somewhere, Im snappy, the tiniest thing t...

If so how do you handle it ? Need advice as I really struggle with how to react or respond. Especially when people debate and argue that they are ok and “just fussing”

For background, he’s 3 months old & my fiancé and I currently live at my parents. My baby tends to fuss and cry and scream when I’m with him, and then calms down for grandma/grandpa/dad. I try everything to soothe him and all it takes is my mom picking him up for him to quiet down. It’s starting to break my heart be...

I just found out im pregnant and im terrified of the postpartum depression I suffered from with my 2nd baby.

I have our 4 month old daughter 90% of the time as EBF and husband works long hours. When she’s unhappy she needs to be carried or walked around or communicated with to calm her down otherwise she gets more and more intensely unhappy and it gets very hard for to calm her down. When my husband has her he’ll just cont...

I'm 6 months post partum. Things have been really rough. My PPD has been bad and I feel like I can function for shit. I really don't want to have another baby right now and I really want to work on myself. I feel like I'm failing as a mom and partner because of my mental health issues. I've thought about getting ...

We've just had our first transfer which sadly failed and due to have our second in a couple of months. We've been trying for many years and suffered miscarriages in the past. My friends have all had babies over the years (some more than one) and each time I have made a blanket for the baby. Now one of my friends, t...

Or could it be postpartum hormones. Really struggling

So my doctor prescribed me something for my depression and we are going to see if that helps. I think I know the reasons I’m depressed but there is nothing I can do about it. If anybody has any advice or ways that may also help it would be appreciated.

I’m 40 weeks now and anxious about the birth of the baby (my first), but know I’ll be ok and get through whatever happens with the support of my partner. I’ve previously been set on my mum being in the room with us when I’m in labour and delivering but the last few weeks I’ve been having second thoughts and don’t ...

Anyone else never experience guilt or anxiety? Are you confident in your decisions and choices? Never fear the unknown? Always willing to try?

Has anyone taken ciprolex/lexapro from postpartum anxiety/postpartum panic attacks? I’ve been suffering for a few months now and it is slowly getting better but I still have my bad days and night where i will have panic attacks or they will wake me up from my sleep. Has anyone had experience with this? Should I just...

I’m going right through it. There are lullabies that my firstborn had listened to and I heard one yesterday and I cried because well he grew up too quickly. I’m also crying because I feel like I betrayed him, and not being able to spend quality time like I used to with him is hurting me a lot. Everything triggers so...

My little girl is 2.5 y/o and I was diagnosed with PPD when she was 4 month old. I was on citalopram until she was 1.5 and then was taken off of it. I was doing ok for a little while but the last 6 months have been rough and I have felt lower than ever. Has anyone experienced PPD that comes back and is it even possi...