Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

Did you have an immediate, overwhelming, love for your baby? I take wonderful care of her. She’s healthy and safe and looked after but I don’t have a strong attachment to her beyond caretaking responsibility. I believe my feelings will grow with time but wondering if this is a common reaction or if it will always ...

I have had my newborn for 5 weeks now and I am having such terrible PPD AND PPA. I will cry thinking about my old life. I will cry hearing that my friends went to a movie, I will cry when I have no time to shower. Plz tell me I’m not alone. I’m so sad and overwhelmed and feel like I didn’t think this through. Please...

Has anyone had their LB circumcised? My partner wants our LB to be done, obviously I was expecting this to be when he was close to new born, he’s 5 months almost now and the thought is killing me because I know he is more aware of things now.. but I’m just curious of what the procedure and after care is like because...

I’m 12 PP tomorrow and the amount of hair I’m loosing is scary! Is this normal? I spoke to my sister who has two children and she said normally it’s later on as she didn’t experience it until 7 month after giving birth.

How do you cope with postpartum depression when you don't even have your baby with you anymore? She was adopted by an amazing couple but I can't shake this deep feeling from inside my body that there is something huge missing.

I am 8 week pp and my body feels like of an 80 year old women. I feel weak and dizzy. I am experiencing so much pain and aches everywhere like my knee joints hurt so much, I can barely go up and down the stairs in my house. Any one experiencing the same and what are you doing to improve it?

When my son turned 2 I agreed to try for a second baby. My husband wanted them closer in age but I said I wanted to wait till he was around two, iv just found out I’m pregnant, my sons 2 years and 7 months old and the minute I found out iv just been so sad, and feeling super guilty im taking something away from my s...

I just had a baby a week ago (10+ hours of labor and c-section) and PP has been kicking my ass. My bf is no help emotionally and adds to my emotional stress. For example, I had to go move my car this morning (we don’t have parking at our apt) and we have stairs so I was in pain when I came back and just wanted to sl...

I’ll be honest the mental abuse I’ve encountered within this short amount of time is room for me to GET TF OUT ! I’ve known him as long as I’ve known the baby and girl im only 20 weeks and 5 days pregnant , I’ve made the decision to not put him on the birth certificate and that’s just how that’s gonna go 🤷🏽‍♀️ . I…

Since having my girl 3 weeks ago my SIDS anxiety has been over the roof and even making me cry, thoughts about that happening to her is this normal ?

Hi everyone.. Ive got a 2 year old son and I have just found out today that I am pregnant. My feelings are all over the place and I have been crying my eyes out. Its like I wanted this, I wanted my son to have a sibling but then its like why do I feel SO MUCH guilt???? Every-time I look at my son’s face I just want ...

Can anyone share anything that helped them through postpartum depression? I’ve had depression in the past (not pregnancy related) so I have tried different meds & felt like they didn’t work for me so I’d prefer not to go down that route. I’m struggling to leave the house most days & just find it too much like hard w...

How long after getting stitches down there can you start shaving/using hair removal.. I’m 4 weeks pp, and I don’t think I feel stitches anymore and bleeding has significantly reduced to less than a normal period.

My 6-week postpartum appointment is today and I’m getting an IUD. I had the Kyleena before getting pregnant and I’m planning on getting that one again. For those who had an IUD and got another one after giving birth, did it hurt more or less than the last time?

Hey everyone! I tested positive for Covid yesterday and I have a 3.5 month old. I’m soo upset. I’m currently quarantined away from my daughter (upstairs vs downstairs) and it’s driving me insane. I’m so miserable and hormonal and upset. I just want to be with her. I go down once a day to breast feed (immediately f...

Hi, I’ll make this as short as I can lol. My mil is a horrible narcissist, ever since I’ve married my husband she treated both me and my husband like shit and even done and said some very bad things about my 2 year old. she made my pregnancy and postpartum hell and caused me so much trauma that I had to go to thera...

Ok it’s not the same as mum guilt but since I become pregnant my poor cat has been neglected due to me not being well and my husband working a lot. Shes a sweetheart and waits patiently by the bathroom until I finish throwing up to be fed and I’m lucky to have the company. But then I can’t play with her or give h...

I lost a baby at 12 weeks late last year and am now 7 weeks pregnant. I know how incredibly lucky I am, but I can’t connect to this pregnancy. I can speak about it factually and discuss symptoms etc, but I just can’t make the emotional connection because I’m too scared it will be taken from me again. How did anyone ...

Hi girls, I’m 10 weeks postpartum and have been struggling a little bit. I don’t necessarily feel low but more so overwhelmed. I cry quite a lot but I also have some really good days. Sometimes I feel like I’m not doing anything right or that i don’t have any support even though I have a huge village around me that ...

I’m currently 29 weeks pregnant and pretty much since I found out I was pregnant I have experienced severe anxiety… I’ve experienced anxiety for a lot of my life and I was taking medication up until I fell pregnant for the third time… I think I naively thought I didn’t need medication anymore so I weaned off it but ...