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Hair loss

When does the postpartum hair loss stop?! It’s driving me mad… finding my hair EVERYWHERE 😳

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Any nursery workers out there? Need some reassurance please 🙏

Our baby will be going to nursery when she’s 9 months. I’ve got soooo many mixed emotions but we’re going for it because at the end of the day I love my job, it’s what keeps our roof over our heads and in the long run I don’t want to loose my career, so I have to go back to work. Please can you share how you deal wi...

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Postpartum OCD?

Since I’ve given birth I noticed that I have a cleaning urge. I literally look forward to cleaning right after nursing or putting baby to sleep, and when I’m done it feels like it’s not enough to satisfy my cleanliness. Am I the only one? 🤔

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Judgy family, mostly MIL

Hi yall. I just need to rant a bit. Im a FTM and my baby is 2months now. He is very chill, only cries when hungry or if really uncomfortable. He is getting all fat and cute and is adorable. However, some family members are always judgmental of my decisions, especially MIL. She’s always making comments that he needs ...

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Anyone else feel like they are drowning?

I don't know who to turn to right now. I'm 4.5 months pp, a single mom, co-parenting with an abusive ex, and I think I'm losing my best/only friend. I love my baby so much, but my mental health is petty bad recently. I have been struggling to find a therapist and I'm having a really hard time coping. I was trying to...

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Resentment towards husband

I have been having a lot of resentment towards my husband for a while now. I get so upset with everything he does. I feel like I am constantly picking up after him, always repeating myself, struggling to get help with the baby, and just everything. He looks at me sideways and I lose my shit. We are constantly arguin...

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Am I bad if…

So be of my friends (she’s really well off) is pregnant. I never felt the difference between us (middle working class) until she got pregnant. I used to make fun of it because things she picked out would be in the thousands and I’d say “awh I love that. I’ll buy it eventually.” Since she got pregnant (I’m extremely ...

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Smiles

My baby doesn’t smile with me when I drop her off and pick her up at daycare. She just stares at me with a blank face. Today was one of those days. The lady had her for a minute and we were talking and she just stares at me. Then I took her and she looked at the lady and start giving her big smiles. I’m talking gum ...

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Sex after episiotomy?

I currently have a 3 week old and my stitches seem to be healing fine but now I’m very careful with anything down there and I’m a little nervous about being sexually active with my partner again that it will hurt or it won’t feel the same? Any advice or experiences

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Back to work

Soooo I’m a single mom of 3 I have 2 teenagers and my baby is 9 months… it’s been a min since I worked a whole day. I’m low key having a separation anxiety from my baby and it’s driving me crazy. Also I’ve been exclusively breastfeeding since day one and she refuses to drink from the bottle…I need advice🥺

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Ever since giving birth, does the subject of birth make you emotional?

Idk if it's just me, but ever since I gave birth 3 months ago, the topic makes me so emotional now. Like tearful. Even if i watch a movie where someone is giving birth or watch a tiktok of someone in labor, it makes me so emotional. Am i just really sensitive or does anyone else experience this😅

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Struggling/ venting

I'm 31yo with an almost 1yo. I'm down to 4 diapers I have to literally beg people for money so I can get diapers and I just feel like a failure. I know new moms struggle but it's taken a toll on my mental health a lot. I already have Major Depression Disorder anxiety and ptsd. Now it's like I fake a smile every now ...

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This hurts my heart so much

My husband is an over the road truck driver and when it comes to sex, it doesn’t feel like he’s sexually attracted to me. I already don’t see him for 3-4 weeks. When we have sex, he doesn’t get aroused. He doesn’t stay on hard and it takes forever for him to nut. I asked him was it anyone else and he said no. He sai...

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TTC and mental health

Does anyone else find TTC a real strain on your mental health? We’re trying for baby no. 2 and I feel it’s even worse this time round. Goodness knows how much I’ve spent on pregnancy tests, desperate to know before my period is due 😩

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Episiotomy

Those who have had an episiotomy, how long did it take to not feel as painful and how does it look once healed? I’m on day 4 and it’s still painful/stings. Not constantly but after I’ve been for a wee or getting up and down from sitting/lying or if I try and do too much. It’s also really swollen and raised where it’...

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Terrified of SIDS

My baby is 6 wks and I’ve been having so much SIDS anxiety . I had to delete tik tok bc it was showing up on my FTP so much it was scaring me. I’m so scared of this happening and it keeps me awake all day and night just watching my baby sleep. When does the anxiety go away? What are some things that help you get to ...

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Feeling inadequate

I'm so proud my little one started nursery this week she is nearly 7 months old. She done so well and doing things she hasn't done with us at home. I'm so proud but can't help but feel I've done something wrong she eating her food when we try to feed her at home she hasn't shown much interest same with water. She do...

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Cryo or EMS sculpt

Has anyone tried this? I have about 10 lbs more to lose and I have ALWAYS had this stubborn pouch at my lower belly that I heard the two treatments can help but I’m nervous. I am still working out and no plans to stop but it’s more for healthy lifestyle but are the results temporary/permanent?

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Just need to talk

Does anyone on here struggle with their mental health? Just always feeling like a rubbish mum or get annoyed easily, I always wake up wanting to be the best mum ever and don't sleep at night because I feel like I could have done better but then my son just whines all day no matter what I do and I end up just getti...

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Intimate Care

Personal question - it's slowly getting a bit harder to keep 'down there' tidy. Normally I fully shave but that won't be possible in a few weeks and personally I'd rather not let it go wild for the final couple of months. Has anyone tried hair removal cream on their pubic area? Is it safe during pregnancy (obvious...

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