Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

Hey ladies I know we are ten months deep but I feel I may have postpartum depression. Is this possible?

Had my cerclage stitch placed today anyone else had or having similar in their pregnancy?

No judgement please but advice welcome. I am finding it really tricky at the moment raising my SD when I am finding her personality really unlikeable. I am 38 weeks pregnant as well so emotions are high but she keeps behaving in ways that make me really frustrated to be around her. - She asks questions despite k...

Hi, I want to hear from mums who have done similar with their baby/ babies. So your child would be a little older than 3 or so right now… please answer only if you meet this criteria lol I am currently on maternity leave with my baby, I breastfeeding and cosleep, my mood is great I am relaxed 95% of the time. Hous...

What can I say to my friend who just had her second baby and is struggling with her body image? She literally cannot stand to look at herself in the mirror and hates her body. We've had at least four conversations since her baby was born, and every time, she talks about how unhappy she is with her appearance. I want...

I’m currently on maternity leave with my daughter, and while I still have a bit of time before I return to work, I can’t help but obsess over the idea of her being placed in a nursery. She’s such a momma’s girl, and I’m so worried she’ll be sad and miss me. I keep imagining her sitting in a corner crying, and it bre...

hey everyone sorry for the unrelated post. I had my hair professionally done from bleached blonde to my natural light brown in december. A couple weeks ago i got sick of my green looking ends from the fading of the brown and my bleached blonde peeping through so i grabbed a brown box dye thinking i had found my solu...

Has anyone been on an emotional wreck this week? Like crying over the littlest things or crying while you're talking to someone. It's not my time because I already went through that almost 2 weeks ago. If so how can you stop it because I'm struggling.

Super random but is it possible to be having post partum depression now ? I'm 9m pp and I feel so lost confused and constantly sad and my temper is very short ( I'm usually a very happy go lucky calm person ) But my brain literally feels fried 😭 I can't even remember my own name at times , I forget what I'm taking…

Hi lovely ladies! I have a quick question for those who have experienced a c section. I am 4 months postpartum. My physio has cleared me to do exercises but to be gentle with core things (due to us recovering my stomach muscles separation). At 3 months she said I am all good and I will have mostly healed and be able...

How are we coping about the thought of your first born not being the only one! I am 37 weeks and have shed many tears over the fact my precious two year old won’t be my only focus! I don’t know how to mentally process that she won’t be my only everything anymore lol! Anyone else?😅😅

How soon after your vaginal delivery did you have sex? Did it hurt? Did you bleed?

35 weeks tomorrow. My stomach has felt hard and tight since 5 ish. I’ve been trying to relax and chug more water but it hasn’t eased up. Is this Braxton Hicks? I’ve had an abnormally stressful week and hardly any sleep the past two nights…

So I have a doctors appt tomorrow and I’m thinking about asking for a depression/anxiety medication. I was prescribed one before when I lost my first child but I never took it because I was scared about how it would make me feel. Any moms take medication ? Any tips or advice ? Does/did it help ?

Have any of you moms done anything like hair color or treatment postpartum? I’m close to 6 months and I’ve been wanting to change my hair since I was pregnant but I’ve been waiting. My hair is still currently falling so much… what should I do????

Does it get better? I'm 14 weeks pp and have been diagnosed with mild bladder prolapse but it's been quite symptomatic. I'm already fearing what it might mean for the future. Just when I thought things were getting better 🥲 ended in forceps delivery, 4th degree and episiotomy, followed by 9 different courses of…

Right girls, just need a sounding board here and to know if I’m being unreasonable or not. These things may not seem like a big deal but I’ve outlined below why they are to me…I know in the grand scheme of things they obv aren’t! But on the daily I am just tired of it. I suffer from PMDD and at the best of times m...

I didn’t and I feel bad about it. For context im a single mom and was single during the birth (had my mom and sister there tho) and I was full of anxiety and so exhausted (hadn’t slept for over 24+ hours) and all the drugs I had to have made me even more exhausted and tired and felt super weird and in my head. I was...

So I’m nearly 8 weeks post section with second baby and I noticed when I got home from the hospital a little bump fleshy kind of lump in my groin like deep in my pelvis just a couple inches under my scar near my vagina I ignored it but I was feeling around the scar and felt the same and nothing on the other side an...

I am in a hurricane of confusion in my brain 😭 I have a 2y3mo girl and a 10mo boy and I actually think I want another. I don’t know why 😭 we had said we wanted to stop when we had the second, partially because I was diagnosed with AuDHD in October 2024, and also because I had postpartum depression after my girl…