Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

Hi everyone! I was just wondering how old your baby was when you spent the first night/weekend alone with your baby without the help of your partner? My husband has a stag do (date is tbc as they’re still finalising) but all of them are pretty soon after my due date and even then this is only if baby is on time! I w...

My daughter is almost 6 months old and I get so jealous when my friends post about their babies being the happiest and most content babies ever. Mine has been crying everyday/all day since the day she was born. I’m a stay at home mom and I reached a breaking point last week and broke down. I just feel like everyon...

Has anyone suffered with prenatal depression? If so what did you do to manage it? I’m 27 weeks pregnant & have been feeling either angry or sad/teary a lot of the time the last few weeks. Obviously pregnancy has its ups & downs mood wise but I’m starting to feel like this is something more. Pre-pregnancy I was taki...

I have been feeling anxious due to a lot of uncertainty in my life right now. Is it weird to feel shame in accepting I need them and taking them? I feel that admitting the need would label me as unstable- not fit to be a mom.

Am having an incredibly tough pregnancy with hyperemesis resulting in quite a lot of weight loss, 6 hospital admissions (lasting 4-5 days at a time) since the beginning of December requiring opiate pain relief due to an underlying chronic health condition which has been exaberateda million fold by pregnancy, severe ...

My baby girl is 9 months old (first time mum here) and I can’t help feeling a bit worried about how she is reacting in social situations. I understand she is at the age where stranger anxiety is high, and she is very clingy to me which is to be expected, but she will not smile for anyone at all that isn’t me or my h...

Has anyone else struggled with controlling their emotions at 4 months postpartum? I’m struggling to show interest in anything and just cleaning the house gets me so overwhelmed to the point of tears, is this normal? (I have a huge amount of help from my partner).

So I've been awake all night... For context, my ex and I had a pretty awful relationship. I left him at 30 weeks pregnant and our daughter is now 5 months old. Things were fine until I got pregnant. Then all of these red flags started showing up. He would yell at me and blame me for pretty much everything even if I ...

Now I seen this video via instagram this baby is between 2and4 people in the comments say 3 but her dad made her do 83 squats for throwing chicken nuggets I feel like this is child abuse and sad asf thousands of people in the comments saying it’s a good thing and she needs discipline what do you think? I asked my mo...

Guys, I'm at an all time loss and I'm super anxious. My little girl for context is 20 months old and all of a sudden has started developing fears and becoming super sensitive. These things are everyday things that haven't changed for instance the bath plug, now she's started getting super emotional and hysterical in...

I notice regardless the dysfunction and inconsistency so far my therapist has never said to keep the father away. She agrees that he should still be able to see the baby if he does decide to come around…but she also did say she’s going to have to read or take training on narcissists. She says either way the child wi...

Is anyone else struggling more now than in the newborn days? Maybe I’m looking back at the newborn days with rose tinted glasses, but my god does this age feel hard! My little girl is at a stage where she is getting very frustrated, she clearly knows what she wants but can’t communicate it, and I can’t understand s...

Ladies are you ok with your husband masturbating? If he does it in secret? I feel hurt that he would masturbate over other women on social media and porn, rather than getting his needs met with me, his wife. I went through his phone as something didn’t sit right with me. I found his history on Reddit of all the stu...

I am on my second wee since giving birth to my baby last night, i had 2 tears so do have stitches. but is there anything anyone recommends to make it a bit easier as the sting is unreal xx

I EBF my son for 21 months and completely weaned his earlier this month. I’m realizing it contributed to my PPD severely… I got so fat, literally gained 45lbs, had severe face and body acne and there wasn’t a single day I didn’t think about k*lling myself. Since I quit I’ve been able to stick to my workouts, I’ve wo...

I recently spoke to my mum about how I’ve been able to arrange daycare for when my baby is 1 & will return to work 3 short days/week. This is required financially and is of course a challenging decision. I would have loved another year. Her reaction was one of total fright and anxiety and she piled on the guilt. Doe...

I'm a mommy in my 30s. I was shy all my life until I became a mother. It was then and now that I had to step up and be my children's voice and advocate. I spent most of my life being quiet and observent. I feel like if I do open up, I ask alot of questions to get to know someone better. I'm a good listener and grea...

Any bipolar mamas that dealt with PPD or PPA? Im 3 weeks pp and ive been showing signs of both. Im going to see my psych this week and not sure what to tell her. Have had a lot of bad experiences just trusting that dr knows best so wanted to know if there were any meds that worked well or diddnt work for you? I know...

Hey Mums, I have a 3 year old girl and since about the time her grandma started living with us she hits , bites and yells at her grandma. My husband and I have been splitting rent with my mother in law for a over a year now, my daughter was about 2 when this started before this she was fine with her grandma but afte...

Major tmi post but I’m curious to know if anyone has ever been in the same boat. I’m 21 years old and have had more than 20 sexual partners since losing my v card at 15. There’s definitely been some memorable sexual encounters but I’ve never ever orgasmed. Not by masturbation nor by a partner. It’s really been both...