Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

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...

My girl is now 14 months old. We left her father 6 months ago as it became physically abusive. Overall, we have been doing really well since. We are seeing the people we love and doing lots of lovely things. However, I struggle to eat/ drink enough and have such intense Mum anxiety. It's making the nice moments so d...

How are you supposed to cope when a coworker announces they are pregnant and their due date is very similar to what yours would have been!? I am sure there are similar posts on here, but I really needed to post this as I am feeling all the feelings currently. This has hit me like a tonne of bricks and I honestly ...

Hi! This is bit of an uncomfortable topic but not seen it talked about much on here. When did you guys resume being intimate with partners postpartum? Specifically women that had a vaginal birth? I had an episiotomy and forceps delivery so I’m a little scared. I’m almost 6 weeks postpartum and feeling ready to try...

Is it normal for my baby to have a bald patch at the side of his head?

I just had my son, and my daughter is 18 months old we are now home and resting. My husband has been a superstar with both and me. I have everything I could need. But why am I so sad. Sad that I can't move around and play w her. Sad that idk. I'm just sad and crying over my own thoughts. Ik it'll only be a month or ...

So about 3 weeks ago my 3.5 year old had a major switch up in her personality, which has involved ramping up the tantrums considerably, and having a very vocal and physical preference for her Dad. I know this is very standard behaviour as they try to take control and test the boundaries at this age, and at first wh...

I honestly don’t know how I feel about this. I suffer from anxiety and I just gave birth to my little boy yesterday. I did it natural with not pain meds nothing so I felt everything. Well when it came time to push him out I started freaking out because of how much pain I was in and I made a few comments about not wa...

I literally dk what to do. My baby is 5 weeks old and im still with her father. I was burnt out the other night and just asked for some help/ him to be more supportive and he hasnt talked to me since. He just told me to find a supportive baby daddy and left it at that. I have no one to talk to about this bc as shitt...

Is anyone else struggling with back pain, especially upper back and back of shoulders? I had a c section just over 4 weeks ago and just this week my back has been in absolute bits, I’m struggling to do anything

Just wondering if any other c-section mums have ended up needing physio postpartum? Almost 6 months postpartum and being referred to women's health physio for ongoing problems and pain in my stomach muscles and back!

This is probably TMI but I am 6 weeks postpartum and I had an episiotomy which opened up on day 5. It was left to heal naturally on its own. Today for some reason I got the worst diarrhoea ever and I am absolutely 100% sure it got in my episiotomy. I don’t know what to do. Will I get an infection?

I keep on hearing about pp hairloss. When does it typically happen? Is it in any way related to breastfeeding? Thanks!

Absolutely sobbing as I type this. My baby girl is almost 8 weeks old and I feel so inadequate. In the first few days, everyone was telling me "it's fine, you'll figure it out, don't worry you'll come to understand your baby" Except I still don't, and it is driving me completely nuts. I have no idea what she wants, ...

!! Trigger warning !! Depression/anxiety/toxic relationship Hello, I’ve come here to seek positive stories, if there are any. I’m at the end of my second pregnancy. My first baby came after a stressful but well managed period of my life. They’re great. But this pregnancy was made awful to me. Just fights over fight...

First time mom here to an 11 week old preemie. She just got home 4 days ago. Usually I am a very light sleeper to the point I can hear my boyfriend get up to go to the bathroom. I’ve been doing her morning and late night feeds and he helps with a couple during the day. She apparently cried for really hard and I didn...

Do you ever have those stand out moments when you realise that you’re really really someone’s mum now? And how important it is to be that for someone?? This afternoon my girl (2y 7m) got up early from her nap, and my partner tried to coax her back into her bed. She flipped out, tried to escape, and hit her mouth o...

My son was born November 20th 2024, September 2024 my husband’s grandmother passed away, I had a c section, it took 5 stabs to the back for them to get the spinal tap right and me shaking in pain, almost died on the operating table because I bleeding so much but I lived, got up to postpartum floor to turn around and...

I’m so annoyed at myself 🙄 I can never get my point accords fully cause I start crying. I’m such a big baby, but it’s like I literally can’t help it, the tears just fall and I lose my train of thought so it makes it hard to have those important conversations without me getting emotional, in turn I feel like the…

Maybe it's just me, or the fact that i am an over protective mama bear and things tend to get on my nerves. Especially when it comes to other people. When i go into public i have noticed many people are drawn to my baby(13m now), go out of their way to come say hi. I havent had people really try to touch her cause i...