Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

Has anyone else found they're crying a lot about random things and like super sensitive? Just wondering if it's normal, if it's maybe due to increase in hormones or a sign of labour coming possibly?

My little boy was born on 03/03 and I’ve just been crying whenever I’ve been alone and then today I’ve just not been able to really stop myself. He’s my second child first was born April 2023 and I had similar then where I was just an emotional mess and constantly felt sad. Is this postpartum depression?

Hi all :) my gorgeous little girl arrived late Feb and completed our family of 4 :) I already have my 3 year old little girl, and she is completely obsessed with our new arrival, but as expected, her emotions have been off the scale and I’m just a bit lost as to how to handle this? I expected her to find it diffic...

I have a very close friend of around 10 years and I would say the past two months or so anytime someone upsets her she messages me and talks to me like absolute crap (will swear, tell me I’m stuck up and I have nothing to complain about). Today she has fallen out with another mum on the group chat because her son ...

I am 5 weeks postpartum and I’m experiencing lots of negative thoughts I keep thinking to myself what did I get myself into by having a baby? All I keep thinking is that I don’t want to do this for the rest of my life. I have been freaking out when taking care of my daughter and my fiance has to take over and I feel...

TW: mental health I got diagnosed with PTSD from losing my aunt in a very traumatic way. We were super close, I viewed her as a sister. It was a few years ago. I don’t necessarily want to get into it but I never processed it. I have always been terrified of the mental toll postpartum can have on you. I’ve seen my ...

I am 5 weeks postpartum and I’m experiencing lots of thoughts I keep thinking to myself what did I get myself into by having a baby? All I keep thinking is that I don’t want to do this for the rest of my life. I feel like a bad mom thinking this because I have been freaking out when taking care of my daughter. My fi...

How long does epidural pain/achyness last after giving birth ?

Baby boy arrived 5 weeks early at 35+1 on 22nd February was due 28th March Natural birth but 2nd degree tears , how long does it take to heal ? Feel it’s getting worse and now struggling to sit down. Baby boy is going well just me 🤣

Me and my boyfriend have broken up today we’ve been together 2.5 years and our baby girl is 10 months old. I feel like I’ve lost my best friend and boyfriend at once. I’m honestly heartbroken and don’t know what to do without him. We broke up due to us arguing a lot and admittedly most of it being my fault. Our expe...

I feel so awful… I was trying to breastfeed my 6 month old and dish up dinner (I have a special sling I can put her in to feed). As I opened the oven, her leg managed to tap the inside of the oven door… she was nearly asleep and burst out crying for a couple of seconds and then I realised what had happened…. She was...

Ladies I’m a first time mom and need some insight. What is postpartum like and how did you recover?

Okay so my daughter is 11 and the rule is NO social media. I'm going to give a little background info real quick. My daughter is like low level autistic and has big meltdowns that are honestly scary. And also has had so much friend drama and sad moments where friends left her or betrayed her... she lost another cl...

How does healing work? I’ve never given myself the opportunity to truly be alone and heal prior to jumping into another distraction. Do you just endure the pain and cry until you can’t anymore? Until it doesn’t hurt anymore? How do I do this?

I am 18 weeks 4 days with my second baby. My first I felt a little later (around 22 weeks) since I had an anterior placenta. I thought the second one i would be able to feel faster but so far i feel like I haven’t felt the actual flutters yet. I thought i felt something around 16 weeks but nothing since. I have my a...

I’m so depressed. I had my baby in December and because of complications from the c-section I still can barely walk, I can’t do anything on my own, lost all independence. I’ve been told it’s going to take months to improve. By this point I’ll have to go back to work. I’ve been robbed of the experience of being a new...

Im currently 11weeks postpartum and I spoke to my health visitor about when I can go back to having waxes done. She advised me that it’s best when my scar is fully healed ( which it is now ) and approx 8 weeks postpartum. Having said that I wanted to see when other mummy’s got their 1st postpartum wax done and how t...

I have a 5 week old and the first week I had a hard time of course so I had lots of help from family then gradually as the days went by I started to feel good and confident but then all of a sudden something in me switched. Now I’m scared of my baby idk why and currently having a hard time taking care of her, Im hav...

Has anyone ever experienced bad postpartum alone? It is the most scariest experience I’ve ever experienced and it sucks. I wish I could turn it off but I can’t. Hardest thing I’m going through right now.

Please tell me my baby isn’t the only one who cries whenever a stranger interacts with them? My daughter will literally burst into tears if a stranger just looks at her and starts talking to her 🥲 which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, lol. But I do feel bad when that happens, especially if it’s a family member or…