Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

Hello! I’m 22w pregnant, on the highest dose of venlafaxine and had a mental health “wobble” about 18 months ago. My team aren’t keen at all on reducing the dose & I have been advised I’ll need to stay in the hospital for 48hrs after I give birth to monitor baby for any withdrawl symptoms. The bumps website and m...

I’m booked in for a section to have my second in 4 days time. I’m equal parts excited and absolutely wracked with guilt for my first born. My daughter is 21 months and my absolute world. I feel so guilty that it’s her last few days as an only child. I know that giving her a sibling is giving her a wonderful gift, bu...

Is anyone else suffering with severe postpartum hair loss? Can anyone recommend any vitamins or shampoo that I can use please?P

I have no friends/family around to ask so i’m asking here. From the moment my baby has been born, she has been difficult. She’s very grumpy and whines alot. She cries to the point of making herself sick if she doesn’t want to do something. I’m stuck in the house most days because she refuses to go into her new car ...

If you had an episiotomy for your first birth, how did your subsequent births go after this? Did you have vaginal? Tearing? Did the scar affect birth at all?

Tips for the pain of healing episiotomy stitches?😫🥺

my baby is 7 months old and has separation anxiety. my bd was physically abusive and we broke up before baby was born but remained “friends”. last month, he got physical again and blamed me for it, so now we have minimal contact. he wants to see our baby in a couple days but my lo cries with people other than me (...

I’m struggling and could encouragement from someone who has been through this! I’ve been a nervous wreck since my daughter turned one in December. We went on a trip and on the way to the airport she threw up and proceeded to throw up 3 times on the plane it was terrifying and the next day she was completely fine as ...

I heard that having resentment and not really liking your partner is considered to be “normal “ postpartum? Does this feeling ever go away??

Is anyone else experiencing pp rage? I’m especially triggered by my partner and I feel like I hate him sometimes and I don’t like it I feel crazy. I feel like he doesn’t care about me at all and it’s really hard.

Hey ladies, I been super depressed from a breakup with my boyfriend and just wondering how cope and get over him? He runs through my mind 24/7? Any suggestions?

I’m due any day now and I’m having my hair braided so it’s out of my way for labor. Am I supposed to wash it beforehand? Pic of what I’m getting below

My baby is barely one year old, and I’m suddenly super depressed thinking about the day she will leave the house. I just want to be with her forever.. 🥺

I’m 2wks postpartum after a Csection and EBF, when will the night sweats stop? 😓

He’s not the type of man who gives compliments or really says anything encouraging or positive about me. But he’s more the type to have banter and just poke fun at me or say something negative. And I’m all for a bit of banter but when there’s no positive to ever balance it out sometimes I am saddened or hurt by it. ...

When did you all start having sex after birth I’m two weeks pp and oh my fuck my sex drive is through the roof and I’m inpatient 😅😆😤😣 I haven’t had any pains down there what so ever my c section scar looks perfect my bleeding is starting to turn yellow brown colour any ideas on what to do I can’t take it anymore…

Hi y'all, I'm a new mom on the spectrum. I would lied if I said everything is pink. My husband sadly doesn't understand that because in his head, no way I could have autism. I have to take care of a 3 months old alone 90% of the time (from 6am til 10pm). It gets overwhelming sometimes. Any tricks you can give me?...

My MIL for some time now refers to my little girl as "granny's baby" and when she talks about herself to her has called herself "mummy" and I just find it really inappropriate. She usually corrects herself straight away but I'm sat there thinking, is that what she calls herself when I'm not there? Today my daughter ...

Every doctor says that’s bad for the baby but I’m emotionally going through a post partum depression after losing a baby (October through December) and also through a prenatal depression being pregnant now (3 months) none of them where planned and I was even on birth control. I’m happy that I’m pregnant now and hope...

Anyone else taking 2 business days to finish!? (Being dramatic for effect) I’m 6 months postpartum and when I’m in the zone it usually takes me a few minutes. So I won’t use my toy until I know he’s close too. But ever since having my baby it takes me like 30 minutes WITH the toy and I start to get angry and sweat a...