Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

My baby is almost 6 weeks and still hasn't cried any tears. I got told it should happen around 4 weeks. Has everyone else had them yet?

My daughters just turned 4 weeks and I just feel like I’m not very good at this. She’s been struggling with wind, possibly colic?, only really having 1 or 2 nap windows, seems really hungry a lot (she’s bottle fed has had issues with breastfeeding) and generally hard to settle. When she cries and I can’t settle her ...

My LO is 12 weeks and I am getting so much anxiety when we need to go out. I wasn't this nervous when she was just born because she would just sleep more. Now she is way more active during the day and she is also feeding every hour or so. I am so nervous about going out because I fear she will start crying and then ...

Hi there 🫶, Lately I have been feeling low. Every day I have to put so much effort in to challenging my negative thoughts and emotions. Anyone else on here struggling more with their mental health in their second trimester? If so are there any unique remedies that have worked for you? I know I need to start…

But you know who & what won’t leave us? Our education, our money, our physical health & taking care of our mental health. Always take care of your health, always make an effort to make good quality friends, always get your education, always clean & organize your house, make annual checkups w/dentist, doctor. Go se...

I’m 5almost 6 months post partum and my scar is all of the above. I had a check up today and the doc did an internal and external exam and took a pee sample but boiled it down to “exercising may have pulled your muscle”. My exercises include lifting the baby from bed to arms haha. But anyone ever experienced this. ...

Did anyone have issues with your marriage during the first year? Me and my husband are seperated because he just changed and was always mad and I got to the point where I couldnt take it and left for me and my daughters safety. We have been together for 10 yrs and he was never like this until sept of 2024. Our daugh...

Has anyone else lost the sensation in their bladder post partum? I am not able to feel when it is full. I am taking myself to wee every few hours and passing urine normally. It’s been 4 weeks since baby arrived via forceps

Hi all my daddy passed away 10 days before I had my little baby very suddenly heart attack at work.. this was 10 weeks ago.. he was so excited to meet the baby he had everyone told it was a girl and date I was going in I found this out at the wake as he was told not too tell anyone lol I’m struggling with the grief ...

FTM here…My LO is sick for the second time (first time was at 4 weeks). We just fully got her over the cold last week and now it’s back again?! I feel like such a horrible mom, and to top it off I can’t breastfeed (no supply), so she is exclusively formula fed, and I can’t help but think that if she was breastfed th...

Hey all! I really need some advice. I brought my baby to a sing and dance class yesterday. She hasn't been to a class since about 5 months old. All I could say is she was over excited. She took a liking to another mum and her daughter. Even going as far to go over and play with the mum during the class when her ...

My belly is sore to touch is this normal how can I fix this?

I tried to have sex with my husband last night for the first time since our baby was born. He’s 9 weeks old and I a vaginal birth with 3rd degree stitches. We used lube but had to stop because it hurt so badly! When will it hurt less 🙈🤯

i'm feeling terrible. my LO scratched her face quite badly this morning, so i tried to cut her nails and nicked one which didn't stop bleeding for 45 minutes, had to ring an ambulance. she's currently napping in the cot with my husband applying pressure to it, and she's ok but i'm not 😢 feeling like the worst mum…

I’m 36 weeks tomorrow I had shooting pains down below yesterday. I last saw my midwife 2 weeks ago. She said she would see me this week. Haven’t seen or heard off her. Can’t get hold of her. I have no idea if baby is head down.. what do I do 🤦🏽‍♀️

Hello long lovely gold coasters! I birthed by emergency c section at the GCUH 4 weeks ago today. The journey thus far has been pretty dreadful if I'm honest, and it doesn't appear to be getting much better. This afternoon I had a very quick onset feeling of breast pain, chills, I feel freezing and I can't stop sha...

Did you have noticeable thinning and if so, did it grow back eventually?

I'm at the last trimester and preparing for birth, but I am going to be a single parent so no baby father on the scene. Anyone had experience giving birth with another birth partner that's not the father of the baby?

How long after giving birth did everyone get their period again ? I’m a month and 2 days postpartum and I can’t tell if this is my period or if I’m still bleeding from giving birth. With my 1st pregnancy I did get my period exactly 1 month postpartum so I’m thinking I could be right

I sent this out to family and friends as I have genuine concerns. Baby and I are both going to have compromised immune systems for six months after birth due to a treatment I need. So I created this so I don’t have to repeat myself and to keep us safe. Some family have taken it really well and others have had a real...