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1st period after giving birth

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

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Offensive and controlling or setting boundaries?

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...

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worried ..

yall the mommy in me is so sad … im a first time mommy to a beautiful, happy , big character babygirl. lately she’s been acting very different attitude wise. she’s still the happy baby i know but she’s been a little mean lately .. like hitting me , pulling my hair, bitting me and slapping me mean .. she’s only 18 m...

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what is going onnnnn !! 🤯

so I started reading my bible a few months ago ago ( I didn’t believe in the Bible/ Jesus, etc ) but I started to feel like he was calling me. So I started my bible, I started worshipping him, I stopped listening to mundane music, I stopped everything and just started to focus on him. Now, tell me why these past da...

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baby’s hair

my 3 months old baby has a bald spot anyone else had this will it grow

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Something that helped tremendously with my PPD

To all of the people in this group, I just wanted to share something that helped me tremendously on my PPD journey. I had pretty terrible PPD with a NICU baby, emergency c-section, and near-death experience during childbirth - it was one of the most challenging periods of my life. Not to mention hating breastfeeding...

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Will it ever get easier?

Hey guys, I’m feeling so deflated. I have a 9 month old. Over the last few days, she is constantly crying. She can’t go more than 5 mins without crying, she’s also super clingy and must be held by me at all times. She’s teething, one teeth has cut through and the second on the way. But surely this cannot be an excus...

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Would you take offense if your BD called you "hypocrite"

Context; This all happened during bedtime My 11mos old woke up around 9pm and started crying and her cry didn't feel right with me, so I told him we should give her Tylenol. But before today, there was a time where my baby cried but her cry didn't sound like she was in pain or something. He wanted to give her Tyle...

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Mom guilt while pregnant

This is my first baby and im currently in my second trimester. But every time i cry or feel and emotion regarding my baby that isnt happiness or joy, i feel bad and a sense of guilt for feeling bad emotions while pregnant which makes me sad since ik baby feels everything i feel and then it turns into an endless loop...

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No judgement please

I feel like I’m starting to not love my baby. Baby is 7 months I’m a sahm I never used to mind the crying or the night wakes etc but lately I hate it I just want the baby to shut up and I know that’s harsh but I don’t know how else to put it. My other half can take the baby for an hour and I don’t miss the baby late...

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I need advice

Hey yall. I have this one friend I’ve known for 7 years, and we talk daily. 1 month after I told her I was pregnant with my son she announced that she just got pregnant as well. Our babies were born 8 days apart. I got preg 2 month’s postpartum and told her, my husband joked around saying that she was gonna copy me ...

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Braxton Hicks

My belly keeps going quite tight and it hurts, only lasting a few seconds. Is this braxton hicks?

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Postpartum mania

Anyone experience this? Can’t find much online - I remember few days after I had my baby, I was MANIC, I wasn’t sleeping, Wanted to go out everywhere, show my baby off, I was wired and spoke so much waffle - even my partner was worried. It was like I was so excited but dissociated from the baby in front of me It d...

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Giving birth with stitches

So those who already had to birth once and did end up tearing, or surgically cut, and then stitched up.. which is all so painful considering your vagina is literally being stretched out So with second birth, How is it with stitches, would the pain be the same? Like basically, would the vagina stretch much easier o...

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Hairy Ears 👂🏻has your LOs lanugo disappeared yet?

My daughter was born with tufts of hair on the shell of her ear. I know it's normal for babies to have lanugo, but I've been expecting it to disappear within 2 months. She's 10 weeks now and it's still there. Has anyone else got lingering lanugo?

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period

when did you get your first period after giving birth ? baby girl is almost 2 months .

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Postpartum anxiety?

Is anyone else struggling postpartum? I feel like I’m the only one sometimes! Looking for a friend to support each other through this crazy time 🤍

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Need advice please

My BD and I recently broke up due to the emotional, psychological and verbal abuse from him, his mum and his sister since my daughter was born. When I arrived back home to the hospital from giving birth that same day I was bombarded by his mum everyday 24/7. She wants to be the main parent and the mummy to my chi...

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Would you go to a funeral for a college friend you haven't seen in nearly 20 years?

A college friend of mine passed away of cancer recently. We haven't kept in touch but another friend who I have kept in touch with contacted me about meeting before the funeral (she also hasn't seen or spoken to her in nearly 20 years). Honestly I wasn't planning on going, if it was a reunion I'd have happily gone b...

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Emotions

Anyone else struggling with their emotions right now, I feel like I’m crying over the simple stuff, I’ve always got a bit going on in life in general, bit like everyone has but I just feel like normally I would be able to handle it like second nature but right now I’m crying a lot and finding myself getting so stres...

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