Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

Venting here because I'm pissed about something I saw in a mom discord and I don't want to be a bitch about it but I have to get it off my chest. We all have "Oops" moments. Baby rolled off the couch. Toddler fell down the stairs. Toddler got a hold of something they shouldn't. It happens. No one is perfect. An "O...

my baby is 10 months old and i wanted to start going to the gym for an hour a day and leaving her with my mum. However im worried that her being separated from me each day will cause her to have negative impacts on her development. Any ideas if this is the case?

Hi all, first time mum here to a beautiful 5 day old. I love him to pieces so equally just want to protect him and have been feeling really teary/ emotional today, worrying in general about anything happening to him. Has anyone had this or has any advice please?

My mom has this weird way of indirectly calling me a bad mom and won’t stop no matter how many times I ask her politely to FREAKING STOP. I sit here and play with my daughter and read to her all damn day. I do tummy time with her and all that. When my daughter is asleep I go into my room and play a game or take a na...

Did you experience postpartum hair loss? if so when did it start and end? I thought i was in the clear but now at 4 months pp my hair is falling out in clumps in the shower 😭

I am getting so much pressure to circumcise my son from female family members. My biggest issue with making this decision for my son is that I don’t even have the genitalia to make an accurate judgement of what life is like with or without circumcision. The men in my life say it doesn’t matter but God forbid I discu...

How do I remove spiritual blockages from my life? I have been prayed over and told by various religious leaders that they can feel that I am physically there, but not really there (if that makes sense?). Coincidentally, I have recently been told something similar by non-religious people. They said that it was as i...

How do you deal with opinions and negative comments? My MIL told me I was being ridiculous because I want to try giving birth without an epidural. She kept saying I have no experience and I should listen to her about how painful it is. I was actually looking forward to labour but now I feel nervous in case I need an...

I’m currently 3 weeks postpartum and still have no feeling in my bladder that I need to go to the toilet🥲 Has anyone else experienced this?

is anyone else's depression just straight up kicking their ass lately?

I'm already a mother of one toddler (recently 3yo) and am expecting again in the next 2 months. I'm a SAHM and I've noticed I feel a bit 'off' - like I have a lot less patience and am more easily irritated by some of their behaviour. They are not unmanageable but I'm finding there's a little more generalised limit t...

So basically I’ve been called ‘ obsessive over my baby ‘ because when my baby was born I just watched him all the time when he went to people and just wanted him close to me whenever I could. I like to make sure my baby is well every so often. Am I obsessive?

Hi everyone! I was just wondering how old your baby was when you spent the first night/weekend alone with your baby without the help of your partner? My husband has a stag do (date is tbc as they’re still finalising) but all of them are pretty soon after my due date and even then this is only if baby is on time! I w...

My daughter is almost 6 months old and I get so jealous when my friends post about their babies being the happiest and most content babies ever. Mine has been crying everyday/all day since the day she was born. I’m a stay at home mom and I reached a breaking point last week and broke down. I just feel like everyon...

Has anyone suffered with prenatal depression? If so what did you do to manage it? I’m 27 weeks pregnant & have been feeling either angry or sad/teary a lot of the time the last few weeks. Obviously pregnancy has its ups & downs mood wise but I’m starting to feel like this is something more. Pre-pregnancy I was taki...

I have been feeling anxious due to a lot of uncertainty in my life right now. Is it weird to feel shame in accepting I need them and taking them? I feel that admitting the need would label me as unstable- not fit to be a mom.

Am having an incredibly tough pregnancy with hyperemesis resulting in quite a lot of weight loss, 6 hospital admissions (lasting 4-5 days at a time) since the beginning of December requiring opiate pain relief due to an underlying chronic health condition which has been exaberateda million fold by pregnancy, severe ...

My baby girl is 9 months old (first time mum here) and I can’t help feeling a bit worried about how she is reacting in social situations. I understand she is at the age where stranger anxiety is high, and she is very clingy to me which is to be expected, but she will not smile for anyone at all that isn’t me or my h...

Has anyone else struggled with controlling their emotions at 4 months postpartum? I’m struggling to show interest in anything and just cleaning the house gets me so overwhelmed to the point of tears, is this normal? (I have a huge amount of help from my partner).

So I've been awake all night... For context, my ex and I had a pretty awful relationship. I left him at 30 weeks pregnant and our daughter is now 5 months old. Things were fine until I got pregnant. Then all of these red flags started showing up. He would yell at me and blame me for pretty much everything even if I ...