Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

Does this statement really piss anybody else off? I don't want to go out and leave her with anybody yet. She's a part of me, EBF and I have no interest in giving her a bottle. I can leave her in another room while I shower. Put her down to cook dinner. If she's happy, I'm happy. I'm not ready for the anxiety of wond...

Please tell me it gets better! It’s been almost a year since this threenager age started of a never ending emotional rollercoaster of mood swings and paddying all of the time it’s literally just at the flip of the switch. I’m talking the slightest thing we’re asking at the minute to put clothes on it’s just one bi...

I’m an only child and before I had my 14mo I always wanted three kids. My husband is one of two and wanted at least two. But I struggled with postnatal depression and anxiety and only found the best treatment when my daughter was a year old. She was also a NICU baby and I missed her first feed and change and didn’t ...

So I’ve got a painful small lump on the inside of my boob. I’ve got drs on Monday but i can’t help but think the worst. Not only that I have chronic health anxiety and I swear things are getting worse pain wise. Yet if you was to look at my breast there’s no physical changes it doesn’t look different no swelling etc...

Tell me this is normal.. I cannot control my emotions, everything feels like a trigger and I’m ugly crying at adverts … I don’t remember this with my first but goodness me it’s a lot!!

how long did u experience stinging and burning at ur incision site?? what about the tightness and pulling on the inside?? when did it start getting better?? agh im three weeks out now and just wondering when this is supposed to ease up

Hey just have a quick question for you ladies. I am 38 w 5 d & I’ve been experiencing long periods of tightening with my belly. At first I was thinking maybe Braxton hicks but the tightening will last like 10 min or longer and goes on throughout the day. Is anyone else experiencing this?

I am struggling with PPD and not a single person in my life has noticed. I feel like I could just slip away and no one would realize. I had a traumatic birth at the end of October. My baby was supposed to be born November 2nd. Anywho, I was severely injured during my delivery and my recovery has been really rough...

I’ve been with my husband for 15 years. We met quite young and I said from the start I didn’t like receiving oral. I had never received it before but was self conscious and embarrassed about the appearance of my labia minora being uneven and dangly. Anyway, no questions asked and he’s never given me oral. To this d...

Ouch?! 29 weeks! Anyone else?

How does anyone do anything? I have a colic baby, with horrible reflux, she's 6 weeks old and needs to constantly be held and even when I do hold her she's crying. I don't sleep, I can barely shower- never longer than five minutes. I can't eat, never mind try and sit and hold her. I have absolutely no help, I need t...

I’ve 30 +2 weeks pregnant and I’ve been admitted into hospital (3 days ago) due to my placenta coming away from the wall, reduced movements, baby losing weight and my amniotic fluid is reducing. They are keeping me in until 32 weeks where they will be doing a c section (could be sooner if things get worse). This new...

I’m three months out from having my baby and I have a two year old. I’m a SAHM. My sex drive has been little to nothing and I used to have such a high one. I don’t feel like myself, any tips on getting it back?

did anyone find breastfeeding made you really emotional and hormonal? i feel like im bipolar i constantly change my mind and struggle to hold down relationships and friendships. i feel so stressed some days and feel like im detached from reality

I'm a first time mum and my baby is a little over 5 weeks. This has been the most difficult thing I've done. The sleep deprivation; trying to feed but having all sorts of issues; the crying the colic and not knowing what will make baby happy; all the wardrobe changes; the loss of freedom. I love my baby.. but i wan...

I’ve got a 7 week old baby and also a 2.5 year old. Since my baby has been born, my toddlers behaviour has just gone awol. She’s nothing short of feral, and I don’t say that lightly. I know having a new baby is a huge adjustment etc and to expect some bad behaviour but she is literally angry, naughty and generally u...

Is anyone else Braxton hicks becoming much more painful and worse at night?

Had my return to work meeting today, although I'm not back till June it made me instantly anxious and upset. Anyone else feeling like this and how are you dealing with these emotions? Can't stop hugging my baby and feeling sad about it....

I feel like I’m at the point where everyone online is getting pregnant with their second or desperately wanting another. I see people with little babies along with a toddler and think ‘how on earth, why on earth?!’ I always thought my little girl would have a sibling but I cannot stand parenting. My mental health c...

I'm 34 weeks pregnant with my second daughter and feeling really guilty about the lack of connection I feel with this baby. I love my first so much it's hard to picture loving anyone else as much. Is it normal to feel this way?