Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

I don't know if this will even make sense but I'm hoping to see if it's normal or not. My partner has ADHD and has extreme highs and lows and is triggered by the smallest of things. When he was diagnosed he was very upset ofc I said I would help in anyway to help regulate him when he feels out of control. In the mea...

I feel so judged. My partner and his sister have shared messages saying how embarrassing my mental health is, this is following him going to get when I hit rock bottom and she said I should be embarrassed and he should take full custody. They have recently been saying that I will never change I'm so negative, and ...

I'm struggling so deeply. I'm at 11 weeks for context. I have started seeing a therapist, and I'm considering medication. I'd prefer to avoid medication if possible. Has anyone experienced this? Could it pass with the second trimester?

My MIL keeps saying to my husband she doesn't feel she can talk to me. But it's because I will not stand for unsolicited advise. It started when she was new born with me exclusively pumping and why wouldn't I just use formula. We didn't do BLW because it terrifies me but she's now a year so using the safe start ...

I’m really starting to miss my old life. I love my baby but she requires so much and isn’t an “easy” baby and as a result I feel like I’m drowning. I can’t take her out because she hates the car seat, and I’m tired of taking her in the sling, as it limits where I can go. Not to mention she doesn’t sleep on the go an...

Please share all newborn tips for soothing/settling! I’m finding becoming a mum super hard and overwhelming I have so much anxiety as to whether I’m doing things right and it’s quite literally taking over. My baby is 1 week old today and the crying and screaming each day is increasing and I feel so guilty for not ...

I am 16 weeks pregnant and I can’t function properly anymore😔I’m sad all the time and I can’t find any joy in anything, all I want to do is lay down. I believe I am dealing with depression😢 at this point I am begging for help. I feel so guilty because I’m pregnant and feeling this way💔please give me suggestions

Our baby girl is almost 2 weeks old now, and I’m feeling extremely overprotective. Having visitors over is honestly draining to me, mentally and emotionally. I find that I don’t like sharing our daughter, and I hate when people want to hold her for long periods of time. I get that it’s important for grandparents to ...

Anyone else having really down days?? The last few days I've just felt really shit and everything is making me want to cry. I'm an emotional person anyway but I feel like people are just nitpicking at everything I do recently.

So my partner is in therapy for anxiety and depression and I'm not the biggest fan of his therapist, and he doesn't go regularly. I feel like I have to nag him about going. Anyway, my partner HATES my sister. Currently, at the point that her existing in the same space is an issue. The problem is we live with her (...

What actually works? Ive got thinning edges which is really obvious then just strands always coming out. I have thick curly hair so its not as obvious but my hair is definitely thinner 🥲 Im currently 8 months pp.

So my partner's sister travelled to meet our 8 month old for the first time and stayed 3 nights. I did say I think she should get a hotel but there we are... Last night little one cried and kicked off multiple times throughout the night..once for over an hour. I don't know why...I had given Calpol incase of teething...

Is anyone else disappointed with how their pregnancy and birth went? Maybe I just have bad PPD, but I feel like I didn't get to complete my pregnancy or have a good birth. It feels like the whole experience was underwhelming and overwhelming at the same time. Less exciting and all depressing. I had gestational di...

How do people cope with this? I always put her in a safe place (cot) & walk away for a minute or so but it’s so tough feel like a single parent half the time ass partner works most the time night time is hard work. Feel awful but I just can’t gather my emotions

Hi Mamas!!! I gave birth to my baby 6 months back through c section. I started getting knee joint pains. recently when we are moving home I did more work not the pain is due to heavy work or c section consequences. Anyone have any idea? Any suggestions are appreciated!! Thank you!!

One of the unfortunate things about my job is many of our clients will eventually die and the facility. We currently have one client who’s in transition and actively dying and whose family hasn’t even come to visit her or anything. It truly breaks my heart that she’s dying alone. With just the staff around her to gi...

So ever since I gave birth to my daughter my back pain has been awful, I struggle to stand for a certain time and when I walk a certain distance I get spasms up it. And when I make sharp movements with my leg sideways for example my pelvis goes into a massive cramp and it feels like I've pulled a muscle and it can h...

Hey mamas! I’ve been thinking about all the wild thoughts that ran through my mind right before labor and how much I didn’t know, even after all the prepping. I kinda of felt helpless. I did 4+ years of mindfulness exercises including yoga, meditation etc. I never thought about using any techniques during labor ( wh...

Anyone else have this? Sometimes it just completely catches me off guard and it’s so painful to walk on. I just struggled to get up the stairs to my baby crying in her cot 🙃

After having my first baby in 2021, I developed agoraphobia and it got worse/diagnosed in 2023. I can't be outside my house without my husband without having anxiety. somedays, I still have anxiety and dissociate. Right now, I'm literally just sitting on my back porch watching my kids play and the longer we're out h...