Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

About my MIL. I feel she ruined my pregnancy and made it about her. The anxiety and stress she caused me throughout my pregnancy I still think about today. I explained it was my first child and to calm down, but she just kept coming back about her being a first-time grandparent, and she wanted to be "in on everythin...

When did your pp hair grow back? I’m 8 months pp and have so many bald patches makes me so insecure 😩

So.. my partner has never really had the best relationship with his mother and didn’t see her very often before we met or after we started dating. We have a 5 month old baby now. She was the first to meet our little girl (the morning after I gave birth) and was over pretty much every day for the first 6 weeks. We st...

Does anyone’s baby have an umbilical hernia? The pediatrician told me by the age of 5 it should go back in & to just leave it alone but my mother told me I have to put a band over it as the old school way. Not sure if I should leave it alone or put the band my mom was talking about. Anyone experienced this?

Does anyone with low Self-Esteem get frustrated when their husbands don't understand that it's not their fault that we have low self-esteem. Because lately I've been struggling with my husband always blaming himself for my low self-esteem that I've had since I was a child. If so, how do you explain to them that it's...

Anyone else still bleeding. I gave birth the first week of March. I know they say it can be up to 6 weeks but I didn’t bleed long with my first.

Hey mamas, I am struggling really bad. I have no one I can talk to. I am a single mom of a 5yr old, 18 month old and 7 week old. I lost my boyfriend and only friend because they started messaging each other and started flirting and talking sexually towards each other. I have been trying to think positive but the neg...

Does this exist and happen to ladies who had a miscarriage? I’ve been struggling with my mental health after a few traumatic weeks. Although I was not very far along, I was also really ill at the same time so my body and emotions were so battered. At what point do I seek help from the gp? I’ve been experiencing...

Hi mamas baby boy was born 2 days ago, 4th baby and he’s made me realise tonight that I would rather be a single parent than with my partner. Could this just be hormones or are my hormones and new baby making me realise that being on my own with my babies is easier than being with someone who a) does nothing b) can’...

I have a 4 month old baby. She’s my first. I can’t help but feel like I know and do things the best when it comes to her. I don’t want to share her with anyone, not even my husband. I’m really struggling with this as I’ve just returned to work after maternity leave and I hate being away from her & leaving her with o...

I have been with my partner for 9 years, we have a 8 year old and I am currently pregnant. We never get privacy with my mil, she is the type of person that turns everything back on you and makes you feel crazy. Recently we had a miscarriage before my current pregnancy and I found out my partner cheated on me. Not...

Postpartum was rough for my marriage. I do not feel the same towards my husband as I once did, even though I try and hope the feelings will magically return. Baby will be a year in a few days. Has this happened to anyone? How did you fix it?

I’m almost a bit ashamed to say this.. but I can’t even stand to be in the same room when my MIL is caring for our 2 month old. I appreciate her help but I get the ICK seeing her hold my baby. She’s a nice person and we are super blessed to have her help. But she rubbed me wrong throughout my pregnancy and now I can...

So I have been having problems sleeping it has happened previously where I was only able to sleep 3 hours each night for roughly 2 months, now I’m having trouble sleeping again my doctors have said about trying Mirtazapine for helping me sleep however the whole way through my pregnancy I have said I don’t want to go...

I have been feeling pretty good overall, but I always have some anxiety to varying degrees. Sometimes even when I’m home and everything is fine I’m think things like what if someone breaks in and kidnaps her? It’s worse when we are out and about. I get a lot of intrusive thoughts that can take me down a dark rabbit ...

A long shot, but I wondered if anyone on this group had a baby back in 2018, and suffered PND? I was a single parent back then, “Dad” has NEVER been involved, and it really took a toll on my mental health at the time, but also impacted mine and my babies relationship at the time, and now I’m feeling like it has im...

I am 31 years old and I had my first baby in February of this year. He is 7 weeks old. We had a whole issue of having to have him at the NICU for immature breathing. He finally healed and we brought him home. NOW, we just went to pediatrician and he lost weight. He went from 9.7 pounds (apparently he stayed this wei...

Did anybody else get a 2nd degree tear their first time and if you did, how was your child birth experience the second time?

I need opinions. I found out 4 weeks ago that I am having a boy. Boy moms, what’s your opinion. Did you circumcise your baby boy or not and what were the reasons. I will also be doing my own research and taking to my husband but hearing from other would be great.

I think I may have Post natal depression… is there a service in Eastbourne that I can reach out to or does it have to be through my doctor?