Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

Hello my baby is now 14 months and I suffered horrible PPD starting right after she was born. I am still struggling and feel it will never get better at this point. I see a therapist and a psychiatrist though it does not seem to be helping. I am a single mother but her father is very supportive and does great with h...

My baby burn by hot water..it's second degree partial thickness burn..just curious to know if its look like healing ? Or does she get no scars in future.. m very sad and hurt .... 😢

My mom lives with us (me, my husband and two kids). Whenever I get my toddler girl up and dancing, my mom will pull out her camera to record. Today, we were dancing in the living room, my mom walked in (her room is on the first floor), realized she forgot her phone, ran back to her room to grab it, and came back o...

I'm so done with being pregnant that it's actually making me depressed. I want to meet my baby boy, I want to get the labor overwith, I want to get the hospital stay overwith. I love the end result obviously but I HATE being pregnant. I feel like it's really damaging my mental health, I just want my body back.. my d...

MIL visited us a week ago and stayed for 2 nights for the first time since baby was born (she will be 4 months end of this month). For context, she used to come to ours regularly (every month usually) to spend a couple of nights just to unwind. I've never had a problem with that because I loved hosting her. However,...

I have been finding that as my 3 yr old starts to push boundaries and generally not listening, I have started shouting, and I hate myself for it. She gets so upset and then I get upset for my loss of control. I always apologise and explain why, it's usually when I've been at work or on Nightshift. She's even said...

Hello I was wondering if any UK mums have reached out to get help from GP for anxiety or depression with a 20+ month old? I had postpartum depression and anxiety but never got help because I was worried about getting people involved incase they thought I was unfit or something (it was one of my anxiety fears) but ...

If your baby daddy threatened to kick you out everyday, calls you names and emotionally abuses you in front of our first child - would you let him in the delivery room with ur second kid. i'm honestly so done with him and i can't tell if im valid for this or being petty bc my hormones. the only reason I would thi...

It’s relentless 😭 please tell me I’m not alone 🥺

Does anyone here deal with PTSD and or BPD and if so how do you deal with it?

I’m 8 weeks pp and I keep seeing small videos on TikTok of ladies having natural birth and I’m so gutted I couldn’t deleiver that way 😞😭 I feel useless Other mamas may feel proud and not bothered who chose to have c section but I’m feeling rather garbage about it lately 😞

Hi all! I am almost 7 weeks postpartum and had my daughter as a VBAC. I had a second degree tear that required stitches. They have healed but I have been feeling mild pain down there so today was the first day that I ventured down there and touched the area where it was stitched. It’s so painful to the touch if I ap...

My baby is 4 weeks old and my partner wants to get him circumcised. I do not want him to be and will not be consenting. Is it even possible for him to get this done without my consent? I’m so upset about this. I mean I actually doubt he would even take him to the procedure without me anyway as I am exclusively breas...

Hi everyone, I’m here to vent. I have a 26 month old. She doesn’t have any language yet. I’ve been concerned because of that. I know she’s not doing things that a normal 26 month old should do, but I think I am not accepting that there might be something wrong with her while my husband has always brought up autism. ...

Anyone else started with braxton hicks yet? I rememeber them in my 1st pregnancy but more towards the end so very familiar with how they feel compared stretching im nearly 23 weeks with a 19 month old and it sucks!

I am 37+4 with first baby. I don’t know if I’ve gotten into my own head but I’ve just found out that if you get a severe tear it’s possible you might end up needing a colostomy bag forever. I am now even more scared of birth and stressed out. Is there anything I can do at this point to reduce the chance of severe te...

How is everyone dealing with arguing now that baby is here ? We had an argument with my husband and we did not talk for three days which saddened me… I realized that I have never seen ma parents not talking to each other or having a fight in front of us. I would like to change the way we do, so I’m planning on havi...

I feel like a bit of a fraud posting as I'm not the one with depression, but my partner is. It got really bad after having our second baby and has got to the point where although on medication he is self harming. Last night he was cutting his neck and then woke me up because he scared himself. I helped clear him up ...

The pain is awful. I also had my vaginal septum removed, so it's even more stitches. I've been using the dermoplast, don't like the cold pads, using the witch hazel pads, ibuprofen, and cream. The episiotomy is hole to hole. Any advice for the pain or going to the bathroom?

I am 4 month PP, started shedding at 3 month, it’s getting out of control, hair everywhere in the house, the worst is after washing my hair. I was expecting this coming but it’s a lot worse than I thought. I think I have lost 50% of my volume so far, how much longer it will last? Anybody experiencing it too? Advice?