Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

My baby is nearly a week old and I’ve started feeling the baby blues, but also been feeling less love to my partner and getting quite upset when he’s taking over with feeds and I’ll say do you want me to do a change or a feed and he tells me no, but feel bad making a big thing about it, most days I’m crying, I’m tel...

Advice for moving on from BD while currently pregnant after physically and mentally abusive relationship? How to keep him blocked without feeling the urge?

My toddler is totally unrecognisable from the little girl we knew 😢😢 she’s struggling so so much, screams in the night, angry at us in the day, I’m heartbroken for her and I’m trying to do everything to help her but just feel like I’m failing and the mum guilt is something else - anyone had the same and are through…

My baby boy is 5 months old and with my maternity leave ending next week I decided to stop BFing/pumping 😭 The actual thought of having to pump 3ish times at work, having to come home, pump, workout, make dinner, wash all my pump parts, still be a mom to 2 kids, do bedtime at 9ish, pump again, get enough sleep,…

I sometimes feel as though I’m failing my girl because I’m just so fearful of everything for her. She goes to the park but I never let her walk outdoors like when we’re day to day shopping and stuff. Even at the park I’m like literally running after her in fear she’ll fall over. The other day I saw a boy a week olde...

It’s hard to talk about my anxiety because all anyone ever says is to see someone… like I know 😭 but sometimes i just wanna vent though 😭 like right now 😭 okay so I have major health anxiety when it comes to my kid and I have no idea why. I think part of it is because I feel like I don’t try my best when it comes…

Anyone able to help with what this cry could mean? We’ve been trying to feed, burp, changed him, etc and nothing seems to help. On and off today. Trouble feeding both bottle and breast.

Ok mamas so all our babies are soon approaching 3 so idk bout yall but my babies getting into her tantrum throwing mean girl era and this is new because my daughter was always so sweet and kind I have veryyy little patience and I’m alll for the gentle parenting but it’s not working I don’t put my hands on her I don’...

Worried about getting my body back and feeling good about myself

Does anyone else get in there feels sometimes dropping their child off.. especially around holidays even if its just valentines day. It's been 4 months since I broke up with him i didn't want to but I had to

Has anyone hurt the child by mistake, this morning I fell down the stairs (which are very steep and dropped the baby so far down. Feel awful and so guilty. He has been checked over and he literally hasn’t got anything wrong with him even tho he this the wall at the bottom and then the floor. I’ve come out with broke...

I even bought a new outfit, did my hair, nails. I know she has a life but how can you forget 😕 and last week I told her I really needed a break and she told me she would help me.

OMG I'm so done with the hair loss! I'm 4 months pp and it started a few weeks ago. I have loads of long hair, and I guess in proportion I'm not losing enough for it to be noticeable, but it's CONSTANT. HAIR EVERYWHERE. I can't stand it, there's hair everywhere I turn, as soon as I move, hair fall. I have to be care...

Just really hoping I’m not alone in this one.. I’m currently 39 weeks pregnant so I’m exhausted! But with a 21 month old toddler on board it’s tricky somedays, feeling so guilty and deflated this week as my toddler has been playing up and just not listening, (almost as if he knows lots of change is coming) I don’t h...

I worry about how my children will be effected by my partner’s and his family’s mental health problems. They’re not diagnosed but him, his sister and his mother definitely have a different experience of reality. It’s not so bad with him but with his mum and his sister it’s very concerning. His sister will swear up a...

I tore pretty bad when giving birth, it’s been 3 months and it’s still painful. Super dry and uncomfortable. Any tips or suggestions??

I’m due any day and I feel so deflated when it comes to my friends and family. None of them have asked how my pregnancy journey has been, offered any type of support/ help, even pretended to take an interest. My sister sent a care package at the start which was really sweet and I was super humbled and grateful, bu...

Please tell me I’m not alone in this. I’m losing SO much hair on a daily basis. It’s coming out in clumps and showing no sign of stopping. It wouldn’t surprise me if I ended up bald within the next week 😂. Can anyone advise if it’s normal and when should I expect it to stop? I’m laughing about it because if I don’t…

Help😩 I’m 35+6 and I’ve just developed two lumps down there. They’re so unbelievably painful. I’ve got germoloids cream and I’m using wipes instead of tissue when wiping. Also having baths. I’m just scared they won’t go by the time I give birth. How long do they usually take to go? They’re about the size of kidney…

My libido is there, I wanna have sex, just not with my husband. Before getting pregnant our sex life was fun and hot. Now, I just feel bored or grossed out by it. I enjoy masturbating but sex is just ughhhhh like a chore. I feel bad because I know he misses it. I’m just confused and I dunno if there’s something wron...