Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

So I’m totally gonna sound like a monster. I have. 15 month old and a 3 month old baby. When I had my first, my MIL hurt her “back”, Then she hurt her “wrist” Then when I had my second baby, she was too tired to come visit Sorry all those things are reasons why she can’t visit.. I want to add she lives around the ...

So me and my fiancé (aged 24) were sitting on the couch watching a movie with dinner and he randomly says that he misses his grandad who passed away 6 months ago and he's been thinking a lot about him lately. His voice sounded like he was about to cry so I pulled him into my arms and cuddled him. Fiancé then said he...

Tonight I have completely hit a wall and I rly need to let it out somewhere. I feel completely exhausted and done. I’m a single mum to a 1yr old. Where’s the damn village that is constantly talked about?? Bc I don’t see one. I literally feel like a numb robot at this point. All I’m ever told is ignore people, don...

If you were to say to your midwife that you think you’re suffering with antenatal depression, what would they actually do about it?

I'm absolutely petrified to give birth in a hospital in case someone tries to steal my baby I know it sounds mad but the amount of articles I've seen it's scaring me to death

Just letting you all know I just got my stitch removed I’m 36 weeks and it did not hurt and was quick! The only part that was uncomfortable was them going in Just because our cervix is soft and tender around this time. It does not hurt so no reason to be scared

how are we feeling? i just keep forgetting im pregnant, with my first i was obsessed with looking at clothes/things for baby/ information ect but because i did it all last year i feel like i dont need to do all that but then i feel guilty because that for me was a big part of bonding. even things like weekly pic...

Has anyone experienced postpartum knee pain nine months after giving birth. Since I got an episiotomy my pelvic floor therapist said it could be due to the scar. Not sure but any tips would be great!

I don't know what to do. My baby is 5 and a half months and for most of this I've struggled with PPD and PPA. I was on tablets for this but my fiancé said it made me 'emotionless' so I came off them. I have good days and then really bad days and want to go back on other types of tablets. But the problem is I feel li...

Having a tough time at work currently. Luckily I work from home and my job isn’t physically demanding, but I’m finding it mentally difficult. I have really difficult conversations with people about really personal situations and a lot of anger/frustration is projected from them towards me. Today I found it really ha...

Hey girls. I'm 6 months postpartum and 3 pounds shy of my prepregnancy weight. My sex life with my husband had kind of gotten less and less, and me breastfeeding and being really dry down there doesn't help. I'm bad at initiating for fear of rejection even though he's never rejected me. He's told me 'you touch me do...

as a single mum doing it alone i am so glad i didnt enter depression,it is so hard not been depressed but i guess what i did worked for me and u could try it 1,buy tapo camera this helped me alot for anxiety 2,buy bp and blood sugar kit check it once everyweek 3,leave your baby with a nanny once a month or twice a...

after burnout of being pregnant and then not and then another baby back to back, it’s finally just all catching up i don’t understand it i’m going through some mental health challenges, but i honestly dread it sometimes, when i’ve never felt it before i really feel like being isolated as a mom for a so long, plu...

Birth story: I did it all. Like all the things I can experience, I experienced (minus a vaginal birth). My water broke, so we went to the hospital and when they did their initial check, I wasn’t very dilated. They put me on a cervix ripener, then I started having a bunch of painful contractions. After a few hours of...

How long you have to wait to have sex after vaginal birth ? It been five weeks I don’t feels stitches or anything

Our baby has her first day today and she was awful going into nursery. She has cried at every settling in session and it just broke my heart leaving her today. I was also in tears 🤦🏼‍♀️ dreading taking her back tomorrow already! Has anyone else had this and did it get better with time? I can't stop crying now…

So as we are having winter babies I’m more anxious this time round with bugs and viruses as my first baby was born in June. One of my best friends has a 3 year old daughter who is poorly every time I see her because she’s got a new bug from nursery, she literally ALWAYS has a snotty nose now, how do I tell my friend...

My daughter always seems to be upset, negative, nothing is ever going her way. She turned 9 in June but she has been this way since she was little. I would describe her as a very emotional person!! No matter what happens she looks at the negative as if its hard for her to be happy. Is this normal? I've been hoping ...

I lifted my almost 2 year old babygirl 2 weeks after my c section 😩 First time she was crying because she wanted to sit on the chair with me… so I lifted her up and sat her on my lap 😩 Second time she slipped and bumped her mouth on the edge of the bed. So I lifted her up on the bed so she could watch her iPad…

I have a hard time not being in the room with baby. I recently started putting her in her crib and then going back downstairs to try to get a bit of a bedtime routine. It feels like I’m missing a limb. Not being in the same room with her is so hard, not being able to hear her breathing. I can’t fully relax. Is thi...