Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

My baby has recently started whining and I’m with her pretty much all the time. It’s driving me crazy. Is anyone else experiencing this? How do you stay sane?

Since becoming pregnant with my first daughter in 2022 my relationship with my own mother has become strained. Initially I was very blinded by this as she had verbal outbursts at me during pregnancy and post birth stating we weren’t close anymore and demanding to know what my problem was (I didn’t have one). I am ...

Hi looking for some friendly supportive advice - I suffered with quite bad anxiety when I first had my LG, focused around her weight as we had a tricky start to feeding … I got much better and my LG turned 18mo yesterday and is doing well in all areas apart from talking … she’s babbling, points, interacts etc but is...

I'm due in Feb with my second, I already have a 3 year old and she is my world. She is so excited to meet her sister but lately she has been very clingy and alot more tantrums and I don't know if its because of the baby or just one of those things? I am so tired and I have less patience at the moment which doesn't h...

I have had postpartum depression since I have had my son and it has been really hard and stressful and I don't know what to do or how to cope or handle my postpartum depression

Hi ladies looking for some advice here, the corner of my scar split a few days ago at first it was very small but it seems to be getting worse by the day, seems to be slowly reopening deeper it also seems to heal a little and reopen more with minor movements and it is extremely sore and painful. I am taking things a...

Hey yall, I’m 8 months postpartum and I’m still struggling with horrible anxiety. I’m not sure If it’s still my postpartum anxiety that I had after having my son or if this is different from that. I’m really struggling over here. From worrying about my kids just slipping to if they have the slightest cough I go into...

Hi ladies, my partner had only been in since Feb last year and has got his first deployment dates for next year. We have a baby (he will have just turned one) and I am already having anxiety attacks about how I'll cope when he goes. I'm a ftm and have had mental health issues previously, is this normal with 8 month...

We just had another screening today and although his speech and communication has improved so much since the last one, he still scored a 9 high risk on the M-CHAT. I’ve had a few people ask me if he’s on the spectrum because he is a little sensitive about certain things but lately I really didn’t consider it because...

I gave birth to my beautiful little girl September 20th 2024 at 12:37pm and I couldn't find myself any luckier than I am having her. The only problem is I have gallstones and developed them during pregnancy, having my first flare up 13th July. I had about 14 more flareups since then. When I have a flareup I can't...

My baby is crying and I don't know why 😭 she was born yesterday, so she doesn't have different cries yet and we've tried everything: feeding, burping, changing, sleeping, interacting...she's still not stopping. I'm feeling like a bad mum, I don't know what to do to help her. I'm getting a bit stressed and thought…

Hi everyone, I'm in need of advice. I am struggling to move past how my mother in law treats me/ has treated me in the past and it is really affecting my husband and my marriage. He only really has seen it for his own eyes in the last 2-3 years and began sticking up for me more when I was pregnant. I stopped goin...

So i have always had anxiety, depression and PTSD and after having my son it got so much worse to the point I had to start taking meds for OCD. Fast forward to now my son is almost 9 months old and is very attached to me because I'm almost always holding him. My question is if he has a safe space to play and explore...

I’m under a lot of pressure and stress due to personal problems.. everything has been so hard for me and I’m away from home with no family or friends, and today I just broke down and cried and cried on the phone with my mum. I was holding my baby who was just looking at me, she is 10 months old. My mum then told me ...

Hi guys My little boy is currently 4 weeks old and is shedding hair at the top of his head, looks like he has bald patches. Is this normal?? Any tips on how to get it to grow back quickly? How long does it take to grow back? Will his whole head shed? So many questions 😩😩😩

8weeks 3days PP. I’ve had anxiety and depression since early teens. I have recently taken myself off anxiety medication as my perinatal mental health team increased it and i found I was constantly angry! I’ve discharged from those services also as they were not listening to what I needed the most. Now I’m constantly...

I don’t want to die. I have no plans to but with PPD sometimes I feel like my baby would be better off if I was dead. If this gets interpreted as me being suicidal, will my therapist get social care to take my baby away? I want to be open but I’m so scared it will look like o can’t look after her when I am. She’s al...

I am feeling so emotional and literally can’t stop crying. I feel so bad that maybe my baby can feel it but also I hate that my toddler has to see me this emotional. Anyone else? Literally any remotely sad video or thought opens the flood gates

(She was also very beautiful, very well dressed and well put, perfect make up, etc which didn’t make me look at her with distrust or wary - funnily and ironically, if you know what I mean). She asked how old was my baby. And I said she’s 12 months, maybe a bit more. She asked when was her birthday and I said, it was...

Has anyone experienced braxton hicks yet? I’m 30 weeks today and my belly went tight and felt hard for about 10 seconds earlier but unsure if this is braxton hicks or not??