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Honestly I feel so down! I feel like I let everyone down, but mostly myself! Why is anxiety so cruel 😢

I honestly feel so bad. I am 32 years old, my baby is 20 months now and he’s never been on holiday abroad because I am pathetic and I’m too scared to fly. All of my friends and their families have holidays booked etc and I can’t do it! I got to the airport once (to fly from England to Ireland) and I couldn’t get on ...

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SD issues

So I very much dislike my SD. A bit of background of I have 2 step children 1 boy (4) and 1 girl (7) (both have different mums from my husbands previous relationships) have an amazing co-parenting relationship with my SS mum we all attend birthday parties sports days parent teachers together and always get invited t...

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Mental health struggles

Hi ladies, I’m really struggling with my mental health lately. It’s making work difficult as I don’t have much interest in it, and the commuting is awful with feeling sick and tired. I’m doing CBT/counselling, opening up to people, that kind of stuff, but it feels chemical to be honest like something I can’t cont...

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How do you take care of yourself when you are just too sad

Im 38w. My self steem is so low, I feel worthless, useless and a terrible mother. I have a toddler to care for on my own and as much as I try I can't get over the idea I'm letting her down, I'm not doing good, I'm a horrible mother. Everything I do is wrong. I don't trust anyone. I have no friends, I have no family,...

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baby vs Yorkie dog

my younger sister dog Mia has been barking since the day my son born and came home (parents house). Mia had been trained under my sister but it’s doesn’t seem improved at all. she been spoiled since as pup and treat as baby in brat way. anyway, she still barking and jealous whenever my parents & other sister hold...

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Broke and embarrassed

I put my all into my relationship and family. Always Made a lot of money, always been self sufficient, kept a job , Cooked, cleaned. For me now.. to be a struggling sahm. Not a dollar to my name. No income. No help. Can barely keep my mind clear for my baby half the time is crazy. I literally have no words on how I’...

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Postpartum

How is everyone dealing with postpartum depression? Streams of water flows down my face and it hit me mostly in the middle of night and morning

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Salpingectomy

Firstly sorry that we’ve got something in common re ectopic and wishing everyone lots of baby dust🫶🏼 I’ve just roughly 6 hours ago had my surgery to treat my ruptured tube from an ectopic pregnancy. Hoping those who’ve had the same can give me some insights to recovery please? I have a four year old and…

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No patience left

Anyone else really struggling with this tail end of pregnancy mood wise? My temperament is extremely short, I just always want to cry, and everything my partner says and does bothers me badly. I’m 34 + 2 and I just want to breakdown. I don’t want to be pregnant anymore and am scared of giving birth as this is my fir...

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Bald

Anyone else’s baby still practically bald??

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Emotional about final baby

Just looking for support and seeing if anyone is feeling the same as me. I just had my 2nd baby and my husband and I have decided it’s going to be our last. I can’t help but feel emotional and sad that she’ll be my last baby. Never again will I experience pregnancy or these little newborn snuggles. A few friends are...

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Extreme hair fall

Hey everyone, i am first time mother of 16 week baby. I am having crazy hair fall and i am so worried about it. Please suggest something if you know anything xxx

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Back to work :(

So this week I am back to work and my baby starts nursery. Just feeling incredibly upset and anxious about handing her over and not spending every minute of the day with her :( at her settling in sessions she has been upset quite a bit which makes it all the more harder. Anyone in the same boat or has gone through t...

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Sharing..

I took my daughter to a birthday party today (role play areas) and she wanted the trolley filled with kitchen stuff. However if another child went near it she was screaming and crying to the point I had to remove her from the room. The whole group (adults) stopped and looked. I went back in after she calmed down, th...

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Eyebrow hair loss

Has anyone started loosing their eyebrow hair after a year of giving birth? I lost some of the sides of my head and now look like I have side burns but now I’m loosing half my eye brow too. I’m still breastfeeding, I don’t know if this effects it😫

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Struggling

Does anyone else have a super fussy/colicky baby? I swear if my girl isn’t feeding or sleeping or in the bath she’s constantly crying. It’s so overwhelming, idk if she’s just colicky or if I’m not feeding her enough, she always seems hungry and always on the boob. It’s stressful and I feel like I’m the only one that...

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Circumcision

What are y’all’s thoughts? I know I want to do it, I’m just so sad and unsure about how they do it 🥺

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Holiday with a 4 week old…

So we’ve had a holiday booked for a while now, just found out we’re pregnant. This means after a c section we will be going on holiday to a cabin (a bit of luxury) but with a 4 week old and a mum 4 weeks post section. Anyone done similar? Am I nuts still considering going?

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How do you deal with separation anxiety ?

My daughter screams her lungs out when myself or husband are not around. She usually goes to her grandparents every weekend and yesterday surprisingly she had a crying and very desperate moment looking around. We thought there was something with her and today we left her with my sister as we are moving and she did t...

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Intrusive thoughts

So I’ve been getting intrusive thoughts but not bad ones. like when I cross the road, I always think what if a car hits my pram, I’m gonna have to throw myself infront of it😂 i don’t think of anything to harm me or the baby, it’s just I think about what if we die or i die really often😭 am i going insane ?

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