Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

Trigger warning: potential DV My husband and I have been married for almost 2 years and together for 8 years. I’m in my late 30s and he’s in his early 40s. Our baby is nearly 1 year old. I’m posting here because I don’t really have friends to vent to. My relationship with my husband can be toxic...

Firstly, i want to apologise if this becomes a long post. I am just literally typing what my emotions are saying at the moment. I want to say everything in details but at the same time i am too exhausted to explain. I am just tired trying. There was a point in time that i told myself maybe i was really the cause o...

So I'm nearly 38 weeks, am I wasting time sitting on a ball and bouncing, rolling. Is there any benefit at all at this stage?

I’ve always known I wanted to be a SAHM down the line, but I wasn’t expecting it to happen so soon. For some back story, I left my job a few months before getting married. It was an extremely toxic environment and it just seemed like the right time to take a break and enjoy my engagement / wedding. So I took time of...

Everyone talks about PPD but no one talks about PPR!!! The anger is just 🙃🙃

Living with mom bc I was evicted. Tried to save my place but after a car accident shit went south. Anyway. I put a shirt on my daughter. She didn't like the color and wanted a pink shirt ..I said no. My mom said get her a pink shirt. I said no the shirt is fine. She told me to look for a pink shirt I said no.. ...

I’m almost 2 weeks pp and shocked by how much pain I’m still in. I want to pick up my baby and not ache. What was your recovery like?

My daughter is constantly rubbing the back of her head on her bassinet, making the hair in back of head break off and get super notty even though we brush it everyday..this just started recently and she usually does it when she’s about to wake up or using bathroom in sleep..any tips? Does anyone else baby do this?? ...

Does anyone feel like you repetitively find yourself getting more frustrated and sometimes explosive with anger when toddlers get sick? I know from the bottom of my heart that they aren’t at their best when they’re sick, but I am so tired of them getting into things not safe or can be dangerous (jumping up and down ...

My pubic bone is killing me, is it baby’s head?

Anyone else ready to be done? The last few weeks have greatly reduced my mental health increasing my anxiety and stress around the birth, as well as my weight gain. Feeling pretty down about it :(

Does anyone else’s mother in law just make absolutely unnecessary comments about their baby/parenting? Don’t get me wrong, it’s just little comments here and there but it’s constant!! Like a couple of days ago when we went to see her my baby was tired and wearing a sleepsuit with the mitts folded over because she r...

I need help. My baby is nearly 3 weeks old and i am not coping, when he cries (gassy cry) i just cant cope, it makes me cry instantly and i have feelings of not wanting him (please don't judge me) my partner is amazing but he goes back to work soon and i really don't know how i will hack it. I love my baby but im ...

Hi everyone, not sure what I’m hoping to get out of this one, but last Tuesday I came over very unwell and ended up in hospital with the bad flu for a couple of days. It was absolutely horrible being away from my little boy who is 17 weeks, and I was so terrified of him catching it from me. I’m at home recovering no...

Our little girl has just been taken off the monitors without the nurses/doctors discussing it with me. She's had some dips in her heart rate and I'm now super anxious and feel like I can't leave her side in case the worse happens. Any advice on how to help my anxiety?

I completely lost my cool today. My baby was resisting her nap so much, I wouldn't normally push it when she's like that but she'd had a 20 minute nap at 10.30am and I knew she couldn't survive the day on that. She'd gone beyond tired and was in overtired mode where she was so hyper and giggly but as soon as any att...

I feel like no matter what I do I always have to “think” about how I do it so my husband doesn’t think anything. Crazy I know. But for example, today, I didn’t text back within 30 minutes and I’m now getting attitude and he seems like he is questioning what I was doing but in reality I was just aimless on TikTok. I ...

Has anyone else started experiencing this yet? My hair is the longest and healthiest it’s ever been but I just brushed my hair after my shower and it was coming out in clumps and I’ve noticed a bald patch at the front of my hairline😭😭

My mental health is really bad atm Can’t stop crying Can’t stop feeling sorry for myself n belittling myself Doctors don’t help Feel I might be in a crisis, don’t want to be here anymore My little 1 would be better off without me I keep snapping at him n all he wants to do it play n have me, his mummy with him Not a...

Has any one taken antidepressants and propanol? I’ve been perscribed them last week for health anxiety (around dying and heart attack, I have palpations too! ) and I’m so scared to take them, I’m on 20g of floxotine and 10g of propanol and I’ve just kept putting off thinking I was okay and I’ve had a awful 2 days ag...