Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

Does anyone get anxiety when there LO starts crying in public ? I don’t know what it is but ever since ive had my LO and being out in public If she cries it makes me feel sick I get such anxiety with worrying if I can’t stop her crying and people looking at me judging 🙄😩🤦🏽‍♀️

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I have a 2-month-old daughter, and every day I worry about what the day will bring. I worry that I won’t be able to settle her or put her to bed because I feel like I have no idea what I’m doing, and so far, I’ve just been getting away with it by faking it. I’m not even sure if I’m addressing her needs correctly. Li...

I feel awful but I hate being a mum, i don’t feel maternal in any way. I don’t like holding my baby and I feel happier when im not with her and she just feels like a chore. Despite these feelings i always respond to her cues and cuddle her even though I just want to put her down and do my own thing. She is always c...

I’m so angry so I had to end up having an emergency c section with my little boy on Wednesday he is in the neonatal ward at the moment and I did not actually get to meet him until about 2 in the afternoon I have gone onto to Facebook tonight and seen that my mother in law has put on Facebook that we had our baby and...

had my baby 3 weeks ago i got stitches and for over a week ive been absolutley fine no pain no bleeding nothing completely normal but today ive started to experience some pain again is this normal to start and stop

Happy thanksgiving.. does anyone know when to go get checked for Braxton hicks? Not sure if it’s actual contractions or not but it’s been a couple of hours of pain in my stomach and back stomach is hardening I just don’t wanna go for no reason. Baby is moving but I’m uncomfortable

I don’t even know where to begin. I feel so annoyed with everything and everyone around me. In addition to this I’m also getting emotional - never been this emotional in my entire life and it’s so overwhelming. My husband is the only person with me right now so he is the one suffering the most. It’s not him, it’s ...

For those that have given birth, how are you feeling?

My 7 weeks old newborn baby is relentlessly crying if not being held! She started doing this from week 5 and I am really getting to a point where I feel so exhausted of carrying her around. I can't get anything done and she cries endlessly . I also feel no joy of having around due to this. She isn't smiling much an...

I went to the baby club at the Everyman cinema this morning and I literally feel like crying. It was full of younger babies and newborns and my little one was there being a right old brat. She was tired but wasn't sleeping and if she did it would be for 2 minutes and then she would start screaming again. She was try...

My 4 month (18 weeks) old baby still does that colic/witching hour cry every day, several times a day. We've had maybe 5 days in her entire life that were a bit more normal. Every other day we've had some issues. Since shebwas around 7-8 weeks, she's been crying every day, very often inconsolably and sometimes for ...

I have two sons and she always comments about how they look like her sons and never like me .. I’m pregnant again and every single scan so far she’s made comments about how it’s a trait she can see from her family side .. most recent scan I’ve had I said she has a little flicky up button nose like me! And she commen...

I think I might be burnt out but I don’t know how to fix it. I might just give my kid a little distance from me. I’m really feeling like I don’t deserve them right now.

I’m 35 weeks and coming up to 36. I’ve not had any braxton hicks yet - is that ok? I feel baby all the time though!

Hi guys just found out we are pregnant with baby number 2. I didn’t think it would happen so fast so feel blessed. But at the same time I can’t help but feel a deep sense of sadness for our little girl who will be 2 and a half at the time of her sibling birth. I wanted closer together babies but she has been our eve...

Anyone feel like this baby was sent to torment me. It’s living hell. Week 1 ok week 2 hell week 3 hell Week 4 hell week 5 hell week 6 hell week 7 hell week 8 ok week 9 ok week 10 hell week 11 hell so far It’s never going to end is it. If it’s not something it’s something else. Miserable baby is only ever ...

I feel so isolated just sitting at home with my 2 month old baby but she just hates the stroller and the sling and cries and cries. First, I don't want her to cry, second I am embarrassed when outside and she's screaming. I feel so isolated and miss seeing the sky. I'm the default parent as my husband works and I am...

Finally I gave birth after feeling like it was never going to come 🙏 contractions were really painful from 11pm-6am only dialated to 2cm even after having light contractions all day before 11pm.. I was put on the epidural and since my body could finally relax I dialated up until 3:40pm and only with some light pain…

safe to say I don’t want anymore children? I mean I do…but I don’t. 😭 she’s so velcro, laughs with mommy but looks like she’s suffering with daddy lmao. I had bad ppd/ppa and I feel like now that I’m watching her grow and spending a lot of more play time with her she has rid me of my depression and anxiety. I’m so…