Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

My baby was born stillborn exactly a week ago, and after one week I can’t seem to know what to call my emotions. No medical explanations as to why, so I guessed it was because of my emotional distress almost all through my pregnancy. I May look okay today, and then feel so down the next, I feel so much like isolati...

I’ve met a few women on here. And unfortunately all of them are the types to randomly talk shit about any and everything. Like don’t people get tired of that? Is it the way they’re raised? It’s sad bc I notice too once they start doing it, they kids start doing it. And it ain’t cute at all. Why so much hatred for ot...

How do you move on from someone who emotionally hurt you so badly and accepting you’ll never get the apology you deserve from them ? BD makes me feel like a crazy person because he doesn’t recognize his actions and selfishness hurt me deeply

Is it normal to not be able to feel braxton hicks or even realise you are getting them? I had my 38 week midwife appointment yesterday and the midwife was feeling baby’s position and she said I was getting a lot of braxton hicks and asked if they were painful or uncomfortable but I couldn’t feel a thing, I didn’t e...

Someone help me with not feeling so guilty about calling in sick!!! I’ve always been an over thinker and a worrier and it honestly drives me crazy. I haven’t called in sick once this pregnancy yet despite having days I could have but this morning I just felt so tired and drained and on top of that dealing with an un...

I’m sure someone has already talked about this before but I am in the thick of it. It’s coming out by the clumps. 😩 ladies, what are we doing about it?

I try really hard to keep repeating but end up yelling and I feel so bad. I apologize and say I shouldn’t have gotten mad but it still happens. I found out I’m pregnant again which means I have to stop smoking and I’m afraid I will be even more unstable. Not less remorseful just bitchy and then guilty. I know I use...

I have tremendous mum guilt right now. FTM to my little girl who’s 3 weeks old and I am struggling to enjoy her. I love her so much but when she’s awake she just cries. When she’s asleep she’s so peaceful and I can’t stop staring at her. The love I have for her is unreal but I’m struggling when she’s awake as I’m ...

Hello! I am 24 years old and I have an almost 10 month old baby. I’m having a really hard time understanding if I’m going through some type of postpartum or if I’m just reacting to my environment. I ended up having to get a c section after 40+ hours in labor, my sons father is a firefighter and returned to work 2 we...

I was SA which resulted in my pregnancy for my May 2024 baby. I instantly told my best friend a day after the assault happened and cried to her and etc. At times when we have conversations or just reflect on things from the past.. she always says “wait so how did it happen again” or “I don’t remember” while speaking...

Anyone here who suffers from postpartum anxiety and/or depression who can offer any advice or support to help get through it? My baby is 6 weeks old and I feel like I’m spiralling in a sea of thoughts of not being able to care for my baby and him not loving me. How do I begin to move on from this so that I can be th...

My little girl is 5 months old and I haven’t left her yet and I’m still not ready to leave her, my ex (emotionally abusive, addicted to drugs - you know the type) is on and on about having her. I won’t be in his presence anymore he has been nothing but disrespectful and horrid to me since she was born. Where do I st...

My daughter turned one recently today after crying she kind of had a spasm of her head going left twice in a row ( now mind you) few months back she did an eeg because she was crying for a long time and did it a lot like it wouldn’t stop turned out everything was fine and she just cried so much worked herself up but...

I’ve had diagnosed general anxiety for a while and am on 50mg sertraline per day (went down from 100mg in November). I think I also have PPA or just heightened anxiety from being a new mum. I’m unsure about going back to the docs because surely all they’ll do is either up my meds or offer a stress class which didn’t...

When is this shedding going to stop 🥺?? I feel like I’m shedding a winter coat 😬My hair started falling two weeks ago and this is the amount of hair I lose every time I brush my hair after washing it. On top of that I lose the same amount while I wash it and probably in total the same amount during the day. My…

I’ve had really intense Braxton hicks all day today and they can last up to twenty minutes at a time. I know it’s normal to have this tightening but it’s really uncomfortable even sitting or laying down when I have one. Is anyone else suffering with them like this?

I’m probably being over sensitive but when we were out today my baby (8 weeks) was absolutely fine one minute and then started crying, I realised she needed a nappy change so took her to the toilet where they had a changing table and she was crying hysterically by this point and just continued the entire time I was ...

TMI sorry- I’m really struggling with a swollen perineum, while all other swelling is going down I feel like I’m just constantly suffering and struggle to sit, walk etc How long did it take you mumma’s to heal? I really want to see the light at the end of the tunnel 😂

Let me start this by saying I had a traumatic pregnancy, birth and postnatal period. I was bed bound for my whole pregnancy, had to give birth under GA and have spent the 16 weeks of my baby’s life with an open c-section wound with a big drain I have to carry around. I almost died because of this infection. On top o...

I have a 6 week old and 3 year old and the last few days have been so so hard. Baby is becoming more aware of her surroundings instead of being asleep most of the time, and with that is coming a lot of crying. The problem is I am with them alone a lot of the time and there are times baby just has to be put down so...