Community Posts, Tips & Support on Postpartum Care

Hello everyone, Has anyone used Birth After thoughts? Did you find it useful? Helpful? Xx

I am so burnt out. I have a 3 year old and 9 month old. Neither is ever just happy. Neither sleep well. I'm so exhausted. Just want to cry. My husband works a lot so isn't much help. I'm a single mum 95% of the time. Don't know what the point of this post is.... I'm just done 😭

Is it just me that finds it so rude when someone comments on your body after giving birth?? I’m 6 days post partum, we live with my boyfriends family and one of his mom&sisters friends came round today and she said to me ‘it’ll be weird not seeing you with a bump anymore… has it all gone down… *looks at my belly* oh...

Someone please tell me they’ve experienced the same after birth/postpartum. I feel SO attached to my boyfriend since returning home from the hospital with baby. He has taken 2 weeks off with us due to being self-employed so is returning next Monday and I’m absolutely dreading it. Not even because I feel I can’t cope...

Anyone else with a baby and another child? I’ve just had my second baby and I feel so incredibly guilty that I’m always with my new born. I miss my first so much !My husband takes over the main parts of looking after my first ie bath/bedtime and she does request he does this. I just can’t describe it I just miss he...

Im going to loss it. No help all baby does is scream his head off no matter what I do swing 2 different ones, swaddles, cuddles skin to skin tummy rubs byciling hisblegs will not take a binky nothing works and I find myself just bawling all the time I can't get nothing done my c section incision is not healing becau...

Im 36+4 and I dont want to be pregnant anymore I genuinely cant take it. The tiredness is indescribable, im trying to function with an 18 month old toddler. I cant do this, which sounds stupid because im so close but all I want to do is scream and cry. This has been the worst 9 months of my life

I'm currently crying and holding my baby while she naps bc she's officially 1 year tomorrow 😭. I didn't think I would feel so sad about it. Her party is this weekend too. I still can't believe how fast it went by, I feel like we just got home from the hospital yesterday. I've been stressing for a while about how…

Ahhhh finding this phase whatever it is so difficult, haven’t struggled this much since I had my baby.. I just don’t know what’s wrong, nothing seems to make her happy, she’s so fussy, crying, whinging, screaming all the time, sleeps gone to shit and nothing I do makes it better. Really really struggling atm and hav...

Not really seeking advice just venting. My husband and I had a baby who’s now 4 months. I go back to full time Monday - Friday in June. We have 4 kids total between the two of us. I have 2 SK, 1 D and 1 ours baby. We live in the Bay Area where traffic dominates and our kids have sports etc. I Just know I’m about...

Hey girlies, the last few days I've been really thinking about my birth and early pp days and it's making me feel rubbish... I had an emergency c section after 56 hours of labour and only getting to 6cm so mourning the experience of a vaginal birth, I also hate that I was unable to breastfeed my little boy due to me...

idk why i’m scared to have sex…it’s been pretty much 6 months postpartum i am 100% healed down there, i pretty much healed up the first 2 weeks because i didn’t get any stitches. i got a small tear but it didn’t need stitching it just healed up itself. but idk why im so scared of intercourse, i think i’ve just read ...

I can’t stand my daughters touch She just turned 3 and she had this incessant need to Squeeze my arms,place her feet on me,rub and hold my face sometimes it comes along with her grinding her teeth and speaking in a baby voice. It drives me INSANE like I want to Yank my arm away from her or shove her hands away (I ...

Ever since giving birth and going through postpartum I feel like I broke my bladder. I can’t hold it for very long at all and there have been a few times I’ve had pee just come out of me without my control. Before postpartum, even while pregnant I could hold it just fine and didn’t pee myself. I woke up this morning...

Anyone else getting anxiety caused by intrusive thoughts about dropping the baby or something bad happening? I get scared knowing that I’m thinking about dropping my baby or him falling when I’m nursing, walking down the stairs with him.

Ladies, Has anyone had sex yet? If so, how was it? Still so scared, we tried but it felt like pins and needles going in so we stopped. Am I going to have to just push through the first time?

My little girl will be 9 months on the 25, and I’ve never loved another being so dang much 😭 with that being said, I’m laying in bed thinking about how impatient I’ve been lately with her. She’s likely teething right now among other developmental milestones, but it’s like once she starts crying or fussing or…

It’s been two months since I had my baby, and I really want to have sex again but I’m honestly kind of nervous. It feels like I’ve got a whole new pussycat down there, and I’m not sure if she’s ready to purr or if she’s still in recovery mode. Everything feels a little different, and I just need a minute to get comf...

My husband has completely changed since we had our son 7 months ago, and he makes me cry everyday. Fighting over silly things, pushing me to choose between him or my family. It’s just too much. I don’t know if it’s just a phase we’re going through and we’ll go back to ourselves. Between postpartum and him, I’m not a...

How long does stitches last for? Any mamas out there who had PP stitches? Does it fall out on its own? Or dissolve? Is there supposed to be strings hanging out? It’s my first time having them? So idk it’s kinda hurting me and poking my private area? Sorry if it’s too much info!