For moms and birthing parents
You can love your baby and still have a hard time. Here is what Postpartum+ can do for you, in the order that usually helps.
Read the guide
Register for help, not just onesies
Your people want to help. Give them a list.
One link. Dinners, night shifts, errands and visits that your people sign up for with just their name. No app, no account for them.
Free for every family. Takes two minutes. Private until you share it.
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Dinner · TuesdayJess
Night shift · Friday, 9 pm to 1 amMom
Groceries · this week
Short visit · Saturday, 20 min
An example. Tap "I'll take this" to see what your people would see.
I'm here as
Free to usePrivate profilesNo diagnosis, no judgment
Real life, not a highlight reel.Come as you are, on the good days and the heavy ones.
Where to start
Three good first steps
How it works
Three steps, then dinner shows up.
- Tap what would help. Dinners, night shifts, errands, a sitter. We fill in the usual; you change anything.
- Send one link. The group chat, the grandparents, the shower invitation, a card on the table.
- They claim, you rest. A first name is all it takes. No account, no app. You see who's coming and when.
From the community
Conversations happening now
Real members, real questions. Peer support is not medical advice, and it still helps.
Events
Get out of the house. No pressure.
Coffee meetups, stroller walks, virtual support groups and nights for dads and partners. Plans that understand naps happen.
Our mission
Mothers deserve more attention after birth, not less.
Postpartum+ grew out of a family learning the care system in real time, at the moment they had the least capacity to. We are building the calm, honest guide we wish had existed, for moms, dads and partners, solo parents and everyone who loves them.
Education, not diagnosisWe explain options and help you prepare questions. Clinicians make clinical decisions.
Privacy by defaultProfiles are private, posting can be anonymous, and your notes are yours alone.
No pay-to-rankSponsored listings are labeled. Money never decides what care we show you first.
Community
Honest conversations, no judgment
Ask the 3 a.m. question. Share the win. Find people in the same stage. Peer support is not medical advice, and it still makes a difference.
Find Care
Find postpartum care near you
Search real provider directories for therapists, psychiatry, treatment programs, lactation support, pelvic floor therapy, doulas and childcare. We explain the options; you and your providers decide.
Understanding care
What outpatient, IOP, PHP, residential and inpatient actually mean
Levels of care describe how much structure and support a program provides. They are not a grade of how "bad" things are, and people do not always move through them in order. A clinical team recommends the right level; this page helps you understand the words.
Compare care
Compare options side by side
Keep the details that change family life in one private place: level of care, schedule, insurance, family involvement and childcare.
Family Assistance Fund
Help should not stop at "your insurance denied it."
The Family Assistance Fund is being built to help families overcome practical barriers to care: treatment costs, childcare, transportation and other verified needs, through a transparent application and review process.
Guides
Plain-language guides and trusted help
Short, honest guides for every part of postpartum, plus the organizations we trust. Written by the Postpartum+ team, checked against public guidance from organizations such as ACOG, AAP, NIMH and PSI, and never a substitute for your own care team.
For moms & birthing parents
You can love your baby and still find this hard.
Your body is healing, your sleep is gone and your mood has a mind of its own. Here is what's common, what helps, and when to call someone, in plain words. Other moms who get it, and a plan so the people around you actually help.
What to know
Your body is healing
Bleeding, stitches, a sore pelvic floor, night sweats and hair loss can all be part of it. Know what's expected, and the few signs that mean call today.
Your mood counts too
Around one in five to one in seven new moms have a perinatal mood or anxiety disorder. It is common, it is treatable, and it is not your fault.
Let people help
People want to help and don't know how. Tell them exactly what: a village page for meals and nights, and a plan for who does what.
Moms guides
Plain words for the hard parts
Each one takes about four minutes, and you can tap Listen to hear it while you feed. Start with whichever matches this week.
How to prepare for postpartum: a checklist for the whole family
Most baby prep is about the baby. This checklist is about the weeks after birth: nights, meals, visitors, recovery, mental health, and who will do what.
Read the guideMental health after birth: what is common, what needs help
Baby blues, postpartum depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD and psychosis, in plain language.
Read the guideBaby blues or postpartum depression? How to tell the difference
Most new parents cry more than they expected in the first two weeks. How to tell the baby blues from postpartum depression, and what to do if you are not sure.
Read the guidePostpartum anxiety: what it feels like and what helps
Constant worry, a racing mind at 3 a.m., checking the baby's breathing again and again. Postpartum anxiety is common, often missed, and very treatable.
Read the guidePhysical recovery: the parts nobody warns you about
Bleeding, pain, pelvic floor, C-section healing and the six-week myth.
Read the guidePostpartum recovery timeline: from the first days to the first year
What recovery after birth usually looks like, from the first days to the first year, the checkups to ask for, and the warning signs that need a call right away.
Read the guidePostpartum hair loss: when it starts, when it stops
Why hair falls out a few months after birth, how long postpartum shedding lasts, what helps, and the signs that mean it's worth seeing a doctor.
Read the guidePostpartum night sweats: why they happen and how long they last
Waking up soaked in the first weeks after birth is common and usually harmless. Why it happens, what helps, how long it lasts, and the signs that mean a call to your provider.
Read the guideDiastasis recti: the gap after pregnancy, and what helps
What abdominal separation after pregnancy is, how common it is, how to tell if you have it, what helps it heal, and when a bulge needs a doctor.
Read the guideC-section recovery at home: what helps in the first six weeks
A caesarean is a birth and major surgery at the same time. What recovery at home usually looks like, what helps, what the people around you can take on, and when to call.
Read the guideFeeding without the guilt
Breast, bottle, pumping, combo feeding and getting help when it hurts.
Read the guideSleep: yours and the baby's
Why your sleep matters medically, what safe infant sleep looks like, and realistic ways to get more rest.
Read the guideCan't sleep even when the baby sleeps: postpartum insomnia
Lying awake when you finally have the chance to sleep is common after birth, and it's more than tiredness. What causes it, what helps, and when it's a sign of anxiety or something urgent.
Read the guideBring you with you: becoming a mom without losing yourself
Motherhood changes you. It doesn't have to erase you. Small, realistic ways to keep your own thread through the first year, and how the people around you can help.
Read the guideIdentity, relationships and the version of you that is emerging
Grieving the old life, friendships that shift, and finding your footing as a parent and a person.
Read the guideGrieving your past self: for moms, dads and partners
Becoming a parent is a beginning and an ending at once. Missing who you were is common for moms, dads and partners, and it can sit right beside loving your baby.
Read the guideReturning to work
Leave, childcare, pumping at work, and the grief and relief of going back.
Read the guidePumping at work: your rights, a schedule, and what helps
What U.S. law says about pumping breaks and space at work, how to plan a pumping schedule, what to pack, and how to talk to your manager before you go back.
Read the guideFor single moms and solo parents
You should not need a partner to have a support system. Practical ways to build one.
Read the guideAfter a hard or frightening birth
When a birth was frightening, painful or nothing like the plan, it can stay with you long after. What's common, what helps, and when it may be birth trauma, for the parent who gave birth and the dad or partner who was there.
Read the guide
This week
Five small things for you
- Hand one night feed to someone else and sleep one long stretch.
- Eat something with protein before noon, and keep water where you feed.
- Give someone the true answer to "how are you?"
- Get outside for ten minutes, with or without the baby.
- Write down questions for your next checkup as they come to you.
You're not the only one awake
A community of moms who get it
Ask the 3 a.m. question, share a win, or just read how other moms got through the same week. Post without your name whenever you want, and join a circle for your stage, your town or your situation.
Check in with yourself
Four quick questions a day about sleep, mood, body and support. Only you see it, and over a few weeks it shows how things are really going, which helps at a checkup.
What's normal this week
Add the baby's birthday or your due date and Week by week shows what's common for your body and your mood right now, what helps, and when to call.
Find care that fits
Therapists who specialize in postpartum, lactation consultants, pelvic floor physical therapy, doulas and support groups near you.
Invite your people
Send the right page to the right person
Friends and chosen family count. Anyone who shows up for you belongs on this list.
Share the load
A plan, so you're not the one holding it all
Who does nights, who cooks, who handles visitors and calls, and the signs you'll all watch for. Ten minutes together, then everyone works from the same page.
Parenting on your own?
Solo moms carry every shift. The solo parents guide is about building a village that doesn't depend on a partner.
There is more than weekly therapy
Intensive outpatient (IOP) and day programs (PHP) exist for the weeks when weekly isn't enough, often with the baby along. Most families are never told. What each is, and how you get in.
For dads & partners
Supporting someone you love can be hard too.
You can care deeply about your partner and still feel lost, scared or exhausted. These guides are practical, specific and written for you. Nothing here requires you to become the clinician.
For family & friends
You want to help. Here's how to actually help.
Grandparents, siblings, friends, neighbors and chosen family make an enormous difference after a birth, when the help is the right kind. These guides are short, specific and honest about what makes things harder.
Village · Plan at home
Decide who does what at home, before everyone is exhausted.
Ten minutes, together: nights, food, visitors, the warning signs you'll all watch for, and the numbers to have ready. It saves as you type. Print it, or share it by link.
Village
Let your people help.
One place for the help around you: the dinners, nights and errands people sign up for with just a name, who's bringing what and when, and the plan at home for nights, visitors and the numbers to have ready.
The Village Score
How strong is your village?
Eight honest questions about the weeks after the baby, sixty seconds, a score out of eight, and the gaps to close this week. Take it before the birth if you can.
Free for every family
Postpartum+ is free. All of it.
There is no paid membership. Every tool that keeps a family organized comes with a free account, for you and everyone helping you.
About Postpartum+
No parent should navigate postpartum alone.
Postpartum+ was created from a simple belief: no parent should have to navigate the postpartum period feeling alone, overwhelmed, or unsure of where to turn.
Trust & safety
Trust has to be designed into the product.
Postpartum+ touches mental health and family life. These are the commitments we build against.
Editorial standards
How we write our guides.
Who writes the Postpartum+ guides, what they are checked against, how AI is used, and how to tell us when something is wrong.
For organizations
Be useful to families, not intrusive.
Treatment programs, therapists, doulas and local family businesses can ask about clearly labeled listings, events and sponsorships. Payment never changes organic search results.
Trust & safety
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Trust & safety
Copyright
How to tell us something on Postpartum+ infringes your copyright, and how to respond if your post was removed.
Trust & safety
Child safety
Zero tolerance for anything that sexualizes, exploits or endangers a child. If a child is in immediate danger, call 911.
Legal
Terms of Use
Plain-language terms for using Postpartum+. Please read them; they explain what Postpartum+ is and is not.
Legal
Privacy Policy
What Postpartum+ collects, who can see it, and the choices you have. Written to be read, not skimmed.
Legal
Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy
The health information Postpartum+ collects, why, who it is shared with, and how to see it, delete it or withdraw your consent.
Email
The Sunday email
Community
Community Guidelines
How we keep the Postpartum+ community kind, honest and safe for people at a vulnerable time.
Contact
Get in touch
Questions, account or data requests, concerns about content, press or partnerships. A person reads every message.
Help us build it
What would help you?
Tell us what you wish Postpartum+ had, what's missing, or what didn't work. A person reads every note, and it decides what we build next.
Write for Postpartum+
Help write the guide you wish you'd had
Parents, dads and partners, grandparents, doulas and clinicians can ask to write for Postpartum+. We edit every piece with its author and check anything medical against public guidance before it goes up.
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