Anxiety med made me completely forget my childs birth

BrendaLou1969

I was having alot of anxiety about becomming a parent and I really started to freak out the morning of my c-section .  Well, unfortunately I let my DH and doctor talk me into taking some anxiety medication to help calm me down.   That said, I can barely remember anything about my daughters birth.  What a mistake that was.  So my birth story stinks.

XSailoretteX

Please don't feel bad! The only thing I had was a half-dose epidural (at 6 centimeters after a swollen cervix) and I'm amazed when people can remember that one thing happened at 3pm or that they pushed for 1 hour 45 minutes. I always wonder if someone was taking note for them!

It may have not even been the anxiety meds. 

heie0008

Don't feel too bad either. I really can't remember a good couple hours of DD's birth...from about 6:30pm until well after she was born (at 9:14 pm) is a complete fog. I had only an epidural (which didn't work well either...I seem to remember that happening). I was in a such a fog I think I had a hard time bonding with her...

triagain2

I agree with previous posters. I was a labor nurse when I had my baby. I delivered him at MY hospital, with MY friends. I had a great epidural and really was not super anxious at all. That being said, I have forgotten A LOT about my birth. I will also tell you that having been a labor nurse, I have listened to patients talk to family members after their births and they are telling a story that I remember clearly being (sometimes) completely different. I think what you're experiencing is completely normal.

heie0008

XSailoretteX:

 I'm amazed when people can remember that one thing happened at 3pm or that they pushed for 1 hour 45 minutes. I always wonder if someone was taking note for them!

I did have my husband take notes for me! A friend who recently had a baby 2 months before me told me that she forgot almost everything...so I made sure DH marked down times etc! haha! 

forensicmama

Have your DH write down as much as he remembers. Your daughter's birth story is special because her daddy gets to tell it.

forensicmama

XSailoretteX:

Please don't feel bad! The only thing I had was a half-dose epidural (at 6 centimeters after a swollen cervix) and I'm amazed when people can remember that one thing happened at 3pm or that they pushed for 1 hour 45 minutes. I always wonder if someone was taking note for them!

It may have not even been the anxiety meds. 

I still miss bits and pieces of time during my labor. I just remember lots of clinging to the bedrail and back labor. I was so exhausted that I don't remember a lot of her first few hours of life and her first few months were a blur due to sleep deprivation.

ETA: I also had a failed epidural. Interesting how many of us had that issue and can't remember much... 

LiebeMama

Although I remember a lot about my DS's birth, I remember my vision being really blurry. I guess crying so much from the pain I have no idea...Sleep deprivation, something blurred my vision and the ending of my birth is a blur.