Anxiety med made me completely forget my childs birth

BrendaLou1969 · September 2011

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 · September 2011

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 · September 2011

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 · September 2011

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 · September 2011

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 · October 2011

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 · October 2011

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 · November 2011

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.

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