PTSD

Re: PTSD

• lethanne member

  August 2015

  You may be experiencing some post partum depression. It is normal but talk to your doctor so you have the support and help you need.

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• Saratiff member

  August 2015

  You should absolutely let your doctor know you are feeling this way.

  
  

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• kat+1 member

  August 2015

  Moma, I can't imagine the birth you may have had to make you feel this way but... There is hope. My first was not anything like I wanted and it has left me with a scare for ever, yes I have my son and he is healthy but as a woman I feel broken ( for me at least) my first birth was a horrible mess.
  
  This birth current pregnancy is scary for me because of last time and being 3 days from due date i fear this one could be worse.
  
  I found a lady who talks about this and it's call a moma wound. The good thing is you have recognized that this birth traumatized you..
  
  Now you need to talk to someone.
  
  I don't know what happen during you birth but I can offer some stm hope.
  
  please check out the pod cast " taking birth back" and also look in to the YouTube channel "mama natural"
  
  Maybe you had some interventions that caused you some physical harm or were give medications that didn't work. Maybe your doctors weren't understanding of you chooses or maybe you were bullied.
  What ever the reason write down what happen and let the hospital know how you feel. They can't change what happen to you but they can change it for the next woman.
  
  
  Hugs to you mama,
  I would love to talk to you more about this to support you as one mom to another.
  
  My new out look on birth is that it is not medical like doctores would have you believe. I question everything and have made several objections to "routine" unnessessary test and interventions. I have switched doctores 3 times this pregnancy because I didn't feel like I was being understood in my needs.
  Doctors are not gods and they don't have all the answers.
  They aren't alway up today or current in there practices.
  
  I pray you find peace with what happen and you can start to heal.
  
  

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• missmarissa711 member

  August 2015

  ^^ @kat+1 , thank you for that. I think I too, needed to read this myself.

  Always hold on to hope ❤

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• acgonzalez22 member

  August 2015

  There is a very high level of emotion after delivery, mostly due to hormone levels. A traumatic delivery certainly does not help. Each day gets easier, I promise. Always communicate your feelings to a SO, family/friend, or your doctor. Many positive thoughts your way. You are not alone. This too shall pass.

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• kat+1 member

  August 2015

  Marissalynn0620 said:

  ^^ @kat+1 , thank you for that. I think I too, needed to read this myself.

  You welcome. We as women and mother need to stick together

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• Robin910 member

  August 2015

  I felt and still feel very similarly. You're not alone momma. I'm 10 pp and sometimes I can actually talk about the birth without crying and look at my sweet baby without thinking of the insane pain I went through to get her. My induction lasted 42 hours with an ineffective epidural and ended in a c-section with nothing but the same crappy epidural. I don't have anything to add to the previous posts but know that it gets easier with time and that you never have to experience it again if you don't want to.

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• PixelPosy member

  August 2015

  Still pregnant so not dealing with it currently, but I definitely did with my first. It took me awhile to realize why I was so angry. I couldn't even watch TLC's the Baby Story without feeling mad. So recognizing it is absolutely the first step to healing the trauma.

  
  

  Talking about it really helped and just time. Writing has always been therapeutic for me, so I wrote out my birth story as well. I'm going into my second delivery better prepared for the unexpected and recognizing that I have the right to question the doctors until I feel comfortable with the intervention they are suggesting. I was very much along for the ride with my first. 

  
  

  Know your feelings are a completely normal reaction, no need to feel like you should hide them. Hopefully you have a good support system to help you work through those feelings. 

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• Shine2015 member

  August 2015

  I was wondering if this was something maybe I was experiencing. I am almost 2 weeks PP and things are finally getting better. I still cry at times and feel extreme pain at times when I think about this delivery. But DH has been great in supporting me. That plus time and things are slowly getting better.

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• gmd88 member

  August 2015 edited August 2015

  Hey mama. I went through a few days where I felt like i had post traumatic stress... it wasn't depression... more anxiety with the realization of what just happened to me.. giving birth is an overwhelming and profound experience. I really believe that post traumatic stress is possible and if it doesn't resolve itself in a few days please seek help. Lots of hugs!

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