Anyone with any experience?
My GP has advised that I get in contact with others suffering after a traumatic birth.
I am nearly a year post partum and it's sorta all come to a head lately, I'm struggling to sleep as I lay awake trying to fill in the blanks as I can't recall much of the birth apart from the bad bits, labor was smooth but the birth was horrific. Nearly lost our baby, couldn't find heartbeat. No one would listen to me when I kept saying baby wasn't moving down when I was pushing. No one listened when I said I could birth on my back. Ended up with forceps and stitches. Afterwards no one listened, or looked, when I complained about my scar being sore and raised. I have been in pain with that and hips since birth until now. Thankful I seem to have finally found a GP that listens to me so hoping to move forward.
My birth experience was just so out of control, and I felt like just a extra part in it and completely ignored pre and post birth. And thinking of nearly losing our baby still makes me well up. And I am still recovering physically and mentally from it - this makes me feel like such a failure! Why couldnt I birth smoothly, why can't I move on from it etc.
I really just need some people to vent and chat to, get some support and contacts - just to be listened to and understood.
As with all health-related issues, please seek advice from a RL health professional if you're worried about anything.
Postnatal health
Birth trauma / PTSD
OnNaturesCourse · 16/10/2018 19:51
Hey.. I'm so sorry to hear of your birth trauma. There is so much support out there for you, well done for going to your GP and thank goodness they are being supportive. I'm afraid I have no experience of this but I didn't want to read and run and sometimes this board doesn't get a lot of replies. Are you speaking with your Gp for support? I believe you can request a debrief from the hospital following births. Sending 
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