Would you go to a postpartum drop in?

[Usergroundzero]

There is nothing in my area with easy access to postpartum care and it’s a big town.

I had quite a traumatic birth with dd2 and probably had PND, didn’t realise how much I’d been effected by dd2 birth untill a mum at a play group asked how the dd2 birth was and I actually burst out crying as I opened up to her about it 😳

No one had actually asked me about it. Dd2 was nine months by then.

There is such a big internal feeling with women to ‘just get on with it’ and push through it. It’s only when I look back I think holy shit I was actually in a bad way. And some of my friends feel similar.

I’d love to set up a drop in where women can come in and talk within a group, have a coffee/tea/toast and just discuss ( if they want to) how (fucked up) they felt during and after birth. I’d hire qualified councillors to lead the sessions.

Would you go to something like this and what would you like to happen there/do/talk about?

I’d like to do it for non profit so the charge would be to literally cover costs so how much would pay per session or would you prefer it as a course?

Any fees back/ideas would be amazing, this is very early days just thinking about how I would put it together

Thank you

Honestly, fat phobia. I was stuck on maternity ward for weeks with pre eclampsia and went into labour overnight. Could not convince bitch midwife from hell of this as tacograph said no. After the fact I learned that the machine is not reliable on obese women. Another obese woman on the ward who had already delivered by c-section had asked a care assistant about co sleeping and she asked this qualified midwife for advice outside the bay I was in.
Bitch features responded with;
“Oh my God, she’s 19 stone, she’ll smother him!”

My baby was back to back, Labour fucking hurt and I was not allowed pain relief or my partner’s support for about six hours.

This was many years ago, (dd now an adult,) yes I did have a debrief, midwife resigned when questioned about the incident, but I’m not truely over it. I avoid medical care, even now. Flashbacks are a lot less frequent, but they still happen.

@Usergroundzero I've PM'd you some details