Fast labour, nervous wreck, ptsd?

[Laurenmummytoo2]

Hi there mums just looking for abit of advice / reassurance. I had my baby 2 weeks ago now well I was dilated but not progressing so they induced me by popping my waters but my god once they had I started getting contractions got about 5 and started to need to push he was then born within 2 minutes. O did hemmerhage and they put me on drip and manually contracted my uterus back to stop the bleeding. It stopped pretty much straight away. Everything after that was fine I went home next day. I think its traumatised me I am such a nervous wreck crying and scared about everything about my health. Paranoid about my down below bleeding and any little pain I feel I think I'm going die 😪 I am not paranoid about my baby one little bit he's perfectly fine but I'm paranoid about myself so much. I also got into my head I haf a bloodclot on my lungs ( been to hospital 3 times to be checked finally stopped about that ) Why do I feel like this, why am I scared of blood, why do I think I'm going to die and bleed to death please help me 😪

You had a scary experience, it's normal to feel upset and scared after it. My third birth was very fast and DH delivered DD, I had flashbacks to it for a few weeks afterwards.

Perhaps asking for a birth debrief from the hospital would help you. If you understand more of what happened and why you may be able to put it tp rest. But be kind to yourself, you've been through a lot.

I think you need to speak to your GP or HV as soon as you can. It sounds as if you’re having extreme anxiety and you need support with that now. Debriefing the birth may be helpful in time but right now you need to involve a health professional to support you in the shorter term.

I’m sorry OP. I had a very fast labour too. I was induced and the baby was out within 20 minutes, but the midwives didn’t believe I was in labour, so no pain relief and it was a huge rush and terrifying. I also had flashbacks to it for quite some time afterwards, and still get them occasionally when certain things remind me of the experience.

It’s worth speaking to your GP. I took anti anxiety meds for a while and was also referred for group therapy. A birth debrief can apparently help too and I wish I’d had one.

I think it was the blood loss that freaked me put to be honest I'm just petrified of something bad happening to me and I don't know why. I am currently on a week's worth of anxiety medication to see if that helps. Also afterpains?? Can't remember feeling any in the days after birth sure I'm starting tk feel them now though 2.5 weeks later is that normal??