Best treatments for post natal ptsd

[Rhaych2003]

i hope it’s okay for me to post this in “aibu” as it’s just looking for advice.

Really long induction process due to gd. Sons heart rate dropping throughout the process, they did nothing. Suddenly needed an epsiotomy as sons heart rate dropped drastically last minute and they needed him out asap. Whole birth felt rushed as we had to wait ages for a room on labour ward due to being the busiest day of the year. Got a huge hematoma complication on the stitch line, very painful recovery. Partner had to leave not long after birth due to covid.

at my post natal check up with gp I got diagnosed with ptsd and told to contact talking therapies or call bsck for anti depressants

8 months later and I still think of the birth everyday and get depressed, even when I’m not purposely thinking about it.

i know a lot of women go through this it just isn’t spoken about. I’ve heard really good things about EMDR therapy for post natal PTSD, can anyone recommend a decent treatment??

I still struggle to speak about the birth in person to my partner so not sure if therapy would be worth while yet.

I had EMDR following a stillbirth and I can't speak highly enough of it. There was quite a long wait on the NHS, but once the treatment started it was brilliant. I think I had 12 hour long sessions, initially a fortnight apart, then a month apart, and the final one before I was signed off was a year after the previous one.

You need to be referred to maternal mental health not talking therapies.

Maternal mental health dumps you off their books at 12 months postpartum. OP is talking about covid rules, so she's probably not going to get anywhere with the perinatal team now. It's absolutely shit but it is what it is. Apparently babies turn one and DING all your mental health issues go away like magic.

I should add, my situation was different to yours, because I was referred years after my baby's stillbirth. 98% of the time I was fine, but if I had a "trigger"
I could not function at all.

I had talking therapy on the NHS which was okay but didn't help much. EMDR was a complete cure.

Hi, I’m just going off what the gp advised which was to contact “talking therapies” in my local area. Thanks for getting back to me everyone xx