Links between PND and how you gave birth and covid

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Is there any info on developing PND after having an induction?
I ended up having to have a c-section so had to stay in hospital 2.5 days. Is there a link between c-section and PND and staying on the maternity ward?
I was DESPERATE to go home. It was during covid so I had zero visitors allowed, not even my husband, so had no support when at home I would have had the support of my husband.
I swear there must be a link between induction/c-section and covid practices and PND.

I'm sorry you struggled with PND it must have been incredibly difficult particularly with reduced services due to covid.

Women give birth in all sorts of stressful situations throughout the world and throughout history. It's only (relatively) recently that men have been allowed on wards or for extended visiting hours, and even more recently that they have been a practical help.
Surely its more likely that PND happened due to personal predisposition or the overall stressfulness of Covid, being pregnant and having a newborn than the actual birth and following days.

It would be interesting research to read but imagine it would be difficult to separate the cause from covid practices on the wards to covid stress in general.

My point was more that being kept on a maternity ward rather than being sent home like the vaginal birth mums (some of them got to go home just hours after giving birth) caused PND.

Not having any visitors exacerbated it, but having my husband around for a few hours wouldn't have made much of a help, but going home and having him around 24/7 and being in my own home definitely made it worse.

Mums should be warned that induction and c-section can increase your likelihood of getting PND.

Hi OP. I didn't have a c-section but did have an induction during Covid and was in a similar position, desperate to leave and felt very alone. I know there has been some research into the mental health impact of new mothers during Covid more generally, and that it is well known that there was an overwhelming demand for mental health support (which in many areas could not be accommodated) following the lockdown. I also struggled with PND and I definitely attribute it to my traumatic birth experience and lack of support afterwards. It was an extremely challenging time to have a new baby and I think (or hope) many lessons were learnt so women don't have to go through that again.

I think that's a big conclusion to jump to with only your own experience as evidence. My experience would suggest the opposite, with my induction I had no PND, but with my 'natural birth' no interventions etc I did have PND.

@chocopuffs Tell me about it. It was so isolating and lonely. I saw my family twice during my entire pregnancy and only for a few hours each time (we live 1.5 hours away). Didn't see my mum and dad until DD was 8 weeks old and didn't see the rest of the fammily until she was 3 months.