So, after a frankly horrendous OP fast labour and 3h of trying to do the last 3 pushes...forceps and episiotomy I ended up with the spinal I was begging for since I felt baby turn after about my 3rd contraction due to a retained placenta.
Basically, all was fine, and is now...I think.
As the spinal started to wear off I felt a rhythmic sensation to begin with. Firstly in my belly (kind of like a rocking like pelvic tilts) and then, both legs started to 'dance'...rhythmically shake in and out. Me and DH thought this was 'normal' at first, but mentioned it to a MW who looked terrified. The legs bit started to happen on post-natal, so was rushed back to delivery and given more pethidine and a bear hugger....to no effect. My reflexes took a very long time to come back (they would have sent me for an MRI, but the machine was down and a CT was probably not going to give them the answers they wanted for sure).
Eventually (after a few hours) if I concentrated I could control it a bit, and then my reflexes came back gradually and about 12h later the actual dancing had stopped, but the rhythm was still there. Then that faded and looking after a baby took over.
Everyone in hospital was very confused. I must have seen about 8 different aneasthatists, 4 different gyneas and was having neuro obs for 4 days.
As I was getting better so quickly, they didn't MRI as were fairly sure it wouldn't have got better if it was the spinal...
15days post-partem, I'm just beginning to work out things...as in I suspect PND/PTSD but am seeing how it goes (HV and GP are aware)...BUT
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has anyone ever heard of this?
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I occasionally feel like I have the same rhythm in my body...but it's a similar rhythm to the breast pump, so maybe I'm confusing it?
and, if anyone has a similar experience, you're not alone...