Obsessing over my labour months on?

[SparkleTea]

Hi
I just wondered if my experiences are normal? I find my self thinking about my labour and birth to my little one constantly. I cried everyday up until my DS was 3 months old, but I still think about it everyday. I go through what happened from start to finish, it wasn’t at all horrific or complicated very straightforward but I just can’t get over how scared I was and how much pain I was in. My Midwife scared me a bit saying I had days to go and the pain was going to get a lot worse, but I gave birth just 1 hour after this comment. I just get helpless and like I didn’t know what was happening. Not sure if it’s just normal or I just need to stop thinking about it?

This is not normal in my opinion. Please go and see your GP. I had a traumatic post birth experience (spesis) and my GP refered me to the perinatal mental health team. I had sessions with a specialist clinic psychologist who only worked with pregnant and postnatal women. She also supported me with preparing for birth reflections. She was amazing.

I would not recommend doing birth reflections without any other support.

Agree this is not normal. When I gave birth it was awful (agonisingly painful and ended in an emergency c-section) but I'm ok with it. It is what it is - it's part of my story and there's nothing I can do now except put it behind me. If you need help with doing that then please speak to your GP.

Forgot to add my DS is now 6 months old. Thank you for your replies to be honest I though it was just a normal had quite an awful pregnancy as a whole suffering with hyperemesis which hasn’t helped. I will book an appointment with my GP.