Long story short I gave birth just over two weeks ago, my waters broke and I was left on the maternity ward with monitoring for over 2 days before being induced by drip due to staffing issues, whilst experiencing high blood pressure during this time.
My son was then born and developed suspected sepsis and I then developed it myself, and needed iv antibiotics and an iron infusion on top of the blood pressure medicines.
I ve still got a way to go physically in my recovery, however I want to consider when I should be getting support mentally as I experienced what was likely PTSD after my dad died (I didn't ask for help so never diagnosed but looking back on that time it seems that was likely what was wrong) as a child and was terrified of medical treatment for years afterwards.I've had a few other preventable deaths in the family since so at one point I had a panic attack in hospital when they had to isolate me when I got a temperature. I don't want to go back to how I was with my fear of medical treatment , and I worry I could as I m missing quite a lot of hours of my labour memories.
So basically my question is, when is a good time to be seeking counseling for my labour and post birth experience? I m still hormonal so not sure the time is right now but want to make sure I m on top of it.