PTSD from birth after 11 weeks still?

[Imo93]

Anyone else experience random anxiety and worry over their birth experience, my little boy is 11 weeks Monday and this week has been difficult I keep having flash backs of the whole experience and I've been having cramping I assume my period is on its way back but the cramps remind me of the pain of labour and the trauma of it all (2 minutes away from emergency c-section lo also very low birth weight of 4lbs 12oz at 39weeks) my partner won't talk to me about it because he is traumatised from it all also (he thought we were going to die bless him) I experienced anxiety a couple of weeks after the birth but it went away and now it's come back all of a sudden!?

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My kid is 13 it took along time for me to get over her traumatic birth mentally even tho I decided to have another child 2 years apart I just kept saying it can’t be as bad and it wasn’t it was super easy compared. I do still cringe and slight anxiety at the idea of labour and it comes back to me. Speak to your health visitors there might be counselling available.

[ALLY81]

Thats so horrible for you i would speak to health visitor or doctor and see if some counselling sounds a bit like post traumatic stress for both of you hopefully they will be able to help look after yourselves xxx

[Unknown8]

Aww hun it’s m sorry to hear this, I would speak to your health visitor when she comes/book an appointment or ring or text if you have her number, or your GP.

It’s not nice, I’ve suffered with anxiety for many years in top of my depression, then worsened after having princess, you find it hard get back into the swings of things, my princess is nearly 14 months and some days I still get like this, it’s really about pushing through and getting the support you need from your gp and health visitors,

Don’t forget though an emergency c section is traumatic enough because your literally thrown around to make sure baby comes out okay, then we have to recover so it’s stressful, my advice is take it Day by day hun and if it gets too much speak to your gp/health visitor especially if your partner won’t discuss it with you, as we still need to talk to someone too, we’re the ones

Who went through it! Xx

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Hey sorry to hear you are feeling like this. I'm actually in a similar boat. I had traumatic birth. Was meant to be planned section but no time and my son was born breech, got stuck, didn't breath for 17 minutes. Miraculously he is thriving and appears to have no lasting damage. We still attending paediatrics but my husband also traumatised as he thought was going to lose both of us. Through nhs I have offered a counselling appointment firstly with the team who were present at birth (bit of a wait as my son 15 weeks now) so not had it yet but I'm hoping it will help us get closure. I'm so happy my son is here and alright but at night I'm suffering real anxiety. My physio says this is only to be expected but to try seek help now so it's dealt with. I just phoned the hospital I gave birth at and asked for my consultant secutary's details. Maybe try that? X x

[Lizzielizzielizzie]

My hospital offers a service where you can talk through what happened during your birth with medical professionals. Maybe enquire about whether you can do this?

Regarding counselling I’ve heard good things about cbt.

[Imo93]

Thanks everyone for the replys, I emailed the maternity hospital and had a response so far.. Just basically said my next pregnancy I will be under consultant care(I already was for my first pregnancy) and basically everything was done to protocol 🙄 but I feel much better about it all now my LO is 4 months old happy and healthy so everything is well.