Would you say hour birth was a traumatic experience?

I meant *your not hour

i wouldn’t say traumatic but there were things that happened that i didn’t want and still i’ll get upset if i start thinking about it too much. unfortunately i think it’s pretty common to feel traumatized after birth 😞 have you talked about it with anyone?

I had my second Caesarean today and it was lovely. Everyone is different but there was no fear or drama, I had some lovely music on and the staff were incredible. Second time of not even knowing they’d started and up and standing to walk after 10 hours. I’d happily do it again xx

My first was. I felt like babies movements were slower than normal but thought it was normal with contractions. Went in to be checked after 14 hours and was admitted. Baby was in destress and decelling and I wasn't progressing so we chose a c section. They claimed halfway through that I tested positive for covid (7 women admitted to L&D that night and all 7 were positive 🙄 but they refused to retest) baby didn't want to breathe on his own so he went to NICU. He had pooped and inhaled it and also had a lung infection, turns out I had leaked at some point and had an amniotic infection. They then quarantined baby and told us we werent allowed to be with him so I had to pump and deliver milk to the back door of the hospital after 9pm daily then caught the one NICU Dr in a lie and she threatened to call CPS on me for wanting him discharged when he was cleared (she wanted to keep him longer "just in case" every day I called in). My second was a planned section at a different hospital and it was AMAZING

Yup, traumatic. Hearing happy birth stories make me cry.

You get a type of PTSD after a traumatic birth. You need some therapy for it hun ❤️ find a therapist who specialises in birth trauma

Yes. It was so scary and confusing and disappointing. The doctor kept telling me I was pushing wrong and I needed to poop in her face. I ended up having an emergency c section because baby was lodged behind my pubic bone and I didn’t wake up for two hours afterwards. I hate that I missed those first hours. Took me well over a year to think about it all without lots of anger.

My csection was so traumatic I made it a goal to have a VBAC bc I never wanted to do that bs again it was terrifying and unplanned. Had 2 successful VBACs after.

@Sophia it does get easier with time especially when watching your child grow you start to see them and their little personality over the birth experience. I’m saying this 2 years and 8 months after my traumatic experience x

My water birth was dreamy. I felt really sad for my friend who had a traumatic C section 😢

My first was incredibly traumatic. My second (planned c-section) was wonderful and really helped to heal the trauma from my first.

Definitely traumatic! I’ve had 4 and each time is different. My last one was an emergency which led him to be a premie and that was rough. He’s now 15 months old but the trauma has never went away I’ve just gotten better at dealing with it. You’re not alone mama!

Not traumatic to the sense it still haunts me physically but I had alot of complications in my recent birth that led an emergency csection and my baby needing an NICU admission, so we were separated on different wards for a week. That still makes me emotional because it was made very clear that I had to choose between being with my baby and missing my own medication and obs etc or having support with my recovery and leaving my baby alone all day. The pressure in the aftermath of my birth and my baby's complications is what traumatised me not the birth/labour itself x