Does my birth story count as traumatic?
I believe my birth was traumatic. I am terrified of getting pregnant again.
When I tell people they say it doesn’t sound that bad and that it doesn’t count as traumatic.
I understand many people have had worse births than me, but I still feel traumatized by mine.
I was induced at 39 weeks 2 days. My OB upped the pitocin too much too fast and even the nurses questioned him multiple times telling him I was in too much pain and that my contractions were back-to-back.
Took 7 hours of pitocin to get to 6cm dilated. Begged for the epidural at this point. Epidural wasn’t done quite right so a year postpartum I have horrible back pain and scar tissue.
When it was time to push baby’s head got stuck and her heart rate dropped so fast that there wasn’t even time for an emergency c-section. I had an episiotomy and still ended up with a third degree tear as well. He also had to use forceps.
Baby was fine and my recovery was okay, but I can still remember every detail of my labour and birth a year later and it gives me a panic attack.
My family tells me I shouldn’t still be as traumatized as I am because it wasn’t that bad.
Would you consider my birth traumatic?
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