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[quote=Anonymous]I wouldn’t use ICAN. It puts a lot of emphasis on having a healing VBAC and the evils of C sections. She needs to realize she was duped going in by the cult of natural birth - plenty of us are - and most births are just awful experiences regardless of life that end up with a wonderful baby for the horror at the end. Sounds like it could be postpartum PTSD - she has a lot of risk factors for that based on personality and what you describe the birth as being. Don’t assume it’s always PPD - it could easily also be PTSD. Get her a referral to a perinatal
Psychiatrist or therapist. And have her join a birth trauma support group online or get connected with Postpartum Support International. Also share this with her and have her read the comments. Plenty of people get let down and depressed when we are promised a perfect birth if we do the right things and it sets you up for a
Very had postpartum and start to motherhood.

https://www.wnyc.org/story/podcast-28-the-missing-chapter-to-ina-mays-guide/[/quote]

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