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[quote=Anonymous][twitter][quote=Anonymous]While I didn’t officially have PPA/PPD, I did have some PTSD after a traumatic birth. Talk therapy helped, I didn’t take meds. It took about 3 months before I felt back to myself. But I’ll say, even my friends who weren’t facing any diagnosed mental health issues after giving birth, they all said it took several months to get back to feeling like themselves as well. Birth is such momentous thing for your body to go through, it takes some time to equalize. Plus if this is your first, you have to deal with the huge change of taking care of another human. It all feels very alien. Be gentle with yourself, OP. At two weeks, you are still very much in the post-birth thick if things. Work with your therapist. Eventually you’ll feel like you again.  [/quote]

Thank you. I needed that. This is my last baby, and I’ve never felt anything but elated after birth, so this has thrown me for a loop. I had an unmedicated birth, but endured some trauma as well. Even though I asked for local anesthesia, my provider sewed up my tear without it because “it was just scar tissue.” I felt very vulnerable and have been crying a bit, feeling really hard on myself the last 2 weeks. I notice some overly anxious intrusive thoughts about the baby’s safety, which lets me know I clearly need some professional support this time. I feel guilty that I don’t feel as happy as I have in the past and am overly in my head. This sucks![/quote]

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