Forceps Delivery/Did You Birth Your Baby?

[DoulaRelle]

Dee,

I did have a forcep delivery and while no one else said I hadn't birthed my baby, I must admit I have had issues dealing with the way in which he was bought into the world.


I won't go into details here and clog up the thread, but needless to say I had a 3 and a half day labour which ended up in me having an epidural which did not work once the forcep delivery was happening so I FELT the whole thing without pain relief. I went into shock straight after him being born, and have struggled with the whole experience.

A big part of the issue was my recovery from the forcep delivery, I had alot of pain for 6 months afterwards, not to mention the fear of DTD again. I had a mid forcep delivery though, so my baby was still quite high.

Regardless of the details of how your baby was born, you still went through the 9 months of carrying and nuturing your babies and gave them life!

I have since gone on to have a fantastic delivery and was adamant I was not going to have an epidural or forceps again and I didn't! The experiences are poleS apart!