marydean..... looking back i think i definitely would have had something similar to post traumatic stress.... for about the first three months i couldn't sleep, as every time i closed my eyes i replayed the labour through my head in great agonising detail... still on occassions i seem to lie in bed doing this, but nowhere near as bad as what it was.... family/friends, those especially in the medical industry urged me to lodge a complaint with the hospital, in the hopes of maybe stopping what i went through from happening to someone else, but i found it too painful to put it into writing, as i was trying so hard to get past it and didn't want to relive it again (even though i seemed to be reliving it every night)...

as time goes on it gets better... no i haven't discussed it properly with anyone, did u? did it help?