Hey girls.

So from you I need:
Did you use any drugs in your birth?
Did you have complications during your birth?
Did you experience any feelings of dissapointment, disempowerment and traumatisation?

Thanks so much for all your help in advance!!
Hi Ella,
I ended up being induced at 40+5 (there were a few reasons, some of which I look back now and think they were irrelevant...i.e. my Ob wasn't going to be on-call the weeknd we were going in to - if I had my time over I'd say "so what?", also, my bub had quite a large head - ended up being 39.5cm )

Short story:
Drugs - gel on cervix, syntocin (sp?) drip, gas and epidural.
Complications - 3rd degree tear (bub was 8lb 15oz), approx 1L PPH
Feelings - While I was so excited about my baby, I was also so fatigued from the PPH that I struggled to cope. I had feelings of resentment to the other mothers on the ward who had "easy" labours, and as I had been too "out of it" to care for my daughter for the first few days I began to feel incompetent (like I'd never be able to bath her, change her nappy etc). Took a LONG time for me to feel better, stronger etc, even with a double dose iron supplement, and then I developed PND, which may or may not have happened anyway.

If you need more info or clarification let me know.