It was hard to go through at the time, but it was easy in a way because he is my first child and i dont know any different. The nurses all tried to make it as easy for us as possible which helped a lot.
Though i dont remember an awful lot of being in there. I remember the first time i saw him but cant remember seeing him, just remember being on the bed and arguing with my partner on how to spell it. Had all the nurses getting in aswell on how they thought it was spelt.
Ive blocked a lot of it out, which i think was the coping mechanism for me. I never had any post natal depression but i have heard that its very common for post traumatic stress down the track.


Astrolady - were you at flinders???