I'd like to see more follow up from the clinics (or someone!) for new IVF mums. I wasn't a new mum, but I was carrying a lot of emotional baggage by the time DS arrived.
I remember when DS was a few months old and I got the obligatory call from our clinic to see how the birth went, get all our stats etc for their records. The nurse on the phone asked me 'So, did you end up relaxing and enjoying it in the end?' She remembered how anxious I'd been during my prg. This call came at the height of my anxiety/panic attacks and that call made me feel sooooooo awful. I wanted to cry and tell them that I still wasn't OK, that I was a mess and I was screwing everything up, but I knew no one wanted to hear that. They wanted the happy ending. So I gave it to them.
**ETA: BW - just read that second article and have to say that a LOT of those thoughts ring true for me. Don't have time to do a lengthy post about it, but I actually think there might be some truth to it, whether we like it or not.
Last edited by Willow; October 22nd, 2008 at 08:23 PM.
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