Comments on: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Following Childbirth http://www.womensmentalhealth.org/posts/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd-following-childbirth/ MGH Center for Women's Mental Health Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dads too http://www.womensmentalhealth.org/posts/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd-following-childbirth/comment-page-1/#comment-65599 Dads too Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:03:45 +0000 http://www.womensmentalhealth.org/?p=395#comment-65599 Im a dad that got PTSD after our child had defects. More than twos years of depression etc Im a dad that got PTSD after our child had defects. More than twos years of depression etc

]]> By: Aruna http://www.womensmentalhealth.org/posts/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd-following-childbirth/comment-page-1/#comment-33848 Aruna Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:01:17 +0000 http://www.womensmentalhealth.org/?p=395#comment-33848 I typically experienced depression and anxiety with occasional hyperbvigilance that continues through my 7th year after my only child's birth. Its now part of life, I feel. I typically experienced depression and anxiety with occasional hyperbvigilance that continues through my 7th year after my only child’s birth. Its now part of life, I feel.

]]> By: toni http://www.womensmentalhealth.org/posts/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd-following-childbirth/comment-page-1/#comment-3387 toni Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:57:19 +0000 http://www.womensmentalhealth.org/?p=395#comment-3387 17 years ago I gave birth to my third child, with a very quick violent labour. I cried for the next week feeling like death I ended up hating my mother in law and sister in law and wrecked the relationship with my mood swings. Interestingly I bonded exceptionally well witht the child. I suggested, to my docotor, that I had 'post traumatic labour disorder' which he poo-pooed...... I eventually got over it and ended up with a total of five kids. Sometimes we have to have emotional resilience and with hopefully an understanding family, full recovery, without any intervention, is possible. 17 years ago I gave birth to my third child, with a very quick violent labour. I cried for the next week feeling like death I ended up hating my mother in law and sister in law and wrecked the relationship with my mood swings. Interestingly I bonded exceptionally well witht the child. I suggested, to my docotor, that I had ‘post traumatic labour disorder’ which he poo-pooed…… I eventually got over it and ended up with a total of five kids.

Sometimes we have to have emotional resilience and with hopefully an understanding family, full recovery, without any intervention, is possible.

]]> By: Jodi http://www.womensmentalhealth.org/posts/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd-following-childbirth/comment-page-1/#comment-2940 Jodi Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:20:46 +0000 http://www.womensmentalhealth.org/?p=395#comment-2940 I experienced PTSD after the birth of my son. It is very real... but there is hope for healing. I experienced PTSD after the birth of my son. It is very real… but there is hope for healing.

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