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And yes, fora new mother to experience postpartum PTSD, she is likely either to have had a traumatic birth experience (such as medical interventions,emergency c-sections, problems with the health of the baby and the like)or to have perceived or felt as if her birth experience was traumatic.I think this mom’s experience clearly qualifies.
About Katherine StoneKatherine Stone is the founder & editor of Postpartum Progress. She was named one of the ten most influential mom bloggers of 2011, a WebMD Health Hero and one of the top 25 parent bloggers using social media for social good. She also writes the Fierce Blog, and a parenting column for Disney's Babble.com.
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It is very informative blog.
I had a similar experience with my midwives. HORRIBLE! They knew nothing about PPD and treated me like a leper because I couldn't breastfeed. They didn't even invite us to the annual picnic.
I also had issues buring my childbirth. The maternity ward was filled and everyone went into labor at the same time, one woman was having twins and there were complications, I had a panic attack during labor, and the one doctor at my OB's I had never met was the one delivering my baby. And he was so overwhelemed that he got annoyed that I was taking "so long" (an hour and a half of pushing) and ended up giving me a little Pitocin to speed things up. Thankfully my baby is very healthy. Definitely could have had a better experience.