10,5 months pp and my scar is still this red… I massage it religiously every day, used silicon tape until about 7 months pp and I tried infrared therapy on it for a couple weeks, which did something but not much. Any tips or do I just need to be patient? I tend to scar quite badly so was expecting this but I definitely thought that surely at almost 11 months it would have turned white.
Hi, I’m two weeks in and feel like I might be feeling worse than before starting this medication. Before starting I was struggling with racing thoughts, super low mood, extremely sad and crying a lot and trouble sleeping (on top of baby’s terrible sleep). One week in and I nearly had a mental breakdown. I’m not sure if I was suicidal but definitely felt that life had absolutely no point of living and felt like running away from home. Told my husband we made a mistake having a baby. I’m feeling so so much rage about pretty much anything. I’m wondering if this is the right drug when dealing with a baby. I snap so quickly (a messy nap can put me over the edge) and feel both wired and super exhausted at the same time. Struggling to fall asleep but had that before starting meds too.
Should I hold on and wait til the 4-6 week mark or call it quits?
For those having had an emergency c-section even though before you might have had an attitude of ‘my body will know what to do/was made for this’ and wanted to ideally birth without pain medication/‘naturally’ (hate this term now). Were you ever able to feel empowered again? When were you able to move on? Did it just take time? Was there anything you did?
I’m 9 months pp and was recently diagnosed with PPD. I still struggle a lot with this feeling of disempowerment. Of, my body failed me twice (I couldn’t birth my baby and then failed to breastfeed). I have a daughter and would not want to pass on my trauma to her. I’d want her to feel powerful and confident, but at this point I’m feeling anything but. Of course it’s still ‘early’ and I hope that time will heal these wounds, as well as therapy and medication (started today). But I just feel terrible thinking how I will ever tell her about what it is like to give birth.