Saturday, February 26, 2005
well, duh
If you have an elective c-section, you're just as likely to go through post-partum depression as a woman who gives birth naturally. However, the phrasing of this sentence:
"New mothers are as likely to experience depression after giving birth whether they go through labor and a natural delivery or an elective caesarian."
makes me wonder if you're MORE likely to have ppd after a non-elective c-section. That's the problem I had -- major ppd, lasted over a year, and I'm still recovering. I think it might have been more dramatic than it would have been if Rabbit had been born naturally, if only because it completely revamped my entire birthing experience. I expected something totally different, and felt a little like I hadn't lived up to my part of the deal. Also, it took a long time for me to feel that Rabbit was truly "mine," you know? Because I didn't even get to see her for, I think, twelve hours or so. She was taken out and whisked to NICU for breathing problems and I had to recover from the surgery and I never saw her until I saw her in the little plastic cage. Then she was in NICU for ten days. So that kind of experience, which I'm sure most emergency c-section mothers go through, probly puts you through a little more of a wringer, so I would think it would amplify your "normal" ppd symptoms.
Yes, I thought all that when I read that one sentence. It's almost Rabbit's second bday, it's on my mind a lot lately, especially since I'm still clawing my way up into normalcy.
"New mothers are as likely to experience depression after giving birth whether they go through labor and a natural delivery or an elective caesarian."
makes me wonder if you're MORE likely to have ppd after a non-elective c-section. That's the problem I had -- major ppd, lasted over a year, and I'm still recovering. I think it might have been more dramatic than it would have been if Rabbit had been born naturally, if only because it completely revamped my entire birthing experience. I expected something totally different, and felt a little like I hadn't lived up to my part of the deal. Also, it took a long time for me to feel that Rabbit was truly "mine," you know? Because I didn't even get to see her for, I think, twelve hours or so. She was taken out and whisked to NICU for breathing problems and I had to recover from the surgery and I never saw her until I saw her in the little plastic cage. Then she was in NICU for ten days. So that kind of experience, which I'm sure most emergency c-section mothers go through, probly puts you through a little more of a wringer, so I would think it would amplify your "normal" ppd symptoms.
Yes, I thought all that when I read that one sentence. It's almost Rabbit's second bday, it's on my mind a lot lately, especially since I'm still clawing my way up into normalcy.
