Whos got PND or PTSD?

kellz thats so exciting! i hope youre not worrying too much with all the time you have til the interview.

well guess what? we are officially off the PNAP home visit list! yay!

oh sure: its a thing from plunket:
Post
Natal
Adjustment
Programme

They see women who are really struggling and do referals to the mother and babies mental healthy unit and stuff

Well done! They must think that you are doing well to discharge you from that!

Awww Amelia. sounds like you've had a tough morning.

For a long time I blamed myself for the way that Blair's delivery went (it paled in comparrison to yours) but I still feel that I didn't do enough, and what I did do, and chose to do may have caused him problems (ie ventouse and forceps). Writing out my birth story and reading my notes helped a little, but I still felt bad. It's taken me a long (long) time to realise that the decision I made to go ahead with assistance was made with the information I had at the time, and how I was feeling at the time - therefore at the end of the day, it was the best decision for all of us.

Hindsights a strange thing, it offers us the chance to re-evaulate - but also to second guess ourselves. Sure if I knew then what I know now things may be a little different, but there's no guarantees that this would be the case.

big huge hugs amelia!!!!!

Just wondering how everyone is doing lately?

I saw my GP last week re questions relating to continuing my meds - and then getting a new prescripton as there have been a few 'changes' to our circumstances ............ and I needed to know the risks of taking the drugs.

Hope things are treating everyone ok, and if they're not that you're talking to someone

Kellz - hope everything went well with surgery and your interview

Edited by MonicaMouse

congrats monica! thats so fantastic!
so i was admitted to the mums and bubs unit at pmh after having a major breakdown and being taken to hospital. so if im not around thats why!
Im ok though...getting some sleep and some help for when I get all anxious and stuff. The unit is shared with the eating disorder one. freaky stuff seeing all these skinny almost dead looking girls! Some have nasal tubes in so they are force fed and one is so weak she has to use a wheel-chair. Its really rather depressing. The other weird thing is there are bars on the windows and no lock on the toilets. !!!!!!!!! But at least Im not one of the 'bad' ones. Its not like what youd think though. I'm there voluntarily so can leave for wee outings. theres no counseling or anything. I pretty much just do my thing with CHarli-Rose and they help me when I stress out,,,just helping me relax. And I get sleepy meds at night.
Funny reading my old posts on here...ya can tell I was breaking down aye...

anyway must have a nice shower while im here at home and enjoy being able to use a razor!!! im so hairy lol

Congrats on the pregnancy, Monica!! Was it planned or a surprise?

Hugs Amelia Glad to hear that you managed to get some help for yourself, it's a huge step to take. Make the most of all the help you can get, and take it easy. I hope things improve for you and you start feeling heaps better soon! Thinking of you.

Hope you have a good trip to Welly, Chonny.

Glad your surgery went well Kellz. Yay for Billy Joel tomorrow night! Hope you have a fab time away with the family.

Hey Razzmatazz, welcome to our support thread!    It can be quiet in here some weeks, but it's always nice to know there are others out there in the same boat

Thanks for the congrats guys. Bubs was a bit of both, we weren't trying, but we weren't not trying. In fact we had just had a discussion about whether it should be something we were going to postpone - TTC, and then - Viola - maybe meant to be:)

I've had a number of down days lately - but most of that is tied in with the morning sickness. I'm lucky 2 days in hospital (on a drip over new years) helped, and gave me a 5 day reprieve from throwing up, but now I'm back but at least it's only 1 -2 times a day at the moment. Once a day I can handle, the meds can make me sleepy so I am often sleeping when Blair does - often twice a day.

Hope everyone else is doing ok

Hi Anikka, (oh im 28 too)
it gets better, ive been on citalopram since aug.
i was pretty freaked out to start with, didnt really ike the idea of needing meds to get through the days but hey i started taking them after i had been trapped in the house for 3 weeks because i couldnt leave house because of the anxierty.
Now life is almost back to normal.

I go to counselling once a week and work through all my "issues" haha go back to childhood. and its really helping.
still have bad days etc but on the whole its pretty good.

at first i thought i was going crazy and that was one of my biggest fears was that i was mad or weird and going to feel like this forever, but the funny thing is I have since found out that about 5 other mums that i am friends with at my daughter school are all on same meds etc. pretty funny really.

i used to think it was not tha common, man was i wrong!
There are so many of us.