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Giving birth is difficult for any woman, but one pregnant woman had such a bad experience that she has been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder. First-time mother Kylie Hodges, 39,canada goose sale, suffered daily flashbacks and nightmares for months after the complicated premature birth of her baby boy.The 39-year-old had sought help from a psychiatrist and assumed she would be told she had post-natal depression. She was shocked to be diagnosed with PTSD instead. Over the ordeal: Kylie Hodges, pictured with her son Joseph, who was 13 weeks premature. Weeks after she brought her son home she started suffering flashbacks to the birthMrs Hodges, from Bury in Greater Manchester, said: 'I’d never heard of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder from giving birth before, but I was just so glad it wasn’t in my head.'It’s something you think of when you think of soldiers, but mine was all about being in the hospital.'Kylie said certain sounds and lights would set off terrifying visions and said even the supermarket checkout ‘beeping’ reminding her of her baby's heart monitor.Mrs Hodges underwent six months of counselling andtook anti-anxiety medication for a year. She has just returned to work.More...Mother told her baby was dead inside her celebrates daughter's first birthday after begging for an ultrasoundAlthough her condition never caused her problems bonding with Joseph, 2, she says the experience - as well as being at high risk of developing severe pre-eclampsia - has put her off having any more children.Kylie said: 'People think you've confused Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with Post-Natal Depression, but they’re so different, I felt completely in love with my baby, I loved having him home and I was enjoying being a mum.'I will always be a little sad that Joseph had such a tough start and that I can’t have any more children. I feel sad that I never got the full pregnancy experience and that so many things were taken from us. I still, at times,north face outlet, think ‘why me?’ but I get over it, I’m just glad Joseph’s okay.'Mrs Hodges and her husband Corey, 40,canada goose sale, a business consultant, had been married for just a few weeks when they discovered she was pregnant in late 2014.But at 16 weeks pregnant Kylie was signed off work with high blood pressure and by 24 weeks she was receiving daily home visits from her mid-wife. Then at 27 weeks she was rushed into hospital and diagnosed with pre-eclampsia. Struggle for life: Nurses took a picture of Joseph to prepare his mother before she went to see himBaby Joseph was born by emergency caesarean the following day on May 8 2014. Kylie had declined a general anaesthetic as she wanted doctors to be able to keep her informed.Her son was born 13 weeks premature weighing just 1lb 7oz and was taken straight to a special care baby unit.Nurses took a photo of Joseph to prepare Kylie for the sight of her baby surrounded by wires and machines before taking her to see him hours later.But days later the couple were warned their son might not survive as he had numerous health problems, including anaemia, jaundice and a bowel infection, and required countless blood transfusions.Kylie said: 'It was only really when I’d got him home that it dawned on me how close we’d come. I was like oh my god, I could have lost him. 'Since then I’ve met loads of parents that never brought their baby home. I suddenly realized that would have been one of those parents.'I think that added to the post-traumatic stress. Part of the trauma was oh my god he could of died and I was dead calm when it was all happening, and then later it all came crashing down.'Kylie was released from hospital after eight days, but Joseph was kept in for over ten weeks. She could only see him for an hour a day, looking on helplessly as he was hooked up to a heart monitor and ventilator and fed through a tube.The anxious mum could barely eat and resorted to taking naps during the day, rather than sleeping at night to ensure she was awake in case the phone rang.WHAT IS PTSD?Post traumatic stress disorder occurs to 30 per cent of people who have experienced a traumatic event.This can include any situation where a person feels extreme fear or helplessness.The NHS says someone with PTSD often relives the traumatic event through nightmares and flashbacks. They may start to avoid situations that remind them of the event or to refuse to talk about it.They may also have problems concentrating and sleeping and may feel emotionally numbed and feel isolated and detached.These symptoms can emerge from hours to months after the event.Doctors may suggest watchful waiting to see if symptoms get worse or improve.Treatments include therapies such as psychotherapy and cognitive-behavioural therapy and medication like paroxetine.Visit The Royal College of Psychiatrists website for more Kylie said: 'It was really awful, it was like a rollercoaster. It was hard adjusting to family life, it’s weird when you’ve had help for so long, I was scared of breaking him.'He was only 4lbs 6oz when he came home, I could fit him on one hand. 'Three weeks later the flashbacks started and just got progressively worse. The nightmares are very visual and it’s like a piece of tape has got stuck and your just watching one scene over and over again. 'One that comes a lot is the of Joseph’s fifth day in hospital when we were told he wasn’t going to make it.'I loved being a mum and was really wanting to enjoy motherhood. But I was highly anxious and I had intrusive thoughts, like what if there was something wrong with him that had been missed?'What if I have an accident in the house, spill coffee on him, or drop him?'I’d have really graphic nightmares and started to avoid sleeping at night, only sleeping in the day.'I became very difficult to talk to and found it incredibly difficult to leave the hospital behind. ************s played in my head over and over and I kept wondering if I could have done things differently.'I was completely tortured about not being able to breast-feed,canada goose outlet, I felt an utter failure and felt very angry and disappointed with myself.'After being referred to a counsellor by her GP, Kylie began keeping a blog of her experience, as a coping strategy, but the site attracted thousands of visitors and she found herself helping other women.Now recovered, Kylie said: 'I’m pretty alright now but that experience will stay with me, but it wasn’t until the blog that I became really confident as it let me really go into the condition and the effects.'Lucy Jolin of the Birth Trauma Association says: 'PTSD can be confused with post-natal depression as many GPs or health visitors are not familiar with the symptoms of PTSD and how they differ from PND. The two conditions can, however, overlap.'Symptoms of PTSD following birth re-experiencing the event repeatedly in flashbacks, nightmares, or intrusive memories.'A sufferer may want to avoid anything that reminds her of the trauma, or she may be desperate to talk about it over and over again. She may experience anger, irritability, problems sleeping, and feel as if she could never have another baby.'A traumatic birth can be caused by many factors. PTSD can be treated with counselling and many sufferers do recover and go on to have more children.' Print this articleRead laterEmail to a friend Share this article: FacebookTwitterDigg itNewsvineDeliciousMySpaceNowpublicRedditComments (55)Here's what readers have had to say so far. Why notdebate this issue live on our message boards.The comments below have been moderated in advance.NewestOldestBest ratedWorst ratedView allwhat a lot of mean spirited comments here. it's not a competition, people are effected by things in different ways. other women who are claiming to have been through a traumatic birth telling others that their experience isn't worthy of trauma? disgusting. it's not a tick list, it's many faceted. a friend of mine had a near identical experience to me in the same month. 2 yrs on she's about to give birth to another baby feeling optimistic whilst i'm still reeling with PTSD and wouldnt dare get pregnant again. some true ignorance displayed here. i've had both PND and PTSD with different babies and they are entirely different things. the scorn of people who think because they were fine everyone else is just deficient is unnecessary. there's no reason for it, no one is asking for anything from you. greater understanding of just how damaging a bad birth can be is important at a time when short staffing in maternity units is leading to many women suffering needlessly. - Thursday, Right Here,moncler for women, 03/11/2014 12:26Click to rateRating14Report abuseI was diagnosed with PTSD after my first child almost 13 years ago. I had him in a Kent hospital by planned c-section due to medical condition. The treatment from start to finish left me so traumatised i was also shocked to be diagnosed with PTSD as an army wife i thought it was something that happened to Soldiers, fireman etc. I got good care due to my GP's referral to specialist's. It did take me 6 years and being in a different country before i could think of having another child.- Tracy ann, Scotland, 03/11/2014 12:12Click to rateRating7Report abuseRomantic old me thought I could have a natural water birth, with dim lights, music,cheap moncler jackets, herbs, all that stuff. I'd done a lot of research and was very fit and healthy. By the time they'd bothered to after leaving me all alone for hours in a freezing pool, it was less 'mother nature' and more 'medieval torture chamber' with someone who clearly enjoyed that type of thing. I couldn't prove the dreadful things he said and did to me, it was all covered up.If I'd have my time again it would have been a planned c-section, no question. - Anon, UK, 03/11/2014 11:54Click to rateRating2Report abuseI had a very traumatic birth with my daughter and and nearly lost her at birth, this and her having a serious health condition scared me so much I seriously considered being sterilsed and having no more children I was offered no councelling at all after the birth of my daughter and barely remember most of those memories you should have for the first two years.After a divorce and a wonderful second husband who said he would support me no matter what we now have 2 boys added to my family,moncler outlet, both delivered by c-section as I refused to go through normal labour again as I was so scared something would happen to the babies both my consultants agreed with me.Pregnancy is not plane sailing and in my case both my first 2 labours were long and traumatic and seriously scarred me for life and tainted my other pregnancies.Even after 14 years I still try to forget the traumatic labour and aftermath I had as it still upsets me.I also suffered from PND with no help from midwives either!- lgiles,north face fleece, mids, 03/11/2014 11:54Click to rateRating7Report abuse- Kylie Hodges,jackets clearance, Bury, 2/11/2014 16:36 - Great to have the actual subject of the story comment.As someone diagnosed with complex PTSD following repeated murder attempts by my mentally ill mother as a child, I am a little concerned when seemingly difficult, but every day occurrences - like giving birth - get lumped in with PTSD diagnoses, but Kylie's comments help my understanding of the story. Good luck to her,men north face denali jackets!- Kentspur, Kent, 03/11/2014 11:53Click to rateRating2Report abusecan't believe how ignorant some of the people on here are...why, because you had a bad experience, shouldn't it affect someone else in a different way? we're not all robots designed to deal with a traumatic experience the same way are we?- ellie, Essex, 03/11/2014 10:19Click to rateRating5Report abuseThe views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.We are no longer accepting comments on this article. north face jackets clearance soft cloth boots sale north face outlet sale soft cloth boots sale 359 north face denali jackets soft cloth boots sale 19 canada goose outlet soft cloth boots sale 401









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