I had a good birth but I find myself analysing every detail (that I can remember ) every couple of days or so. Not in a bad way, just thinking about what happened generally.

I wonder why I am thinking about it so often. How often do you think about your birth?

I only really ever think about it, if it is brought up in conversation and I tell them how mine went. Other than that I dont think about it too often. I think and remember more about the newborn stage and get clucky rather than the birth itself.

Barely ever now that they are older. But I did go over things a few times in my head in the weeks afterwards and also as a reminisce on their first birthdays Both of mine were good experiences and I am done having babies so I think I have tucked it all away now and don't really think of that stage anymore...

I often visit other mums in the same hospital I gave birth in and that brings back a few emotions (mostly good )

I still think about mine fairly often but it was onlya couple of months ago. I had a mostly positive experience eve though things didn't go to plan. I had a couple of days of feeling sorry for myself and doing what if's but now I just think it was amazing to grow a little person in only 9 months and get them out into the world (however they came out).

I think of it if something triggers it, say if someone else has a big baby, we get asked about his size, etc etc. I don't think of my daughters birth much unless it is her birthday, etc (her birth was uncomplicated and she is now 5).

I thought about it a lot more in the months that followed and had a lot of flashbacks and (especially in the first few months) I kept going over and over it in my head. I researched what caused shoulder dystocia, risk factors, etc (I had done everything 'right' in my labour/pregancy and there was no indicators it would happen to us - his size was a surprise!).

I had a serious complication in my sons birth though, it was very scary at the time and I feared for his life. I was appropriately debriefed at the hospital and I know it was normal to think about it so often in the months that followed. I still get nervous thinking what might have been when I think about his birth but I do think about it much less often now - after all it was a wonderful experience all the same and I got my gorgeous DS (who suffered no long term effects ).

Yes, often. Not as often as I did in the first few months, but probably still several times a week.

I really probably should go and talk to someone... I never really dealt with it at the time.

Same.

I really don't think about it, unless someone has brought it up in conversation. It seems to come up a lot at the moment with the impending arrival of #2, but my first was an elective C-Sec and I'm hoping for a VBAC this time, so likely they will be two very different experiences.

I think about it a bit but not necessarily every week. I like talking about it though! It was a great experience and I look forward to doing it again (although it hurt much more than I thought it would). I find it frustrating that a lot of it is a blur and I can't remember exactly what took place. I loved the high that I was on afterwards even though my baby was in Special Care for her first few days.

I only gave birth a month ago so obviously it's still in my thoughts often! Eventually it will fade with time, especially since both births were relatively uncomplicated.

I love having a newborn so much I will often wish I was back in hospital in those first few days post birth so I can do all of that part again.

I enjoyed all my births and found them all empowering in different ways so I do find myself reminiscing a bit in various ways. The twins birth in particular I'm asked about frequently, any excuse to tell the tale

TBH I odn't htink about it at all unless someone in my MG starts talking about theirs. It's all really fuzzy to me.

I thought about my first birth a fair bit, funnily enough my second birth I can barely even remember- it's like the little one has been in our family forever, just as he is!

Maybe also because it was faster and way more painful, I've blocked the memories!

I'm thinking about it a lot at the moment, mainly because it's dawned on me that I'm going to have to do it all over again in a few months! I'm determined not to be a screaming banshee this time so am thinking through DD's birth and looking at ways I can manage. The first few weeks post birth it was on my mind a lot, but I would say within a month I no longer thought about it unless someone bought it up. But I had a relatively uncomplicated birth (aside from DD coming a month early!) though so I would attribute this to it not being on my mind so much.

It's just over a year on for me, and I still think about it a couple of times a week.

My DD's birth was a wonderful experience, I loved every moment of it - I can't wait to do it again, even though next time will be such a different experience. Maybe that's why I think about it often? I've talked extensively with it with my mum and hubby - they're probably sick of me talking about it!

Immediately following the birth I did think about it but now 3.5 years down the track, no I hardly ever think about it and only when it comes up in conversation and someone asks me what my birth was like.

I think about it often I think because it was such an amazing experience and something that I feel very proud of... one of the hardest and yet most empowering things that one can go through in life. For months afterwards I kept asking DH questions to try to remember each and every little detail... "what happened during this part, I can't remember" and "did I really say that?" I remember saying to him afterwards as well that I almost felt a little jealous that he got to see the birth from a different perspective, and that I wished I could go back and see it from a different angle.

I think nowadays I am thinking about it also to help me prepare for the prospect of bubs #2

Hardly ever I had two relatively great births (elective c-sections) and due to the recovery I did think about them, because I was in pain but now I really only think about it when somebody asks.....

When my son was born, naturally I dwelled on the rather dramatic birth it turned out to be when in hospital, but once I got home I was so busy learning how to do everything within a few weeks it all faded, as the pain from the surgery did.

After that I only really thought about it when asked, and since getting pregnant again naturally during the antenatal appointment planning the next birth it comes up a lot!

Every now and then I think about them, both were different. Sometimes DH and I even talk about them and I am able to ask what it was like for him or ask him something I had forgotten.

At the moment, quite a bit- particularly the pain factor

When not pregnant, not really apart from a reminisce on their birthdays.

Every day
Some days it's just a fleeting thought but others such as last Saturday a lot more than I should. In the space of about 5 minutes 4 people walked past me with newborns in baby bjorns. I had to breath in really hard to not cry.

I am getting better though and often when I do think about it, the anger I used to feel is gone, I think that's a big step for me. I'm sick of feeling like it defines who I am.

Not very often, I guess mostly just if it comes up in conversation, which to be honest is more often than normal given I deal with birth trauma cases at work.

I know I will think about it much more when pregnant again though, as I would assume is normal. I do not want the tearing and surgical repair I had last time so I will be giving it a lot of thought on how best to try to avoid that happening again.

This, pretty much word for word, although E was only in special care for a few hours.

I think about the high I felt immediately afterwards more than the actual birth, even though he was whipped away from me pretty quickly I felt so fantastic, I could have had half the town in to visit me at that stage and I would have hugged everyone. I remember calling my mum to tell her he'd been born and I think I was so excited I could barely keep still (not good when you are having stitches in your nether regions!)

Monica, I don't know what to say

I don't think about the births often at all. When I think of the boys births, my first thought every single time is when I hit transition in the shower with Lucas and no one was in the room with me as my midwife and student midwife took themselves off for a break as nothing was apparently happening. He was born 2min later.

While I had very positive experiences, my birth stories only get brought up when friends/family are pregnant, or just had a baby and are asking curious questions and want to know how things went for me etc.