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| | Notices | Welcome to PTSD Forum. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a life threatening, debilitating disorder that can break down a sufferer’s body through anxiety and stress. Further it poses a significant suicide risk resulting from the brains neurological imbalance and chemical depression. Sufferers often live in denial, thus this community is aimed at helping PTSD sufferers help themselves through others experiences, guidance and education. We are here for the sufferer, spouse and families surrounding PTSD. Spouses and family are too often forgotten in this equation, and often they receive all the worst that PTSD has to offer. If you're involved in any way with PTSD, get registered and help yourself now. Non-active members will eventually be deleted. If you are not a sufferer, carer or someone within the mental health industry, and active, then there is little reason for you to be a member of this forum. Non-active members with zero posts are deleted periodically during the year. |  | | 
18-10-2006, 02:52 AM
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Thank you for the fine weather today. |
19-10-2006, 03:09 PM
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Thankyou to my husband Anthony, who sat with a sense of humour, for two hours with 3 women discussing the upcoming birth of Boo. He even made iced tea before hand, then went to the shop and got some lovely sticky bun which he served to us. Even the midwife's were impressed with his no bs approach to this birth and his PTSD humour. |
20-10-2006, 03:30 AM
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Thank you to my Sister who lives in Greece. It is her birthday and when I called her this morning and heard her voice.... well, the day can't get much better than that!! |
20-10-2006, 09:37 AM
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Thank you to my wonderful husband for sticking by me and helping me even when he couldn't understand what I was going through...he just knew I was hurting and was there for me.
Thank you to my wonderful daughters who have done more cooking, cleaning, laundry, (and have done the grocery shopping, too!) for me when I just couldn't face doing one more thing. And for the extra hugs they give me.
Thank you to my mother and my friends who take my calls without complaint when I just need someone to talk to and for them understanding that sometimes I just need someone to talk to.
And thank you for finding a place where I'm not the only one like me. This forum is a gift. |
20-10-2006, 09:56 AM
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Thank you Lord for all of the daily blessings amidst my personal turmoil with PTSD. It reminds me that You are faithful even during my darkest hours |
20-10-2006, 04:23 PM
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Even the midwife's were impressed with his no bs approach to this birth and his PTSD humour.
| That is awesome! Wow, I wish I could have a midwife come to my home to help deliver babies in this state! It's illegal! Can you believe that? Stupid rules....
Thank you for friends on forums; who accept us as we are.... (wow, I'm a sap today :crybaby: ) |
21-10-2006, 12:59 PM
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Double big thank you that the mammogram, sonogram and exam I had today revealed that everything is normal. Very stressful, very tiring...but good day today. |
21-10-2006, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Nam  That is awesome! Wow, I wish I could have a midwife come to my home to help deliver babies in this state! It's illegal! Can you believe that? Stupid rules.... | Nam,
Don't worry we still have our battles here in Australia. Independent midwives can practice anywhere here in Aus but they cannot get indemnity insurance and they are not always welcome. New Zealand has their s@*t in one sock. You are assigned a midwife, as part of the public healthcare system at the beginning of your pregnancy journey. All research shows (across the world) that one on one midwifery care results in better outcomes for mums and bubs, reduces the caesarian rate (currently 1 in 3 in Aus) and is cheaper!! Still the governments, obviously run by the species that has never given birth, opt for the more expensive, more invasive options. The sad part about it is women in this country (and I dare say across the world) are ending up with PTSD from what should, in most cases be a natural process. After all we don't have ob's in the bedroom when we create the little critters!  |
21-10-2006, 02:26 PM
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Thankyou to all the women out there who are not accepting of policies that interfere with our right to birth babies naturally! |
21-10-2006, 04:36 PM
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Kerri-Ann that is great. I alway had horrible experiences with my first 3 born in the hospital. My little one #4 was born in my home with a midwife. Would never have done it any other way if I had known how wonderful it was. My favorite and one of the few pics I have is curled up in my bed next to hubby with her in our arms in a dimly lit room. The photos taken the next day of me were horrible, but in that one I felt empowered and beautiful that one night almost 3 years ago. I look at the pic and I can still see it that way. Hubs just looked like crap (but in awe) LOL.
But my thank you I came to say. Thank you Anthony for guiding me again in the right direction and me finally have a emotional cry. For those who don't get it, I cannot cry, it was progress. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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