In general my experience was horrible...
It was my first baby... i felt totally unsupported. No one reviewed by birth plan, I was 42 weeks. I was induced and the epidural wasnt in properly... i felt so much pain... i had an episiotomy...that i didnt consent 100%. And it was clear in my birth plan my reasons around that. I had in total 56hrs of labour...i cannot remember the birth of my baby... i now know from my therapist that is called trauma/shock were your brain just blanks out trauma. Short of staff, staff attitude, bad managing, kept wanting to discharge me without proper teaching of breastfeeding techniques... i ended up readmitted because my baby wasnt latching... overall very bad and left me with ptsd. Im currently having therapy sessions..and I once wanted a big family...now I was left scared of ever getting pregnant again...