I wonder if DD remembers her traumatic birth.......

[bAaM]

My DD is 4 and a bit and for about 3 months now she has been going on and on about being a baby again and then today she said out of the blue. "Mummy i wish i was still in your tummy" then got quiet upset saying she wants to go back in my tummy now.

I had a few problems with her birth. My waters broke over 24 hours prior to her birth. I had the drip in, an epidurel (biggest mistake of my life) she went into fetal distress at 10cm dilated so i had to push her out quickly. Here heart rate got really low a few times ( I nearly needed an emergancy CS) Then she got a UTI at 2 weeks old and they put it down to my waters braking and her not getting antibiotics.

I have had 3 VB hers being the only one using drugs apart from Gas with my first.

So do you think its possible she remembers it being traimatic? Or has some sort of feeling.
I dont know what to do about it? She often gets pretty upset about wanting to be a baby again and now its gone to wanting to be in my tummy again?

[One of THOSE mums!]

No way.
I would think it is more about the age and starting to really grasp the concept of where babies come from.

[MamaKoala]

Have you read gentle birth, gentle mothering? She writes about her children's awareness of their births. When I get my copy back I ll lend it to you. I think it's entirely possible, but might also stem from needing to be closer to you? Sort of like a second separating anxiety phase. Ask her to draw it and ask her about things in her drawing. She might be able to give you more insight into what's going on if she can see it and describe what she's drawn.

[elleandsam]

I reckon DS does, he needs to be close all the time and freaks out when he realizes I'm not there, I put it down to our initial seperation.


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[UmmInayah]

I think it is highly possible. I would comfort her when it happens and let her get upset about it. She may need to get it out - the hurt or whatever feelings she is having. The next time she says something, talk about it. Ask her why etc

[ZumbaMumma]

No, I don't believe it's possible. Newborns are not capable of even thinking for themselves at that point...everything is based solely on instinct until they are about 9 weeks old. Every movement, every thing that they do is instinct, not on purpose...so I can't see how they would remember it when their brains were not developed enough. I don't know anyone that remembers their birth or being in their mother's tummies. When you ask someone, they usually don't have any memories at all prior to 2 years of age because their brains simply were not capable of it.

[PinUpBec]

i highly doubt it... :/

[strawbs]

I really don't think so ...

[just her chameleon]

I don't believe it's possible.

[Etienne]

It depends on what beleifs you have regarding cellular memory. I beleive 100% that she could remember or atleast remember the feelings.
I would think though more along the lines of wanting to be closer to you or having feelings of anxiety.