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Does anyone else still feel slightly traumatised from labour

I have two little boys (2 and 1). With my first I had a pretty chilled labour, I was induced and had an epidural and didn’t really feel pain pushing him out. With my second it was agony. I shouldn’t really be feeling like this because it was a natural birth and some women have really scary labour stories . but I still think of that day and it did traumatise me in a way. I kind of managed my contractions well and went to the birthing centre when they were close together( they weren’t so bad). I was 6cm dilated when I got to the birthing centre and once I arrived they started coming super fast. I was in agony to the point I actually thought I would die, I was screaming at the top of my lungs and there was no time for pain relief apart from gas and air but I was in such agony I couldn’t even hold the gas and air so it was a complete natural birth. It was as though there was no break inbetween the contractions so I couldn’t even pause to ask the nurse to help me in some way. I had him in the pool and all I remember is screaming at the top of my voice, it felt like I was the only one in the room, I completely disconnected from anyone around me. I still plays on my mind for some reason.