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May 24
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“ARM- Agreed.”

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“ARM – agreed.” – Chart notes from labor. (ARM- artificial rupture of membranes.) Both the mother and her husband recall the mother screaming no repeatedly when the doctor proceeded without consent.i

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Apr 18
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Thoughtful Thursday! “Your Vagina Is Not A Sponge…”

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“Your vagina is not a sponge! It won’t pick up some infection from the open air! The only thing that puts you at risk for an infection is what gets put in it.” – Midwife to mother while discussing why the midwife does not support artificially rupturing membranes.

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Feb 22
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“If She’d Let Us Break Her Water…”

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“If she’d let us break her water, she would have had this baby already, the poor thing.” – L&D nurse at the nurses’ station in earshot of laboring mother.

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Oct 22
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“You’ll Be Cursing My Name In About An Hour.”

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“You’ll be cursing my name in about an hour.” – OB to mother after rupturing her membranes.

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Oct 20
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“…I Kind Of Helped Things Along.”

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“No, I kind of helped things along.” -Midwife to mother after mother had asked if her amniotic sac was still intact. Mother had repeatedly refused offers to have her water released but then felt fluid leaving her body during a vaginal exam.

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Oct 19
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“I Need To Break Your Water So You Can Have Your Baby.”

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“I need to break your water so you can have your baby.” – OB to mother who did not want her membranes to be ruptured artificially.

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Sep 12
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“I Don’t Want To Induce You, I Just Want To Break Your Water.”

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“I don’t want to induce you, I just want to break your water.” – OB to mother.

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Jul 22
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“We’ll Compromise On Breaking Your Water.”

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” We’ll compromise on breaking your water.” – OB to mother who refused pitocin during labor.

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Jun 25
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“Looks Like You Really Didn’t Need The Pitocin After All!”

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“Looks like you really didn’t need the Pitocin after all!” –  OB to mother immediately after birth that was induced due to pre-eclampsia.  The mother had her water broken and quickly labored and birth.  OB insisted on Pitocin anyway.

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Jun 23
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“You Could Be In Labor For Weeks!”

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“You could be in labor for weeks!” – OB to mother who was in labor and had declined the OB’s offer to artificial rupture the membranes.

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