“Let’s break your water and get an IV going to speed things up.” – OB to mother who had made great progress until asked to get out of the tub and flat on her back on the bed.

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“Once your membranes rupture, or I rupture them, you must remain in the bed to prevent the cord from prolapsing. You will not be allowed to get up from the bed, not even to go to the bathroom. Use a bedpan.” – OB to mother.

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“Your bag of water isn’t completely broken. I just wanted to pop it the rest of the way so your baby doesn’t have the sac over his face and suffocate when he’s trying to take his first breath, but if you’re going to be such a baby about it…” – OB to mother who had her membranes ruptured during her labor without her consent.

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“No one knows your body better than you do, so it’s completely your call.” – OB to mother during labor, during discussion of benefits and risks of artificially breaking the bag of water.

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Dr: “Let’s rupture your membranes for you.”
Mother: “I am pretty sure they already ruptured. I told the nurse that I felt a slow gush.”
Dr: “You’ve had an epidural. You probably just wet yourself.”

Doctor then procedes to insert and manipulate the amni hook, then stops abruptly.

Dr: “And that would be your baby’s head I am poking.”

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“You need to think about how long you are going to let this continue.” – OB who tried to break the bag of water without consent and being stopped by the father of the baby

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“Well, I could break your water now and you can have this baby today, or I can let you be, and you’ll have this baby tomorrow.” – OB to mother in labor.

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“If you don’t let me break your water, the baby won’t have a way to get out.” – OB to mother being induced.

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“It’s really more of a housekeeping issue. If it’s not controlled, that amniotic fluid explodes all over everything. Its barometric pressure.” – OB to a mother, explaining why it will be necessary to rupture her membranes during labor.

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“Time for me to go break some bags! I need to deliver at least one of these girls before I go home for the evening.” -Midwife getting up to leave a L&D staff event.

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