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Nov 21
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“How Do You Think Women Gave Birth Before Science and Doctors?!”

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“How do you think women gave birth before science and doctors?!” -OB to mother during a required prenatal consultation in preparation for her upcoming homebirth with a midwife.

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Nov 13
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“Now You’ve Contaminated…The Baby’s Head…”

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“Now you’ve contaminated my glove and the baby’s head. Stop pushing, I need to change my gloves.” -OB to mother who touched her own baby’s head after her perineum had been washed with antiseptic.

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Nov 6
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“…It’s A Trophy From The Birth…”

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“Oh well, it’s a trophy from the birth.” – Family Practice Doctor commenting on a hole in her patient’s labia that was not repaired by the OB during the patient’s last birth.

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Nov 5
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“You’re Making Too Much Noise…”

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“You’re making too much noise- You’ll scare the other women in labor here who can hear you.” -Care Provider

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Oct 27
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“Medicine Isn’t A Science…”

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“Medicine isn’t a science. It’s more like an art.” -OB

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Oct 25
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“The Miracle Of Birth Is Epidurals…”

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“The miracle of birth is epidurals.” -OB to client at 6 week postpartum visit. Mother then reminded the OB that she didn’t get the epidural she had wanted and planned for.

“Oh, that’s right.” -OB remembered.

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Oct 21
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“…I Don’t Know Why Anyone Would Do That.”

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“I’ll support a natural birth but I don’t know why anyone would do that.” -OB to home birth transfer mother.

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Oct 12
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“Just Checking To See How Huge Your Baby Is.”

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“Just checking to see how HUGE your baby is.” -OB said to a laboring VBAC woman, while palpating her belly.

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Oct 12
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“You Are Not Going To Dilate Any More…”

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“You’re not going to dilate any more until I break your bag of water.” -CNM to mom who had started having some moderate contractions and presented to the hospital at 8 cm dilation.

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Oct 11
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“You Gambled and You Won This Time!”

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“You gambled, and you won this time.” -OB to partner after mother had a vaginal birth while being prepped for a Cesarean, after being told all day all the things that will be wrong with their baby for not consenting to surgery sooner.

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