‘It is illegal for us to leave a baby unwashed…he could rot, I have seen it happen.” -L&D Nurse to a mother who’s cesarean was delayed over her refusal to consent to a newborn bath prior to establishing breastfeeding.

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“Now that you’ve reached your due date, there really just isn’t any good reason to be walking around putting yourself and your baby at risk. We need to do a cesarean tomorrow.” -OB to a mother one day past her due date, who was planning a VBAC.

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“Really? By the look of your small [pelvic] frame, if I hadn’t know you had delivered vaginally, I would have recommended a c-section.” -OB to mother who had two nonmedicated vaginal births, and was pregnant with her third and seeing this provider for the first time.

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“Is this a planned repeat cesarean section?” -Anesthesiologist to mother being prepped for surgery.

“No, I was trying for a home birth after cesarean, but needed to transfer.”-Mother

“Well, that was stupid wasn’t it?” -Anesthesiologist to mother while patting her cheek patronizingly.

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“You’ll always have to have a cesarean now.” -OB after an induced birth where mother vaginally delivered one twin and was rushed off for an “emergency” cesarean with the other because the OB panicked.

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OB: I’m seeing a lot of gristle in here.
Mother: Are you seriously talking about my gristle while my baby is being born?
OB: No, we’re talking about golf.

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“Welcome to the tight vagina club.” -OB to mother during prep for an unplanned cesarean section.

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“You need a cesarean because everybody is already here!” -OB to mom explaining to her one of the reasons that she needed surgery after being on pitocin for 12 hours and “still” only at 3-4 cm dilated.

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“Now, that wasn’t so bad, was it? ” -OB, to mother after cesarean who vomited throughout the procedure due to anesthesia, couldn’t get out of bed for 18 hours, was numb from the waist down and was separated from her baby who was cared for in the nursery.

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“You know, with all the pregnancy losses you have incurred I would think you would want the outcome of this to be a living baby, I guess that is not what you were going for?” -OB team obtaining consent from a mother for a cesarean.

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