“Are you sure?” – said by a supervising Anesthesiologist while the Junior Anesthesiologist was poking the mother with a needle for the 4th time.

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“See, if you had gotten the epidural earlier, we could have been done already.” -CNM Midwife to mother in the immediate second after the baby was born, before the baby had even been brought up to the mother’s chest.

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“We only give epidurals to women who are in a lot of pain and you are clearly not in *enough* pain to justify the epidural, so I won’t be ordering one for you.” -OB to mother undergoing a pitocin induction.

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“You can, but laying on your side like that really is the best way to bring the baby down.”  L&D nurse to a mother who asked if she could sit upright with her epidural.

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“Why is natural birth so important to you?  Wouldn’t you prefer a healthy baby?  Get the drugs and stop suffering.” – OB to a mom who had been laboring for only 6 hours.

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“Oh, you poor dear.  So much pain and still a ways to go.” -OB to mom,while standing at the foot of her hospital bed, staring at her vagina and shaking his head.  This was after the mother had refused multiple suggestions from the OB to get an IV, narcotics and an epidural.  She was 8 cm dilated.

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“You just want to be a martyr to the pain.” -L&D Nurse to mother on telephone, when mother asked about the likelihood of having a non-medicated birth at that facility.

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“If you’d done what I told you to do, I wouldn’t have had to hurt you. Next time read some different books and do what you’re told.” -OB, after birth,  explaining to mother who refused an epidural, why it was necessary to cut a 3rd degree episiotomy.

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“Oh why do you torture yourself? You should have just gotten an epidural! No one who has a natural birth wants to have another one afterwards.” -OB to mother while she was pushing her baby out non-medicated.

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“If you want to do this drug-free, just make up your mind to do it. You can.” -L&D Nurse to mother who told her she was hoping to have a non-medicated birth but was keeping her options open.

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