“Your labor isn’t progressing fast enough and I have a flight to Chicago at 5PM, so we will stop your labor and bring you back Sunday.” – OB to mother who had come in for a scheduled induction.

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“Well, I think this baby’s big enough. Let’s go ahead and induce you next week.” – OB to mother with a due date of December 23rd.

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“I’m scheduling your induction for 41 weeks. Look, you’re lucky we let you go this long and I can’t let you blow us off any longer.” – OB

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“No, I want you in pain.” – OB to mother after the OB asked for the pitocin to be turned up, during an induction.

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“You aren’t going to go into labor without help.” – OB to overdue mother.

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“Oh, we can wait. Labor goes better when it starts on its own.” – OB to mother at 41w3d when mother shared she did not want an induction.

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“We have found that pitocin really doesn’t work at night, it works better during the daytime. So come in tomorrow morning at 6 AM, so we can induce you.” – OB to mother at 41 weeks.

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“Most women your age are begging for inductions at 37 weeks!” – OB to young mother who did not want to be induced.

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“No one goes into labor, everyone has to be induced!” – L&D Nurse.

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“I told her we could have had this baby by now, she doesn’t need to be a martyr.” – OB to husband, when discussing the mother’s reluctance to induce at 38 weeks.

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