“If you want your baby to die. We won’t take any responsibility for the death of your baby if you refuse.” – OB to mother who asked if there was any alternatives to internal fetal scalp electrodes when the external monitoring was not consistently reading.

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“You’re lucky that we allow VBACs at this hospital. Most of the local hospitals don’t allow them because of the risk.” – OB

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“Oh, I don’t think she’ll need it at all. She’s laboring beautifully.” – Anesthesiologist, while going over the obligatory consent forms per hospital policy.

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“Attempting a VBAC is comparable in risk to standing your older child out in the middle of a busy highway and hoping she doesn’t get hit by a semi. Maybe the odds of her being hit are low, but you wouldn’t take that risk with your other child, so I don’t understand why you’re willing to risk your unborn baby’s life.” – OB to mother planning a VBAC.

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“The intrauterine pressure catheter cannot introduce outside germs to your uterus. Now that I’ve dispelled that myth, what other objections could you possibly have to letting me place it?” – OB in response to the mother’s question about the risk of infection from the IUPC.

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“Your baby could *DIE* if you don’t have a heparin lock in!” – L&D nurse, to mother who refused to consent to the procedure. patient’s refusal to consent to the procedure.

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“You are doing a disservice to society when my tax dollars have to pay for your special needs child in school.” – OB nurse, while criticizing a mother who refused a flu shot during her first trimester.

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“Look, you are a wise woman, mother of three babies. You love your baby more than anyone else ever will.” – Midwife to mother who asked if she had to go for monitoring simply because she was at 41 weeks. Midwife said the choice was up to the mother.

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“Let me do my job as the doctor and you do your job and be a good patient.” – OB to parents asking questions about procedures.

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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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