“Well you’re young. . . and CLEARLY not very bright. I’ve seen what types of things girls your age do before and during pregnancy and always like to make sure there aren’t any “surprise” problems with the baby.” – OB to 18 year old mother with her own birth defects (cleft palate and lip, club feet and uterine didelphys) when encouraging her to undergo amniocentesis.

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“We don’t discuss vaginal birth after two sections.” – Immunologist at an prenatal clinic.

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“You can’t change the consent form!” -Doctor’s office staff to a mother who was trying to alter a general consent form to exclude portions she didn’t like. The form specifically stated she *could* cross out anything.

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“You can’t refuse an induction! I am scheduling you for next week and you will come in as scheduled, unless of course you want a dead baby. Is that what you want?” – OB to gestationally diabetic mother at her 37 week prenatal.

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“You need to have this test even if you had it with your last pregnancy. Your blood type can change you know.” – Midwife to mother, explaining why she needed her blood type determined again.

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“Give me that notebook [with mother's written questions.] I don’t have time to answer all these questions. I’ll just answer the ones you need to know.” – OB at a prenatal appointment.

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“Wow, I’m so glad you are my patient, would you be willing to teach a class after you give birth.” OB to mother who explained all the research she had done after finding out she was expecting twins.

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“Continued insistence on advocating for yourself is really just antagonistic behavior and will result in another cesarean section. There is no difference between advocating for yourself and being antagonistic.” – CNM to mother who was planning a VBAC.

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“Oh, we don’t listen to that if you’re in your 20’s.  We all know how you 20-somethings are with all your partners, so we just plug our ears and pretend you didn’t refuse.” – GYN to woman who had declined Sexually Transmitted Infection testing, as the doctor proceeded to do it during a PAP smear, disregarding her wishes.

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“No, honey, you’re still not dialated. I’m not going to induce you today. I have plans tonight. Come back tomorrow night and we’ll start you then.” – OB to mother at 39 weeks who had been told to report for an induction.

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