“You’ll get the epidural.” – L&D Nurse to mother being admitted for an induction and hoping to birth non-medicated.

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“Can you just stop to fill out these papers for me?” – L&D Nurse to mother being rushed through the Emergency Department to L&D while pushing her baby out.

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“Wake up, I need to check your incision.” –  Postpartum nurse, at 1:00 am, to a critically ill mother who had *NOT* had a cesarean section.

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“Don’t push, we can’t prep the bed until the doctor gets here.” – L&D Nurse to mother.

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“Oh yeah, every time I have a mom try to go natural, she blows her bottom out.” – L&D Nurse to mother 12 hours after birth.  Mother had received an episiotomy.

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“There is nothing wrong with my aim, the problem is that your holes are too close together.” – L&D Nurse to mother, while the nurse needed repeated attempts to insert a foley (urinary) catheter, and consistently inserted it in the vagina, while trying

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“Not to worry, we do this almost ten times a day!” – L&D Nurse to mother in the OR for an unplanned cesarean, when the mother expressed her anxiety about the operation.

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“I can’t turn it off without a doctor’s order.” – L&D Nurse to mother when the mother asked for the pitocin to be turned off.

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“Looks like you have back labor!” – L&D Nurse to mother who had been complaining of back pain for several hours and needed constant forceful counterpressure on her back for relief.

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“90% of women get an epidural.” – L&D Nurse to mother during labor when mother asked not to be offered pain medications.

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