“Oh, I know that you are concerned about tearing.  You should get the epidural so that I can control your pushing to prevent tearing.” – OB to a mom concerned about tearing due to scar tissue.

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“If this baby was any bigger you would need a cesarean.” -OB said said after mother delivered a  6 lb 12 oz baby.  16 months later she birthed a 7 lb 15 oz baby totally drug free.

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“Gravity doesn’t help with birth because if it did, babies would be falling out everywhere.” -OB to mother.

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‘There are two reasons for having a repeat cesarean, number one, is that you have already preserved your pelvic floor, incontinence can be a real big issue when you are 60. ” -OB to VBAC mother during a consultation.  The number two reason was uterine rupture.

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“She doesn’t deserve a medal. She deserves a stamp on her forehead that says ‘I’m an idiot!’” – OB to nurses at nurses station, regarding a woman who had labored ‘too long.’

This was said  in response to the birthing woman’s mother (who said her daughter deserved a medal) AFTER the woman’s mother was out of earshot.

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“Oh, we give everyone an epidural, even if they say they don’t want one.” -OB during prenatal when mother stated she wanted a 100% unmedicated birth (no epidural, no pain meds at all) because she was a student of Hypnobabies.

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“Labor ward should be called constipation ward…nothing is moving.” -OB on rounds

(sent in from OB student in Australia, and called the OB the registrar, so I hope it is “translated” right.)

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“I told the nurse to let you do whatever you want because you will be a cesarean either way.” -OB to mother who refused pitocin after 4 hours of labor.

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“Nobody really wants to wait around for a VBAC labor to go wrong- we have other women to tend to. And with that said, we’re really not equipped to handle a VBAC that goes wrong if the uterus ruptures”  -OB during when asked why the hospital had a VBAC ban in place.

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“You don’t know how labor will “pan-out” so keep an open mind.” – OB during prenatal for first time mother when she expressed a desire for a natural birth.

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