“Stop Screaming. It is Not That Bad And It Won’t Help Anything.”

“Stop screaming. It’s not that bad and it won’t help anything.” -L&D Nurse to mother in a pitocin induced labor, without pain medication, dilating from 4cm to 10 cm in 45 minutes.

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Apr 11

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“It’s The Same…It Just Skips A Few Steps.”

“It’s the same as the oxytocin that your body produces, it just skips a few steps.” -Midwife to mother four hours after her water broke spontaneously, who was now having only mild contractions, in an attempt to have the mother agree to speeding up the labor with pitocin.

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Mar 22

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“See, If You Had Gotten The Epidural Earlier, We Could Have Been Done Already.”

“See, if you had gotten the epidural earlier, we could have been done already.” -CNM Midwife to mother in the immediate second after the baby was born, before the baby had even been brought up to the mother’s chest.

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Mar 21

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“…You Are Clearly Not In Enough Pain To Justify The Epidural…”

“We only give epidurals to women who are in a lot of pain and you are clearly not in *enough* pain to justify the epidural, so I won’t be ordering one for you.” -OB to mother undergoing a pitocin induction.

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Feb 22

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“…This Is What Has To Happen To Get The Baby Out.”

“This is what labor is, this is what has to happen to get the baby out.” -L&D nurse when mother was having trouble dealing with contractions at 4 cm on pitocin. The severe contractions were a result of going from 4 cms to 10 cm in 45 minutes.

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Jan 12

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“Well, What Do You Want To Do?”

“Well, what do you want to do?” -Group of 6 OBs and OB residents to mother after an attempt to start labor with 8 hours on pitocin with no progress during an unnecessary induction.

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Nov 18

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“Pitocin Isn’t That Bad…”

“Pitocin isn’t that bad, women just think its bad because they’re already in the hospital and labor is worse when you’re in the hospital.” -OB trying to convince mother to schedule induction to work around doctor vacation schedule.

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Nov 17

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