“Oh my gosh, is there supposed to be that much blood?” – L&D Nurse to OB after birth.

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“No, absolutely no way will you be able to have a drug free third stage, because you have red hair and red heads bleed *A LOT*.” – OB to mother.

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“No, you didn’t have any stitches. Your chart says so. You must have gotten confused with delivering the placenta or something.” – L&D Nurse to mother who inquired about the stitches she had received after birthing her baby.

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“Sure, if you want to hemorrhage.” – L&D Nurse on a childbirth unit tour when asked if the was flexibility with the routine administration of pitocin for third stage after the birth.

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“Well, I wouldn’t want to die on the day my baby was born.”- OB to mother at a prenatal, while discussing the need for routine pitocin for third stage management.

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“Pitocin is the exact same thing your body produces.” – Certified Nurse Midwife to expectant parents when talking about their desire to not have a managed third stage.

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“How do you do that?? Your women hardly bleed at all! Mine always bleed all over the place.” – OB Resident to Midwife.

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“I *knew* you would hemorrhage. I told the midwife you would. Everyone who refuses an IV does. I bet the midwife will start believing me now.” – L&D nurse to mother after a postpartum hemorrhage.

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“We never do delayed clamping past 40 weeks. If your baby is past 40 weeks, he could die from delayed clamping because he’ll get too much blood.” – OB

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“We have to pull the placenta out or else it won’t come out and you have to go back to the OR.” – OB

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