“If you attempt a vaginal delivery in the future, your uterus *WILL* rupture and you *WILL* leave your daughter without a mother or a sibling. Do you really want to do that to your child and your husband? Are you selfish enough to make him a single parent with a dead child?”- OB at 6 week postpartum appointment after mother asked about the possibility of a VBAC in the future.

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Psychiatrist: “If you go on antidepressants, which I highly recommend, you’ll have to stop breastfeeding.”

Mother with postpartum depression then starts crying.

Psychiatrist: “Why are you so upset? It sounds like breastfeeding wasn’t going too well for you anyway!”

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“Oh, Cytotec? I love that stuff!” – OB

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“Oh, it couldn’t possibly hurt that much!” – L&D Nurse to mother who said that the insertion of a catheter was hurting her.

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“I didn’t actually, until I realized I’d be in school forever in order to be an OB.” – midwife’s answer on why she wanted to be a midwife.

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“You go ahead and push with the nurse. I don’t have the patience for this kind of thing. I’ll be back at the end.” – OB to a mother beginning to push.

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“Well, in 100 years we’ll all be having cesareans, because we’re unsurping natural selection by doing so many now now. It’s great for job security.” – OB to mother during a discussion about the current cesarean rate.

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“A water birth is like giving birth in a toilet. Why would you want to subject your baby to that?” – OB/Gyn during a preconception visit with a patient.

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“33%? But that’s the national average!” – OB response when mother stated she was concerned about the cesarean rate at the hospital.

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“You’re too fat. You’ll have high blood pressure and I can almost guarantee you’re diabetic. This is a high-risk pregnancy.” – OB at the first prenatal.

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