“It’s ok, we have delivered lots of babies.” – L&D nurse to mother who had the urge to push and the doctor hadn’t arrived yet.

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“You have the pelvis of a Goddess.” – Midwife to mother who had a very smooth birth.

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“All I have to say is… you and your husband should seriously write a book.” – OB to couple who worked well together during the mother’s birth.

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“His future wife will thank me. What a beautiful little rose bud!” – OB after circumcising a newborn boy.

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“Hold still.  It’s not that bad because there’s a lot of blood down here.  Well, either your baby already died or you were never pregnant in the first place.” – ER doctor to mother during pelvic exam, after the mother arrived in the ER for a suspected miscarriage.

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“Your water didn’t really break, you just thought it did.  If it broke, your contractions would be stronger.  Maybe you should go home and come back Monday.” – OB to mother who said that her membranes had released and she was starting labor.

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“If you didn’t open your legs in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess.” – Midwife to 14 year old mother who declined opening her legs in order for the midwife to do a vaginal exam.

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“Well you definitely had Gestational Diabetes. We can tell by looking at your baby, anything over 8 pounds is considered macrosomia, and it’s caused by gestational diabetes.” – Nurse practitioner to mother at her 6 week postpartum checkup, when the nurse noticed that the mother had declined her glucose  tolerance screening during her pregnancy.

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“You should calm down, this will go on for at least another 12 hours.” – OB to mother who was responding to an intense period of labor.  The baby was born 45 minutes later.

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“Go to Labor and Delivery if your water breaks, you can fill a pad with blood, you have the urge to push or you see crowning.  Contractions don’t matter!”

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