“Do you know what happens to women who have 4 cesareans? They bleed out and die and I bet a funeral costs more than $1200.” – OB to mother who wanted to switch from an IUD to birth control pills due to $1200 cost of IUD placement and removal.

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“I’ve never heard a baby cry like that! What’s wrong with him?” – L&D Nurse to mother of a healthy newborn.

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“It will be a cesarean section if the baby is big, right?”  - Ultrasound tech to mother.

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“Well I’ll try, but I really doubt this is going to work.” -Anesthesiologist while administering an epidural to a laboring mother.

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“She *HAS* to find a way in here to be induced and she can bring the other kids if she has to and they can stay with her during the induction.” – OB calling the mother’s husband at work to stress the importance of an induction at 42 weeks.

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“If I can just show you this product.” – OB to mother, at the end of a cervical exam.  The mother had just suffered a miscarriage.  A clearly visible baby lay in the OB’s hand.

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“If you leave vernix on your baby, nowadays, we see it burns the baby’s skin.” – L&D Nurse

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“We need to get her in there by 3:30; you know I have to pick my kids up.” – OB to L&D Nurse, discussing the mother’s “failure to progress” and need for a cesarean section.

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“See, this wouldn’t have happened if you would have gotten the episiotomy.” – OB to mother, as the OB prepared to repair a tear.

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“Where do “Oak” babies come from? “Oak” doctors, of course!” – Billboard in a large metropolitan city  advertising the local “baby” hospital.

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