“While I understood that my delivery was not going the way I wanted, and my OB had her reasons to do what she did, she gave me an episiotomy when I specifically said No! She said, ‘I have to do an episiotomy.’ I pleaded with many No, No, No's, and she said, ‘Too late, I already did it’.”
“I understood the importance and urgency of the procedure but was shocked that my body was treated the way it was, lack of consent was ignored and I felt like I was being punished for choosing to birth without pain medication.”
“every time my dilation was 'checked' I was swept, (without consent) and during pushing I was told repeatedly that I needed to "be quiet" or "keep it the hell down" as there were other mothers on the ward who were sleeping.“
