“During a normally progressing labour at home I said no to a vaginal exam. The attending midwife said I could have a little more time but then she was going to perform it. After my little more time when she advanced toward me saying she was going to do the exam now I again said no and she told me I was not allowed to say no and began threatening that I wouldn't be allowed to keep birthing at home and she was going to call an ambulance to have me removed to the hospital if I kept refusing. I had chosen a home birth to stay out of the hospital due to so many women reporting having pitocin and other medical procedures done to them against their will, but now I was being threatened by this midwife in my home with the same violence I was already trying to avoid.“
“When we walked into our bay at the NICU, we saw someone else’s name on the feeding bottle. We asked the nurse and she lied right away. After realizing that we caught her, she admitted the error and called the doctor. It took 3 days and us to force the doctor to start the routine check and emergency procedures.“
