"Keep in mind he’s my abuser... he told this social worker vicious lies about me trying to make me be the bad guy that I was crazy and out of control and couldn’t take care of anything, including myself. They had this conversation out in the hallway away from me and when she came back in and told me in an accusatory way what trash I was, I immediately went into panic mode. I was crying, I was so distraught that I couldn’t control my emotions - I’m assuming because I’d just given birth."
"This experience terrified me and has caused Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I have another son now who was born January 2017, and I was terrified and apprehensive the entire pregnancy. The anxiety I experienced and the staff not validating my fears or feelings was incredibly damaging. It took months for me to heal afterwards and I had to receive homecare for my incision."
"It was 2 months before my son's due date and I had no idea that my water had broken. When I got admitted to the hospital because I was feeling unwell, the nurse that admitted us was extremely rude and gave me attitude about me not knowing symptoms of early labour (this is my first child)."
"I was 14 when I gave birth. They put me under for an emergency C-section. When I was in the recovery room I had no idea if I had a boy or girl, so when I woke I asked the nurse who was changing the after-birth pad whether I had a boy or girl. He told me that I just woke up and he would not tell me."
"We found out before her first birthday that she has cerebral palsy, epilepsy and also has a unilateral hearing loss that has progressed to profound (meaning that her ear doesn't work at all, even with a hearing aid) I cant help but think that this was caused by her delivery. No one is willing to say that though."
"It shouldn’t matter a person's background whether married or not and no doctor should say so openly they think someone had a stillborn. That moment alone devastated me. My baby didn’t die and for the most part was healthy. A persons age doesn’t determine if they are good or bad parents either."
"My mom asked the nurse to check the next day before we were discharged but they never did and said I was fine. I was only home for a day before I had to go back to the ER. I ended up having an infection in my uterus and was admitted with my newborn to the paediatric ward for a week."
