Victim Account: A Baton Rouge obstetrician assaulted this mother, then withheld local anesthetic while he sutured her vagina. My doctor physically assaulted me during labour, then denied me anesthetics while he stitched my vagina. * While the nature of the Read More
Verbal abuse during labour in South Carolina
Victim Account: A Graniteville mother experienced lasting trauma due to mistreatment by staff during childbirth. * Even though I had a drug-free vaginal birth, I still walked away broken due to lies, rudeness, and blatant disrespect. Not all birth trauma Read More
Accosted for making noise
Victim Account: This Los Angeles mother was accosted for making noise while delivering her child. Being told to “keep it under control” was not only hurtful, but made me feel embarrassed to make noise while delivering unmedicated. * While the Read More
Abuse, neglect, and separation from newborn in Ohio
Victim Account: This Ohio mother was subjected to abuse and neglect, and was forcibly separated from her newborn for a prolonged period. * Before and after my c-section, I was pushed around, scolded, ignored and laughed at. I PASSED OUT Read More
OB withheld anesthesia as retribution during suturing
Witness Account: After a smooth birth, a Virginia obstetrician repaired the mother’s perineal tear without local anesthesia because he believed the mother deserved it for declining other interventions. * My client had a fast, drug-free birth, caught by a nurse. Read More
Obstetrician forced an episiotomy citing hair colour
Witness Account: A mother in San Antonio Texas suffered a forced episiotomy without anesthetic despite emphatically refusing — because she had red hair. * My client and her husband repeatedly stated NO episiotomy. When the on-call doctor came to deliver Read More
Florida OB forced an episiotomy
Victim Account: This Gulf Coast Florida mother reports she was subjected to a three-cut episiotomy against her will. * MY VAGINA WAS CUT 3X without my consent. * * While the truth of these allegations has been assumed for the Read More
OB lied and drugged a mother for choosing adoption
Victim Account: This Concord, NH obstetrician felt emotional about this mother’s choice to have her son adopted, so she took it upon herself to lie to force treatment, and used drugs to override her experience. * I chose adoption for Read More
Florida OB coerced surgery, added falsehood to record
Victim Account: This mother’s obstetrician threatened fetal death, seemingly without evidence or diagnosis, to coerce major surgery, and misrepresented this as a voluntary choice in her medical record. * My doctor told me that if I didn’t have a 2nd Read More
Tennessee obstetrician forced an episiotomy
Victim Account: This Nashville mother reports she was was cut without consent. * My vagina was cut without my consent! * * While the truth of these allegations has been assumed for the sake of commentary, the Mothers’ Aid Society Read More