ABC News’ Devin Dwyer reports on the mistreatment some women are experiencing in hospital maternity care wards and the advocates speaking out in search of solutions.
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The American system is so broken
It’s not pregnant people or birthing person 😡 Women! Women have babies.
Imagine how significantly worse things are for black women 🤔😡😤😱🤬😱
Autonomy over our own bodies is what Jehovah’s Witnesses have been fighting for with regards to bloodless surgery — which turns out to be the gold standard of care with faster rates of healing, less complications etc.
There are even entire hospitals now that are experts in bloodless treatments.
The medical community should allow patients to decide their own treatments and not force anyone to do something against their will.
Mistreating someone in such a vulnerable situation is disgusting. No excuse for that whatsoever.
Bring back midwife's
It’s because they’re privately owned. They make money on our misfortune. Healthcare does not belong in the hands of profiteers.
Pregnant people?? Pregnant women.
This is what you get with for profit healthcare and having a male doctor.
So glad I'm a childfree woman (don't want kids)! I will never go through this
All these stories in the comments as well as these women, I'm just so horrified. It's absolutely appalling and so sad. Giving birth is painful of course but it should never be traumatic for anyone the way it has been in these experiences. I'm so sorry to every woman who has gone through this.
After i had a c section to a 33 week preemie the nurses were so rude & always had sour faces because i guess i was staying longer than they thought – even though i had severe hypertension after my surgery.
Then the NICU nurses would be so mean and tell me that i don't care about my baby if i don't pump breastmilk.
The doctors did not talk to me at alll about my medical plans or anything until i complained and was finally discharged. Thank Almighty God i left without other complications.. i can only imagine the horrors expecting mothers and fathers have to go through.
(My baby girl is healthy and 4 years old now 🙏)
'Birthing people' are WOMEN. That's also a form of violence against us!!
thank God abortion isn't allowed anymore 🙄
I totally agree that the bias does come out at the time when you are the most vulnerable. It is so sad. 🙁
I have a similar story to share during both my deliveries. I too was subject to physical restrain where I was strapped to my back and I was trying to deliver the baby against the pull of gravity. I felt totally betrayed. The second time my baby was in distress and the nurse did nothing. The doctor just happened to make a round and was shocked to see what was going on. I saw his face turned red and the look he gave the nurse said it all. He delivered the baby immediately using a forcep and the placenta along with a big gush of blood just fell to the floor as it was already detached from the uterus.
My obygn was terrible. He say it was his wife bday so he don't care I was 16 hr labor. He just left gave me another doctor who was better so I'm glad he left. All the nurse was great. Honestly I feel rush and uncomfortable I just thank God that blessed me and my son was healthy.
Is it better if thr doctor is a female?
Birthing persons??????????
I refuse to believe white women face any injustice, including at childbirth.
Women of colour, on the other hand, face real mistreatment and that's where the media's and general public's focus should be.
All of this is a cover up.
This is beyond heartbreaking, it is why I will not have children, and it is why I do not like to seek help from doctors for any reason.
I’ll never forget my shock just after my second child’s birth when my OB decided to give me a urinary catheter, against my express wishes due to a history of recurrent UTIs (from a condition called crossing vessel stricture). He never said anything about it much less obtained my consent and instead just jammed it in, causing me jump up off the bed while holding my newborn and forcing me to ask what the hell he was doing. I told him I didn’t want or need a catheter following an uncomplicated vaginal birth after just 6 hours of labor and worse still, that he never said what he was doing nor did he get me to consent to that procedure. He then refused to remove it for a minimum of 12 hours and no one else would do it. I had to ask the hospital chief of staff to write the removal order, 8 hours later. You see, back then I was an in house counsel for another large hospital and I knew the rules and who to contact internally. Despite that, I was a victim of paternalistic medical assault. The end result for me was years of urinary problems from his botched catheter placement. I sued him 3 months later and his malpractice carrier settled. In discovery I learned he’d had 10 claims in just the previous 24 months. In the end I just felt violated, like I’d been attacked, at an extremely vulnerable time
I had a traumatic birth because the anesthesiologist paralyzed my whole body including my lungs with the epidural so I had to be intubated and had a c section and my baby had to be resuscitated
Did this fool just say “birthing persons”
I unfortunately went through a similar situation back in 2020 when I had my 2nd son and was completely mistreated during the process during the birth and after..it makes me sick!
Wow I never had a problem. When did this start? Oh ppl just won't quit.
I’m soo grateful for this segment! I thought I was going crazy! I’m now 9 months pregnant with my first child & the experience has been HORRIBLE! From ignored concerns about the care I was receiving (which led to a trip to the ER btw), to my provider threatening to transfer me out every time I brought up a concern about my own health, to nurses being rude to me because I was bringing up issues we encountered in there care. You can’t imagine what it feels like to be belittled for advocating for yourself while gestating a human. It was devastating 😔
I wish there was a website that linked former patients of specific doctors and hospitals.
I just had my baby on October 4th and although the nurse that helped me was awesome during my labor and delivery, her shift ended when it became morning, so another younger nurse took over. The new nurse was so rude. Didn’t bother to introduce herself, didn’t even look at me or speak to me for the first 7-10 minutes she was in there, and then she gives me a small cup of pills. Didn’t tell me what they were until my husband and I asked her. Then when I told her I had my own prenatals to take, she said, “No, just take the one I gave you. I already wrote it on the chart.” Then just left the room. She was acting like she didn’t want to be there. When I had to call because I had a question about my baby, she didn’t come to the room. She blew me off and told me the doctor would come to my room. No one ended up coming, so I had to call my midwife to let her know what was going on. I understand that being in healthcare can be very stressful, I’ve worked in a nursing home before, but you should always do your best to have compassion and patience. My labor and delivery would be considered an easier one, and even at that, you still need care! Pushing a baby out is no easy task. It takes a lot out of you. These women are very strong and didn’t deserve the mistreatment. No woman deserves mistreatment after giving birth.
For the price of”healthcare” in the USA, you’d think it would be top notch. But alas my experience with many “specialists” has been horrendous. At home we have Midwives who treat you throughout your pregnancy and deliver your baby, they are wonderful, and only OBGYN’s get involved if there’s a problem or surgery needed. Best part? It’s free covered under our taxes , which before anyone starts, are way less than taxes in the USA.
This is one of the reasons I refuse to have a baby. Veterinary patients get more respect from their doctors than pregnant women do from their obstetricians.
Get out of the hospital. Working on home birth number 2 and you couldn’t pay me to have a baby in the hospital
Umm let’s not forget black women gets tha worst treatment in delivery but continue but all these women matter but where’s the black women. IJS asking for a friend in tryin see something
Well this is not only a problem in the U. S. its also in Europe. In the past women would go and give birth in a midwifes home now its the hospital only. I had a home birth and a great midwife and it was good, very natural. I was given the freedom to choose whatever position I liked kn the end I was giving birth while sitting. Bring the power back to the women and have maybe extra birthing places not hospitals. In the Netherlands 70 % of the women give birth at home. You have more birth defect caused by wrong doctor treatments than natural birth defects.
Wow! This is so sad! Back in the day we all went to Lamaze classes for natural births because no one wanted drugs – by the time you can receive them the labor is almost over.
The only thing I wasn't aware of was the episiotomy, and my doctor explained it was necessary so that you don't rupture or hemmorage or worse yet the baby gets stuck.
They did use a numbing drug and gave you a Sitz bath to take home so that it heals as the stiches dissolve, but you had to use it and she made it clear if you don't you can get an infection or it won't heal properly. The doctors and nurses were fantastic except for a couple but luckily was only one shift. Back then if it was your first baby you stayed a week in the hospital and no one could go home until they had a bowel movement.
I don't know what has gone wrong with our health system and it's tragic because you are literally in their hands and need their best interest at heart.
Wow thank you for putting a spotlight on this issue. My birth experience was really hard for me to process and it took me a long time to not be so upset over it.