Submitted by AB
Nicole's Story - Kingston General Hospital, Kingston
"At the hospital, I felt like I was made to feel little, like I couldn't possibly know what's right for me. As though I don't know my own body. I felt like these people have ego issues and they can't trust their patients and nature. I feel like I was raped and violated. I felt disgusted that women go through this regularly and perhaps don't speak up. Disgusted that this may be the norm."
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"After she was born, literally minutes later, before my body even had a CHANCE to do what it was supposed to, without warning the OB reached up inside me and pulled my placenta out."
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Submitted by Jess
Jess's Story - Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto
"a trend began to emerge that bothered me. While speaking to women of colour, especially those whose first language was not English, I found that they reported having much less choice in how they were treated by their doctors than I did."
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Submitted by Laura
Laura's Story - St. Joseph's Health Centre, Toronto
"The OB said they might as well deliver her by forceps now, and said out loud "let's give this baby a little more room, shall we", and I heard and felt the scissors cut into me as he gave me an episiotomy."
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RT's Story - St. Joseph's Health Centre, Toronto
"Once suction started I had a couple of pushes, and without asking, she gave me an episiotomy."
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