"I have a very strong personality but these “bad” nurses broke me. They made me feel like if I didn’t do what they said, they were taking our son. They made me feel like an idiot and like I wasn’t fit to be a mother. I felt so insecure about being a mom that I had to get my mother to stay with my husband and I for a week because I was sure I didn’t know what I was doing and I was going to screw everything up. I’ll never forget feeling so useless, stupid and unfit. "
Read MoreKiwi's Story - Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie
"We thought maybe, just maybe, she was hungry so my boyfriend started feeding her and decided not to take the bottle away (even though the nurses were SO SURE she only needed a small amount to be full) and sure enough she ate more, and WOW, NO CRYING! So after thinking we had a child who was very unhappy, it turned out the nurses were making us starve her. How were we supposed to know?"
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Read MoreJ's Story - Brampton Civic Hospital, Brampton
"My experience in labour was fear and anxiety and shame as my nurse wouldn't even bring me a bed pan. I felt scared and helpless. I felt terrible for my partner and mother who had to watch me go through that.
That being said, the OB on day shift was amazing and made my C-section a collaborative and fear-free experience. Just goes to show that WHO is in your birthing sphere makes a huge difference."
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Read MoreAC's Story - Health Sciences North, Sudbury
"The nurse kept trying to push the epidural on me which I had to refuse several times. I'm not sure whether it was because they believed that it would be the best way to deliver or they just wanted to keep me in the bed and control my labour."
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