Submitted by Krista — Submitted by Krista

Krista's Story - The Ottawa Hospital - Civic Campus, Ottawa

February 27, 2018 in Featured Stories

"I had questions and pain and all the nurse would say is "that's normal." I got a call from the NICU that my daughter needed to be fed. I called a nurse for a wheelchair as I couldn't walk and it never came. The NICU called and then said "Well, we have to give her formula as you aren't here." Like I was ignoring my child who was critically ill. I got up and made the long and painful walk in tears."

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Jolinda's Story - Woodstock General Hospital, Woodstock

February 27, 2018

"I want people to know I'm sure to the midwives and everyone else this just looked like a run-of-the-mill birth. It wasn't long or complicated and both I and my baby were physical healthy, but it's what's on the inside that matters. I hope women reading this can learn from all these experiences and find the courage to say no to disrespectful care providers."

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Sally's Story - The Ottawa Hospital - Civic Campus, Ottawa

February 26, 2018

"In my most vulnerable state I felt ignored and bullied.
They were too stubborn to listen and there was nothing that I could do about it. I am not sure if they are desensitized because they see too many pregnant women but they could have saved me from a lot of suffering if only they listened.

This was an experience that I will never forget and it still haunts me today."

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Jessica's Story - Queensway-Carleton Hospital, Ottawa

February 26, 2018

"I felt like I had no one to connect to after that. Others viewed it as a good thing for me. I felt all the pain that comes along with miscarriage. That man would never know the pain and loss I felt in that moment and yet he felt it was alright to tell me that this was something I should actually be happy about. It took me a long time to be okay again."

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J. M's Story - The Ottawa Hospital - Civic Campus, Ottawa

February 26, 2018

"So OB returns and says it’s time, gives me some info and I ask about a ‘gentle c-section’ that I had learned about in our prenatal class and she laughed at me.

After 30 hours of labour this doctor laughed at my distress that my daughter wouldn’t have skin to skin with me or be able to try to latch on her own soon after birth."

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Submitted by Emmilee — Submitted by Emmilee

Emmilee's Story - Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie

February 25, 2018

"I feel like I didn’t advocate for myself and didn’t demand explanations to what they were doing and why. I allowed them to unnecessarily intervene. They broke my water and administered pitocin to speed it up. I could have laboured on my own longer since I was progressing just fine."

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JJ's Story - Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie

February 25, 2018 in Featured Stories

"I filed a complaint with the hospital. It was largely ignored. The birth unit manager told me they didn't have a lot of experience in this area and that she was sorry they had over-reacted. That was it. How could they not have experience with this? I have had no closure because complaints made to them went nowhere.

I wanted my last birth experience to be joyful, I wanted to have those happy memories. They were stolen from me by this incompetent hospital. I will never be the same again."

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