"At this point, I had no energy to push. They were going to give me a C-section, but then insisted on vaginal birth. I could not even push properly, I had nurses complaining to me that I didn't know how to push properly and my baby ended up getting stuck. They needed to do an episiotomy and use the forceps to get him out."
Read MoreJ's Story - Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, Oakville
"I re-played the situation several times, wondering if I should have said something differently or not had the epidural. I've never had a situation in which I felt so out of control and it was hard to overcome."
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Read MoreK's Story - Stratford General Hospital, Stratford
"I personally feel like my emotions and concerns during one of the most life changing experiences I will ever have were completely disregarded and not taken seriously. I was petrified and confused because of conflicting things that were said and feel like I was a burden on that doctor. I feel like I wasn't taken seriously because of my age, the fact that I'm a young single mom who was having her first baby, and that I was alone without a partner while I was in labour."
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Jessica's Story - Midwife Alliance, Toronto
"I don't remember how it happened but next she spoke as if the test was just a formality, as if I already had gestational diabetes and the baby was already suffering.
My husband tried talking to her, explaining there are better ways to list out the risks than saying my baby will die. Her response was she was "just doing her job." He tried talking to her more than once but she always blamed my anxiety and her need to do her job."
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Danielle's Story - St. Joseph's Health Centre, Toronto
"I was a single pregnant female without a phone or anyone around to help. [...] I legit thought this evening I was going to die. I honestly felt it was the end and they didn't even help me to the bathroom."
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