Many women have had this happen.
Whether they knew something was not quite right and didn’t know who to tell, or just didn’t think it was ‘ok’ to say anything against the doctor.
I’ve had conversations with so many people saying how their doctor promised things that were music to their ears to hear, that made them think this was the ’empowering doctor’ they have been looking for.
Only to have the doctor do a 180 turn and do exactly what the parents said they didn’t want to happen, say they didn’t have a choice, or that they were putting their child’s life in jeopardy if they didn’t listen.
Please share your stories, read this article and share with all you know ❤
http://birthmonopoly.com/caroline/
An excerpt:
“I interviewed an OB/GYN at Brookwood during my first trimester. He told me the interventions I received during my first three births were unnecessary and risky. He criticized routine use of the drug pitocin (medication to speed up labor and control hemorrhage). He said there was no need to be confined to the bed, not even during monitoring. He explained how laboring in upright positions alleviates pain, increases blood flow, helps position the baby properly, and opens up the pelvis. He told me research showed no benefit in continuous monitoring for low risk women like me; in fact, intermittent monitoring was recommended. He told me that letting the normal physiological process play out would be safest for my baby and me—which aligned with all of the research I’d been doing. Finally, after much thought and prayer, I switched hospitals during my 20th week of pregnancy. I hired a doula, read a big stack of birth books, exercised, and ate a healthy diet. I carefully made a birth plan based on best medical research, approved my doctor. I was ready! Fast-forward to the night of baby Jack’s birth in 2012. After laboring freely at home for several hours through some mild contractions, I arrived at the hospital and met my nurse. And that’s when it all started: “Put on your gown and use the restroom now because you won’t be able to get out of bed for the next twenty minutes, and possibly for the rest of your labor.” “But my doctor said I could labor however I wanted.” “Well, your doctor’s not on call.” What?! The contradiction between the marketing and the reality was so shocking that for a second I thought to myself, have I walked into the wrong hospital? I knew there was no medical evidence for what she was asking me to do. I asked her where the birth tub was because my birth plan included water birth, and she informed me my room didn’t accommodate a tub. I told her over and over that my doctor promised me I could walk around during monitoring, but she continued demanding I get in the bed on my back so she could hook me up to the wired monitor instead of the wireless one I was promised.”
Birthing in Hawai`i 