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In reply to the discussion: Forced C-Section [View all]laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)2. I'm unclear as well, however
as someone who was also forced to take syntocinon (basically Pitocin here in Canada) against my will, it happens ALL THE TIME. Doctors constantly infantilize pregnant women and poo-poo their choices. The doctor who helped me to have a vbac told me I should've sued my first doctor (how many doctors advise you to sue another doctor?) because of what happened. Anyhow, yes, women in labor are coerced into agreeing to whatever the doctor wants all of the time. I think it's naïve for you to think it's easy to refuse certain procedures when you are in labor. Normally they just ignore you and do whatever they want.
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With her second baby, my daughter very much wanted an epidural (which she had wanted with her
CTyankee
May 2014
#36
WARNING for Americans: it's in the Daily Mail, so very likely to be untrue or distorted.
Donald Ian Rankin
May 2014
#31