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In reply to the discussion: Forced C-Section [View all]laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)I discussed it with my doctor before hand and said, in advance, that I refuse any and all artificial augmentation. When he said, while I was in labor, "we need to augment your labor" and started fiddling with my IV I said, "NO! I told you I didn't want this. NO, I don't want syntocinon! Please don't! NO." He completely ignored me. This is why my other doctor said I should've sued. ETA: I confronted my doctor afterwards, and said, "I had refused this before labor and during labor, why did you do it against my consent?" His response was, "I don't think you should be my patient anymore." So he knew he was in the wrong.
BTW, I agree, you don't lose control of your mind when you are in labor, and you should have every right to refuse medical procedures, but as I said in another post, it's ingrained in our culture that laboring women need to listen to their doctors for the good of the baby...even if studies show the procedure they are trying to force you into has no benefit for either you or the baby, you are told you are a horrible mother if you don't listen to the doctor. It's totally coercive.