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Obstetric violence thread Anonymous 09/16/25 (Tue) 05:21:40 AM312499

Pregnancy is unironically some horror shit. As if it wasn't enough of a strain on your body alone, it's like society goes out of their way to treat pregnant women like shit because they're helpless. Strangers, doctors, etc. (even your partner can start treating you much worse)

It's just sad. You would straight up benefit from having a bodyguard during birth.

Anonymous 09/16/25 (Tue) 05:47:16 AM312500

>>312499
This is no good

Anonymous 09/16/25 (Tue) 07:02:43 AM312501

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>birthing patients
Unreliable source

Anonymous 09/16/25 (Tue) 07:13:23 AM312503

>>312501
uhhh who the fuck is a reliable source then

Anonymous 09/16/25 (Tue) 07:15:07 AM312504

>>312503
One who calls them PREGNANT WOMEN

Anonymous 09/16/25 (Tue) 07:18:32 AM312505

>>312504
it calls them women within the same paragraph you retarded sperg

Anonymous 09/16/25 (Tue) 07:19:16 AM312506

>>312505
That's the only thing they should be calling them you dehumanizing cunt

Anonymous 09/16/25 (Tue) 08:37:29 AM312511

>>312499
How anybody thinks they would gain anything from pregnancy or childrearing is the real mystery here. It's financial death and the end of your life as you know it. The worst thing that can possibly happen to you.

Anonymous 09/17/25 (Wed) 12:13:20 AM312526

This article is from South Africa.
It's not about the healthcare system in America.

https://bhekisisa.org/opinion/2022-07-13-why-young-doctors-feel-forced-to-abuse-pregnant-women-obstetric-violence/

Anonymous 09/17/25 (Wed) 05:14:58 AM312532

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>>312526
Not everyone here is American nona, but don't worry, there's plenty articles about the American healthcare.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/obstetric-violence-doulas-abuse-giving-birth/

Funnily enough the article refers to doulas as bodyguards who were mentioned in the OP.

No wonder women get postpartum depression so frequently.

Anonymous 09/17/25 (Wed) 05:17:32 AM312533

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https://birthmonopoly.com/obstetric-violence/
A map with personal stories.

>the nurse began to (without asking) manually deliver my placenta by putting pressure on my stomach, and yanking on the umbilical cord. I didn't notice any of this, but my husband did and says she was yanking HARD. My placenta came away, and I hemorrhaged, badly. I lost 1.2 liters of blood, which is just under the threshold to need a blood transfusion (which I did not receive).

Anonymous 09/17/25 (Wed) 07:25:52 AM312543

>>312533
There's always a chance of this happening when you try to remove the placenta…

I'm a huge feminist but a lot of these stories are just women with no knowledge of medicine

Anonymous 09/17/25 (Wed) 08:30:25 AM312545

>>312543
>these stories are just women with no knowledge of medicine
nona yanking the umbilical cord is literally medical malpractice

Anonymous 09/17/25 (Wed) 08:37:31 AM312546

>>312545
Who gets decide what is "yanking" the cord? Mothers are seeing these things happen for the first time when they give birth. Also I've been there when a new nurse was afraid to pull hard on the cord, patient ended up with an inverted uterus

Anonymous 09/17/25 (Wed) 09:35:41 AM312547

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Anonymous 09/17/25 (Wed) 10:07:27 AM312548

>>312547
>bodily knowledge
not a thing
she's a midwife though and that's worth something