Category Archives: Birth Trauma

A growing number of women have taken to the internet to voice concerns over alleged abuse at the hands of doctors during childbirth. VICE recently ran an expose on the site Birth Monopoly’s Obstetric Violence Stories Map, which went live earlier this year and allows people to share stories of abuse in maternity care. One story highlighted in the VICE piece was that of an El Paso woman who claimed that during the birth of her first child, she was subjected to unnecessary painful exams, IV and drug use and a C-Section against her wishes. The woman claimed that she had not suffered fetal distress during her pregnancy, but her doctor pushed for a C-Section because he wanted to finish his shift. The woman reportedly signed a blanket consent form during her arrival to the hospital, but was unaware of the items contained on the form and that she would…
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WJBK-TV Detroit recently had an alarming story about a child whose femur was broken during birth and a mother who is demanding answers. According to the news outlet, the child was born via C-Section at a suburban hospital and the mother remembers coming out of sedation and the child being yanked out of her. “They started tugging on her, I mean pulling with force,” the mother told WJBK. “I woke up out of the sedation and I asked why are you pulling on her like that, that’s very painful. I never got a response, I never got an answer. The room was dead quiet.” Doctors later determined the child suffered a broken femur. The mother claims after her birth, she did not get to see the child immediately and they took her to get X-rays. Due to the broken femur, the child, who was born in 2017, now has problems…
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Recently, USA Today had an interesting story about the number of large-weight babies born in the country, with some newborns weighing 13, 14 and even 15 pounds. While it may be entertaining to some (probably not expecting mothers), a large birthweight can cause complications during a child’s delivery. This is why healthcare providers have a duty to track and monitor a child’s weight prior to birth. To be clear, the U.S. National Library of Medicine says that an average birthweight range is between 5.5 pounds and 8.8 pounds, according to USA Today. There are also reports that there has been a 15 to 25 percent increase in babies weighing 8 pounds and 13 ounces or more in the past two to three decades. When a child has a larger weight, sometimes 10 or more pounds, it carries a risk for both the child and mother. Larger babies are more likely to cause women gestational…
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