What women don’t want to hear from docs during labour
"Shut up, close your mouth and push."
But it happened, according to one new mom. Other alleged bad moves include:
1. Doc saying, "Sometimes pain is the best teacher."
2. Doc arriving four hours late for the delivery.
3. Doc making calls on his cell phone during delivery.
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4. Doc talking about a) mom hemorrhaging; b) the baby dying; and c) abortion during delivery.
5. Using an unnecessarily big needle to stitch up mom unnecessarily after childbirth.
Cathy Gulli is a writer at Maclean’s, where she often covers national, health, science and society issues. She joined the magazine in 2005, after reporting on business and news at the National Post.
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