Kristen

What seems to be really common practice here is these professionals being in these groups that consumers use to get advice or even need to get recommendations on midwives, and they patrol those groups. And when someone tells their story in one of these groups to just warn other moms, other midwives will get on that post and they will make comments about it.

invalidating someone's lived experience, but also it's unethical to sit there and patrol what should be private safe spaces for these moms. There's just a lot of crossing in ethical, patient, provider relationships. There's not a whole lot of regulation there.

invalidating someone's lived experience, but also it's unethical to sit there and patrol what should be private safe spaces for these moms. There's just a lot of crossing in ethical, patient, provider relationships. There's not a whole lot of regulation there.

invalidating someone's lived experience, but also it's unethical to sit there and patrol what should be private safe spaces for these moms. There's just a lot of crossing in ethical, patient, provider relationships. There's not a whole lot of regulation there.

So if your midwife wants to call you and text you and harass you about you posting your story online, telling people about it, there's nothing really to stop them from doing that. Dr. Clark, did you want to add to that?

So if your midwife wants to call you and text you and harass you about you posting your story online, telling people about it, there's nothing really to stop them from doing that. Dr. Clark, did you want to add to that?

So if your midwife wants to call you and text you and harass you about you posting your story online, telling people about it, there's nothing really to stop them from doing that. Dr. Clark, did you want to add to that?

Thank you so much, Tiffany. And thank you so much, Dr. Clark, for being here today.

Thank you so much, Tiffany. And thank you so much, Dr. Clark, for being here today.

Thank you so much, Tiffany. And thank you so much, Dr. Clark, for being here today.

My baby was born at 10 o'clock that morning. With the history of what was going on, they called in some NICU personnel. They did care for him after he was born. He was not breathing. I was terrified. Then also it's like starting up this new massive amount of fear of like what's ahead of us. My OB, she was the delivery OB and then she was the one that followed up on me until I was discharged.

My baby was born at 10 o'clock that morning. With the history of what was going on, they called in some NICU personnel. They did care for him after he was born. He was not breathing. I was terrified. Then also it's like starting up this new massive amount of fear of like what's ahead of us. My OB, she was the delivery OB and then she was the one that followed up on me until I was discharged.

My baby was born at 10 o'clock that morning. With the history of what was going on, they called in some NICU personnel. They did care for him after he was born. He was not breathing. I was terrified. Then also it's like starting up this new massive amount of fear of like what's ahead of us. My OB, she was the delivery OB and then she was the one that followed up on me until I was discharged.

I thought she was good during delivery. I had no concerns. I actually felt quite comfortable and safe with her there when I was being discharged from the hospital. My OB came in with my discharge paperwork to go over it. I wanted to know where I was in terms of the spectrum of severity because I feel pretty torn up. She looked at me and she said, you did push for two and a half hours.

I thought she was good during delivery. I had no concerns. I actually felt quite comfortable and safe with her there when I was being discharged from the hospital. My OB came in with my discharge paperwork to go over it. I wanted to know where I was in terms of the spectrum of severity because I feel pretty torn up. She looked at me and she said, you did push for two and a half hours.

I thought she was good during delivery. I had no concerns. I actually felt quite comfortable and safe with her there when I was being discharged from the hospital. My OB came in with my discharge paperwork to go over it. I wanted to know where I was in terms of the spectrum of severity because I feel pretty torn up. She looked at me and she said, you did push for two and a half hours.

That's kind of the max that we'll let people go to. I mean, you're pretty bad. I was like, yeah, kind of rolling my eyes. Plus the six hours I pushed at the birth center. She looked at me and she said, what do you mean you pushed at the birth center? And I said, I thought that was why my cervix was so swollen. Obviously, she wasn't given this information by Origins. She was shocked.

That's kind of the max that we'll let people go to. I mean, you're pretty bad. I was like, yeah, kind of rolling my eyes. Plus the six hours I pushed at the birth center. She looked at me and she said, what do you mean you pushed at the birth center? And I said, I thought that was why my cervix was so swollen. Obviously, she wasn't given this information by Origins. She was shocked.

That's kind of the max that we'll let people go to. I mean, you're pretty bad. I was like, yeah, kind of rolling my eyes. Plus the six hours I pushed at the birth center. She looked at me and she said, what do you mean you pushed at the birth center? And I said, I thought that was why my cervix was so swollen. Obviously, she wasn't given this information by Origins. She was shocked.

She said, you're not supposed to push until you're fully dilated, 10 centimeters. You weren't fully dilated when you got here. So why were you pushing? She said, do you know what could have happened? You could have torn your cervix. And I later found out that if you tear a cervix, you can hemorrhage and bleed out. I lost it.