Markita

They took me down a hall and they were going to take me to a set of elevators. But then somebody stopped us and told us that the elevators were out. So they had to turn me around and then take me to another set of elevators. And so This way was longer, so we had to go up to a floor, come back down, go around. It was just all over the place. They wheeled me directly to the OR.

They took me down a hall and they were going to take me to a set of elevators. But then somebody stopped us and told us that the elevators were out. So they had to turn me around and then take me to another set of elevators. And so This way was longer, so we had to go up to a floor, come back down, go around. It was just all over the place. They wheeled me directly to the OR.

They took me down a hall and they were going to take me to a set of elevators. But then somebody stopped us and told us that the elevators were out. So they had to turn me around and then take me to another set of elevators. And so This way was longer, so we had to go up to a floor, come back down, go around. It was just all over the place. They wheeled me directly to the OR.

I stepped from the wheelchair to the OR table. Fifteen people in the room telling me, we're about to put you under and do an emergency C-section. They started an IV. I went out after that. And then I just remember waking up, going down the hallway and then into the room. I just remember Malik's father. He really didn't know what to say. Finally, he was like, Malik is in the NICU.

I stepped from the wheelchair to the OR table. Fifteen people in the room telling me, we're about to put you under and do an emergency C-section. They started an IV. I went out after that. And then I just remember waking up, going down the hallway and then into the room. I just remember Malik's father. He really didn't know what to say. Finally, he was like, Malik is in the NICU.

I stepped from the wheelchair to the OR table. Fifteen people in the room telling me, we're about to put you under and do an emergency C-section. They started an IV. I went out after that. And then I just remember waking up, going down the hallway and then into the room. I just remember Malik's father. He really didn't know what to say. Finally, he was like, Malik is in the NICU.

My family later tells me his heart was still below 70. So whenever they got him out, they had to do CPR. They were going to stop, but then they got a heartbeat back. So he went to NICU, but he didn't have oxygen for so long that he didn't have any brain activity. So my healthy seven-pound baby that was healthy throughout my entire pregnancy is now born with no brain activity and is in NICU.

My family later tells me his heart was still below 70. So whenever they got him out, they had to do CPR. They were going to stop, but then they got a heartbeat back. So he went to NICU, but he didn't have oxygen for so long that he didn't have any brain activity. So my healthy seven-pound baby that was healthy throughout my entire pregnancy is now born with no brain activity and is in NICU.

My family later tells me his heart was still below 70. So whenever they got him out, they had to do CPR. They were going to stop, but then they got a heartbeat back. So he went to NICU, but he didn't have oxygen for so long that he didn't have any brain activity. So my healthy seven-pound baby that was healthy throughout my entire pregnancy is now born with no brain activity and is in NICU.

The next four days, I'm in the hospital, and they're trying to do different tests to determine if he'll get any brain activity back. None of the tests showed any brain activity, and so I had to say goodbye to my baby. It wasn't until after this had happened while I'm in the hospital, I'm kind of going back over things, and... I'm thinking like, how could this have happened?

The next four days, I'm in the hospital, and they're trying to do different tests to determine if he'll get any brain activity back. None of the tests showed any brain activity, and so I had to say goodbye to my baby. It wasn't until after this had happened while I'm in the hospital, I'm kind of going back over things, and... I'm thinking like, how could this have happened?

The next four days, I'm in the hospital, and they're trying to do different tests to determine if he'll get any brain activity back. None of the tests showed any brain activity, and so I had to say goodbye to my baby. It wasn't until after this had happened while I'm in the hospital, I'm kind of going back over things, and... I'm thinking like, how could this have happened?

There's no reason this should have happened. At some point while I was there, we started looking back over like the records that Jennifer and Danielle had charted and trying to figure out at what point should we have been sent to the hospital? And none of the charting made sense.

There's no reason this should have happened. At some point while I was there, we started looking back over like the records that Jennifer and Danielle had charted and trying to figure out at what point should we have been sent to the hospital? And none of the charting made sense.

There's no reason this should have happened. At some point while I was there, we started looking back over like the records that Jennifer and Danielle had charted and trying to figure out at what point should we have been sent to the hospital? And none of the charting made sense.

Something that was so preventable, something that a competent and a reasonable midwife, a professional, if they would have actually been caring for me the way that I should have been cared for then. Maybe at some point they could have called like, hey, wait a minute. Why would she go from contractions being three minutes apart to being 15, 20 minutes apart? Like, oh, wait a minute.

Something that was so preventable, something that a competent and a reasonable midwife, a professional, if they would have actually been caring for me the way that I should have been cared for then. Maybe at some point they could have called like, hey, wait a minute. Why would she go from contractions being three minutes apart to being 15, 20 minutes apart? Like, oh, wait a minute.

Something that was so preventable, something that a competent and a reasonable midwife, a professional, if they would have actually been caring for me the way that I should have been cared for then. Maybe at some point they could have called like, hey, wait a minute. Why would she go from contractions being three minutes apart to being 15, 20 minutes apart? Like, oh, wait a minute.

She's been in labor for over 48 hours. Nobody never said anything about my contractions slowing down. Nobody never said anything about the meconium. Is it a lack of judgment? Is it a lack of competence? Is it a lack of care? It's so many questions and I feel like it's all of them. If you were truly taking care of me and being a midwife, you would have noticed these things.

She's been in labor for over 48 hours. Nobody never said anything about my contractions slowing down. Nobody never said anything about the meconium. Is it a lack of judgment? Is it a lack of competence? Is it a lack of care? It's so many questions and I feel like it's all of them. If you were truly taking care of me and being a midwife, you would have noticed these things.