11/29/2023
Ya'll don't get it unless it happens to you - what laboring women experience amounts to r**e, imprisonment, torture, abuse - all in the name of "safety" and "we know what is best for you" which is an arrogant cloud of hot air considering that US hospitals are such a dangerous place to give birth.
This is why we exist. MaternityWise Intle
This is why we train doulas to help parents navigate a manipulative, deceptive system of care that rarely acknowledges patients as real, individual humans having real, life-altering experiences. Maternity care will never change until there is accountability and humility and the PAYING CUSTOMERS who patronize the services of US hospitals start demanding better.
yes, I said that.
sorry, not sorry.
ABC News spoke with several young mothers who said a new CDC report on mistreatment in American maternity wards validates a problem long shrouded in silence and stigma.