{"id":8315,"date":"2022-06-10T03:37:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T03:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booksofall.com\/in\/?post_type=product&#038;p=8315"},"modified":"2022-06-10T03:38:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T03:38:54","slug":"whos-in-control-when-youre-giving-birth","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.booksofall.com\/in\/whos-in-control-when-youre-giving-birth\/","title":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s in control when you\u2019re giving birth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id=\"standfirst\" class=\"article__standfirst\">You might expect your doctor to recommend what they think best during childbirth, but it\u2019s not uncommon to feel pressured into having a procedure that you don\u2019t want. Rebecca Grant reports on the ethics and law of consent in the delivery room.<\/h4>\n<aside class=\"article__aside\">\n<div class=\"article__aside__section article__share-buttons\" role=\"group\">\n<p>Kimberly Turbin wasn\u2019t expecting childbirth to be a pleasant experience, but she wasn\u2019t expecting it to be a nightmare either.<\/p>\n<p>On 4 May 2013, she was sitting on the couch at a friend\u2019s house. They had plans to go out for seafood in San Pedro, next to the Los Angeles Harbor, and 27-year-old Turbin was relaxing in the living room while her friend took a shower. Then she felt something \u201cpop\u201d \u2013 her water had broken. Turbin rushed home to take a shower herself and grab her things before heading to the hospital. She arrived at the Providence Tarzana Medical Center in the San Fernando Valley around 5pm.<\/p>\n<p>Turbin was insured through Medi-Cal, a state programme that offers free or low-cost health coverage for people with limited income. She had received prenatal care through a nonprofit community health centre called El Proyecto del Barrio, where nurses handled most of her appointments. The day before she went into labour, two weeks before her due date, she had first met Alex Abbassi, an obstetrician who worked with Providence Tarzana.<\/p>\n<p>Turbin is a two-time rape survivor, and when she arrived at the hospital, she asked the staff to be gentle and get permission before touching her. \u201cI was scared of everything and everybody and I told them, \u2018You have to tell me what you are doing or you are going to freak me out,\u2019\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Abbassi checked on Turbin\u2019s progress over the course of the evening, and shortly after midnight, it looked like she was ready to deliver. She was on her back in the hospital bed, immobilised by an epidural and pushing, when Abbassi said, \u201cI am going to do an episiotomy now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turbin objected: \u201cWhat? Why? We haven\u2019t even tried!\u201d More than once, she said, \u201cNo, don\u2019t cut me.\u201d Surgical scissors in hand, Abbassi explained that the baby\u2019s head was too big and that her \u201cbutthole\u201d might \u201crip\u201d otherwise. Turbin implored him, once again, not to cut her. He said, \u201cI am the expert here\u2026 Why can\u2019t I do it? You can go home and do it. You go to Kentucky.\u201d Then, despite her refusals, he cut her perineum 12 times.<\/p>\n<p>The entire episode was caught on video by her mother, standing off to the side in the hospital room.<\/p>\n<h4>Reference:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Kimberly Turbin\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lCfXxtoAN-I\">birth video<\/a>\u00a0is on YouTube.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.birthrights.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Birthrights-Dignity-Survey.pdf\">Dignity in Childbirth<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 a 2013 survey of women\u2019s and midwives\u2019 experiences of UK maternity care.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/transform.childbirthconnection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/LTM-III_Pregnancy-and-Birth.pdf\">Listening to Mothers III<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 a 2013 report of a US survey of women\u2019s childbearing experiences.<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5223347\/\">2017 paper<\/a>\u00a0detailing women\u2019s descriptions of childbirth trauma from around the world.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/woman-sues-hospital-for-traumatic-birth-that-201605478.html\">Caroline Malatesta\u2019s experience<\/a>\u00a0was reported in 2015.<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2821669\/\">2009 review<\/a>\u00a0of research into perceived discrimination in health.<\/li>\n<li>NICE guidance on \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nice.org.uk\/guidance\/cg190\">intrapartum care<\/a>\u2019 for healthy women and babies during labour and immediately after birth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 750px; border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/online.visual-paradigm.com\/share\/book\/whos-in-control-when-youre-giving-birth-zdsqpuc52?enforceShowPromotionBar=true\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8321,"template":"","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Design flipbooks online. 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