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Mom Sues for Bait & Switch in Maternity Care

by Cristen Pascucci | Nov 19, 2015 | Advocacy, All, Birth Rights, Birth Trauma, Obstetric Violence, Sexual Trauma, Trauma

“As if birthing a baby isn’t hard enough, I gave birth while engaged in a physical struggle against the people I trusted to care for us.”

Nurse: Women are “Fabricating” Traumatic Birth Stories

by Cristen Pascucci | Nov 4, 2015 | All, Birth Trauma, For Providers, Obstetric Violence, Trauma

Recently, a nurse wrote to Birth Monopoly about “seemingly fabricated traumatic birth stories.”

Nurses: Women Are Not “Fabricating” Birth Trauma

by Cristen Pascucci | Nov 4, 2015 | All, Birth Trauma, For Providers, Obstetric Violence, Trauma

This first nurse’s comment gives us a pretty accurate peephole into an operating system that tells traumatized women, over and over: “Stop talking.”

Doctor, You’re Not Listening

by Cristen Pascucci | Sep 30, 2014 | Advocacy, All, Birth Trauma, For Providers, Obstetric Violence, Trauma

So much trauma could be prevented by simply listening to and respecting the women giving birth.

Arizona Birth Monopoly: Mandatory Surgery or Forced Vaginal Exams

by Cristen Pascucci | Jun 30, 2014 | Advocacy, All, Birth Rights, Birth Trauma, Home Birth, Obstetric Violence, Out of hospital birth, Sexual Trauma, The Birth Monopoly, Trauma

You’re Not Allowed to Not Allow Me

by Cristen Pascucci | Jun 17, 2014 | Advocacy, All, Birth Rights, For Providers, Obstetric Violence, Trauma

The legal authority in childbirth lies with the woman giving birth, not the providers of care. Our words should reflect that.

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