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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m white. Happened to me. I was ignored, belittled, and physically abused. Part of the issue was that we were so unprepared for it to happen, none of us knew what to do at 2 am on the graveyard shift when the hospital was badly understaffed. And of course I was in labor and terrified for the baby because I had complications. I will never forget contemplating if I could physically remove my IVs and the fetal heart rate monitor, get dressed, and attempt to leave the hospital so I could get to another one nearby during the pushing stage of labor, or contemplating if I could just escape the hospital through the stairwell and deliver outside somewhere on the ground without being arrested or committed, and realizing that I was completely and utterly stuck and had to stay there or I would jeopardize my child’s life.

I will never be alone in a hospital ever again. I will also never hesitate to aggressively advocate for myself or for anyone else ever again. When you are in the hospital, you are on their turf and you are vulnerable. For the rest of my life I will have a hard time ever feeling safe in a medical environment. For anyone who is pregnant, and about to deliver, make sure you have adequate support in the hospital and do not let your support people leave you alone.[/quote]

I agree that it is a must to have a support person who can advocate for you and document inappropriate treatment. However, many hospitals will say only one support person and so at some point the person will need to leave your side of only to go to the bathroom. Hospitals need to improve how they treat patients.[/quote]

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