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[quote=Anonymous][quote]No, you have the right to refuse consent to any procedure in the US as well, and to revoke previously given consent at any time. It's just that if a hospital doesn't abide by your wishes, your legal remedies are (practically speaking) minimal.[/quote]
Hi it's me again the previous poster from the UK.
Well I read these 2 alarming posts from 2 women who had C sections in American hospital(each in a diferent part of the Country and different States) who said they were forcibly strapped down against their will and it is clear from both their posts that they did not consent to it.
See this one from Sassy Primate last post on that page.
[url]http://community.babycenter.com/post/a57275854[/url]

[quote][b]SassyPrimate[/b]

And I'm not one to fill people's heads up wi th "horror stories", but this was my experience. I usually leave this part out because it's crappy, but you specifically asked about arm restraints.

My arms were strapped down without me being told they would be. I hated it. I cried. I fought the straps because I felt like I was being literally held down and sliced open (I never wanted my c/s in the first place) but because of my pulling against them they insisted that I was combative and they kept me restrained. They also shoved a stupid oxygen line in my nose because I "needed to calm down". That just agitated me more because it both pinched and tickled at the same time.

I would have calmed down if they'd have untied me, but they instead kept me restrained and told me to "stop asking" as silent tears ran down my face and into my ears. I couldn't even wipe them away because NO HAND MOVEMENT.[/quote]

It was clear that she clearly told them that she did not want her arms strapped down and she asked them to untie her several times but the staff would not. In the UK that would most certainly be assault if they did anything like that and also without the woman's consent.

Also this other post from this woman who also had a C Section in America and she was subject to such abuse, forcibly held down and strapped down without her consent it is a wonder she is still lucid.
[quote]This here:
[url]http://beckybeanwrites.com/2010/07/dragonmonkeys-birth-story-part-2.html[/url]
Did you know that when you go in for surgery, they strap your arms down in the crucified Jesus position?

Yeah.

So, I learned something else about myself that day. I’ve always had the suspicion that I’m claustrophobic, but I’ve always managed to avoid situations where my suspicions can be proved.
While I knew and completely respected the fact that my hands needed to be out of the surgery field, I couldn’t help myself. I grit my teeth in an attempt to send my thoughts elsewhere, but I just couldn’t get over the fact that my arms were tied down, and all of a sudden I snapped.

Literally.

I yanked hard at both arm straps and managed to break the Velcro ties. Somehow, despite the fact that I was 217 months pregnant, I managed to sit bolt upright, and managed to tear down the blue curtain separating me from the rest of my body. I probably would have leapt off of the table, but the spinal had already taken effect and my legs weren’t quite obeying me.

“Get her arms! Get her arms!

“Get her out of the field! Don’t let her contaminate it!”

I’m not sure what I was really thinking. In fact, I don’t think I was thinking much at all. To be honest, it was kind of like I’ve got to hand it to those nurses— they’re quick! Not even five seconds after I made my pathetic attempt at freedom, they had me flat on the backboard again, arms strapped down with a double set of straps.

I tried to control my breathing, because I could actually hear myself borderline hyperventilating. I glanced around the room wildly.

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If that's not abuse and assault I don't know what is. That woman only panicked because they strapped her arms down. And she was saying to them that she did not want the straps but the nurses just held her down and put double straps on her and the first woman was also strapped down by both her elbows or upper arms and her wrists.

In the UK those 2 women would never have been tied down no matter how panicky they were and the 2nds woman would most probably have been offered a general anesthetic,GA.
I think it's disgusting the way USA hospitals treat women. You only have to look on Improving Birth website and you see that many USA women have been assaulted by their so called care providers.[/quote]

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