Midwives are there to support women during a vulnerable time, but that’s not always the case 🔎 LaurenMedlicott spoke to women who suffered obstetric assaults during pregnancy and childbirth
, because it can leave them feeling vulnerable because those that are there to help us and baby survive, don’t seem to care, and there’s nothing they can do about it.” Despite this, Scotland said that obstetric violence is still hard for society to understand. “It’s regarded as impossible,” she said, noting how many women blame themselves, rather than doctors, for their experiences.
Kim Thomas, CEO of the Birth Trauma Association, which keeps anecdotal records of women reporting obstetric violence It’s hard to know exactly how many women have experienced obstetric violence in the UK as data isn’t collected and there has been very little research carried out. However, the Birth Trauma Association has anecdotal records of women reporting this.
In January 2022, Ceri*, 38, from Merseyside, went to a maternity ward at 41 weeks pregnant to have an internal exam in order to see if her cervix was favourable for a so-called membrane sweep. She had been clear she would only consent to a sweep if her cervix was favourable. The midwife came into the room and, Ceri says, without warning, “rammed her hand” into Ceri’s vagina. “The treatment was unnecessarily invasive, painful and caused injury.
After the midwife withdrew her hand, she told Ceri the sweep had been unsuccessful. “I was in shock,” Ceri says. “The physical treatment was traumatic but having your autonomy taken is frightening, humiliating, and belittling.” An hour later, Ceri rang the hospital to tell the midwife she hadn’t consented. “She told me I was upset as the sweep had not been successful”. Ceri later complained to the NHS Trust to no avail.
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