Jacqueline Edwards is the mother of five children. In every decade of her life, starting from the age of 20, she gave birth to one child. She had her last pregnancy when she was 50. Thanks to advances in medicine, four out of five of her pregnancies came from sperm donors. With each subsequent pregnancy, she gained more experience and was able to understand her body even better. What she didn’t expect, however, was that the fifth birth would be the worst of all.
She learned to listen to her body, but doctors always ignored her
Each pregnancy was a fulfillment for a woman. With each pregnancy, she also saw some things in hospitals change, improve. Unfortunately, though so many years have passed, one thing has always been the same – the terrible treatment of the patient by the medical staff. Since Jacqueline’s first birth, pregnant women have continued to be treated in a condescending, demeaning and non-supportive and understanding manner. The doctor usually treats the patient as “passive” element. Although the woman’s fifth pregnancy was uneventful, and labor began at 41 weeks, it is her worst memory. IN dailymail.co.uk a woman recalls it like this:
However, the birth did not go well and she ended up having an instrumental birth (using a vacuum or suction cup to pull the baby out). It was painful. I screamed in pain, but at no point did I get effective pain relief. Then I had a hemorrhage, I lost two liters of blood, for which I needed many transfusions.
the woman gave birth to five children, says what has never changed at the hospital for so many years screen dailymail.co.uk
The doctor always knows better. The woman would like the expectant mother to finally start being treated with respect
According to Jacqueline, the doctor seemed to want to end labor as soon as possible. He didn’t listen to her needs, he was indifferent to her pain and well-being. She was not heard at any stage of her stay in the hospital. This is the biggest problem she has been seeing since her first pregnancy.
(…) Future mothers are expected to reconcile and shut up. During my first birth I was firmly told to “stop screaming and start pushing” and I was just as forcefully rebuked for making noise more than 20 years later.
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The woman also adds:
In my experience, a “successful” birth is judged solely by the end product: a live and physically healthy mother and baby. But that sets the bar horribly low.
Unfortunately, the last childbirth caused the woman to experience postpartum depression. Crying and thoughts of suicide were killing her more and more. Luckily, she managed to pull herself together somehow. If it wasn’t for the strong desire to have children, she probably wouldn’t have decided to get pregnant again. However, raising and caring for children is something that for Jacqueline is the meaning of life. According to her, later motherhood is much easier than raising a child at the age of 20 or 30. The parent is then much more relaxed, has much more patience and understanding.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
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