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Update on landmark birth trauma lawsuit in California
Earlier this year, a video emerged of Kimberly Turbin’s labor and delivery. This video (which can be seen here, on our previous post about this story) shows Kimberly fighting, during the most intense part of delivery, to keep the doctor from cutting her. While she should be focusing on herself and what she needs to do to meet her new child she is, instead, heard begging the doctor to let her try to deliver on her own, wanting to … Keep Reading!!!
Watch what it would look like if having sex was treated like giving birth
A birth advocacy group from Rome has come up with this genius video showing what it would be like if conception was treated the same way as birth is in most hospitals.
They nailed it! (yes, a sex pun)
Written by Nikki Waring
Doctor Served Lawsuit in Landmark Birth Trauma Case
In 2013 Kimberly Turbin was in labour and should have been experiencing the best moments of her life. Instead, her doctor forcible cut her perineum 12 times with scissors. Video of this shows that Kimberly never consented, and in fact was giving direct refusal the entire time he was forcing this episiotomy on her. The entire event was video taped by a family member and has been viewed on youtube over 250,000 times. The video can be seen below but … Keep Reading!!!
The Dad Who Kept His Son is Fighting Back Against Social Stigmas
Samuel Forrest and his wife were expecting their first child together. Samuel is from New Zealand and his wife is Armenian. All was going well during the pregnancy but when baby Leo was born, things took a terrible turn.
Leo was born in Armenia and according to Samuel, when Leo was born the doctors hid the child’s face in horror and wouldn’t let him see his wife or the baby. Finally they broke the news to the new father … Keep Reading!!!
