On Saturday, roses will be placed in front of the birthing rooms for women who have suffered violence and humiliation during childbirth. According to the United Nations for Women, this has become a serious problem.
These are shocking stories. Maria N. (name changed by editors, note) is lying in the delivery room and feels pain. Contractions come irregularly. Suddenly a midwife appears and shouts angrily at Maria N.: “Why are you lying in this delivery room?” The midwife would have preferred the other room. “She forbade me to eat and drink,” recalls N. Before that, there were derogatory comments because Mrs. N. was overweight. During the birth they said: “Don’t do that”, “You are pushing completely wrong”, “It will never work” or even: “Are you in pain? It can not be.”
“I fell apart,” says Mrs. N: “I didn’t want this woman. I didn’t trust her.” Then the doctor came. “And suddenly I had a whole hand inside me, without warning. The pain was strong.” Without information, Maria N. was suddenly taken to the operating room – for a cesarean section. “I felt like cattle as the catheter was brutally shoved into me and my entire hand was inside me again. No warning.” Later, Mrs. N. says, “Today, when I close my eyes, I can still hear myself screaming in panic for help – because of the excruciating pain and the overwhelming fear that my son and I will not survive this. birthday.”