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Woman accuses doctor of making painful labor worse

...Takes out lawsuit.

Pierce allegedly told a nurse that Skol deserved the pain because she had not called before coming in. "Sometimes pain is the best teacher," the suit quoted him as saying. picked by muppet 11 months ago

tags lawsuit civil case labor childbirth birth pain

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Marli

11 months ago

and then told Skol to start pushing, despite not being fully dilated,

And not just being told, but when she questioned it (and hospital staff questioned it), being ordered to "Shut up, close your mouth, and push."

If that's true, I don't think a lawsuit is totally unwarranted. Pushing against a cervix that isn't dilated can cause more pain, it can make the cervix swell which makes the whole process more difficult, not to mention the possibility of a bruised or torn cervix, and the fact that the baby is repeatedly smooshed up against this barrier it cannot pass because it wasn't allowed to fully dilate.

"Pain is the best teacher"? "Shut up and push"? I think this douche belongs in sports medicine, not on a labor and delivery ward.

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