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   HebrideanHecate (hebrideanhecate@spinster.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 04:56:36 JST HebrideanHecate

   😑 and yet they were pushing them on women who don't need them at other times.

   https://archive.ph/hwuix#selection-1101.0-1128.0

   Her son wasn't going to be just a bit bigger – scans suggested he would be approaching 11lb; around a third bigger than the average baby boy – and India, who is 5ft 7in and slim-built, was understandably nervous. 'Even my community midwife was worried about me giving birth naturally,' says India, 35, a business consultant. The midwife supported India's decision and contacted the consultant in charge at the hospital. But she reported back that the consultant felt India couldn't have a caesarean 'just because she's scared'. When India went into labour days later, her midwife assured her she could still request a caesarean once she arrived at the hospital. But when she got there, India was left alone in a delivery room for two hours until she was screaming in agony. When midwives finally came to assess her, they said she should just 'carry on' as there was no theatre available. 'My partner was desperate to get me help, but they didn't have the staff,' she recalls. 'We were terrified. The whole thing was horrific from start to finish. 'I am normally quite a calm, composed person, but I was terrified knowing I was going to have to push out this enormous baby,' she says.