I would like to Thank You! for this most important question.
I have read on it, and now see I have been a victim of this most dreadful practice.With all three of my sons.
And two babies I lost also.
It has answered a great many questions for me, and 'why' I felt as I did.
I just can not believe this.....I took it as the 'norm', but deep inside me I was suffering.
It makes me very upset as a Mother and Woman!
It happened to me starting 37 years ago and 22 years ago.
This has been a profound reflection for me.
I think that obstetric violence is so common that many women do simply believe it is "the norm". It's sad that we've been taught that it's normal to be treated so poorly by people who are supposed to be caring for us. I'm sorry that you have experienced obstetric violence, but please know that you are not alone. x