The CP informs the woman he/she is doing an internal to check dilation. While he/she is doing this, they make the decision to stretch things around in there / break the bag of waters / stretch and sweep the cervix etc to "help things along", WITHOUT first informing the woman of their intentions and obtaining consent.
The woman does not give consent to a procedure, and is saying No! or even, screaming NO, yet her wishes are not respected and her body is violated.
Asking women while they are in vulnerable, compromising, submissive positions (eg. woman on her back, legs spread wide open and the CP's fingers up the woman's vagina.) if it is okay for a procedure to be performed on the woman. The woman gets no warning or time to consider it, and is not informed of the benefits and risks of the procedure, or that it is painful.
Having other people present in the birthing room, staring at the woman's vagina without permission or consent to be in the room just because they are on the hospital staff (eg. nurse, medical student, attending doctor etc).
Scare tactics, fear, authority, power and coercion are used to control and force the woman to submit to medical procedures or to comply to whatever is considered by her care providers to be in her best interest.
Using NON-evidence based theories and obstetric myths as proven fact/evidence to provide a basis for informed consent in procedures when a woman is trying to make an informed choice and do what is best for her and her baby.
Some women define making personal, rude remarks about a woman's body as trauma. For instance a woman was told she looked like she had a scrotum after birth, and the midwife shot her a disgusted look and told her to cover up her vulva. She made this woman feel so ugly and ashamed of her own genitals, resulting in confidence issues.
Arguing the sensations a woman feels, claiming she's wrong, mistaken, confused, is traumatic. Eg. The anasthetic needles hadn't worked in one area of a woman's vulva, so the suturing of her tears was excrutiating. She cried out in pain, but was told 'That isn't pain, it's just a pulling sensation.' 'No, it hurts!' She replied 'No, the needle has numbed it, you're confused'. Only the woman can possibly know what she is feeling, and to be fobbed off like that, to have noone believe her was extremely traumatic for her.
Seperating a mother and baby is very traumatic to both mother and baby.
IGNORING a woman's requests is incredibly traumatic to her, and possibly her baby if she is speaking on the behalf of her baby.
Refusing a woman access access to water and food simply because she is in labour and MIGHT end up with a caesarean.
Giving women who have had caesareans, suppositories without their prior consent.
Telling women to be quiet when they are coping with contractions.
The care provider arrogantly pushes fingers into the woman's vagina or anus as a way to show her how to "push" by telling her to "Push our my fingers".
Women's breasts being grabbed and groped in the name of showing new mothers how to breastfeed, without asking the mother for permission to touch her breasts or her body - or her baby!
