I had a horrible experience giving birth to my 3rd child at Stevens. I had my 2nd baby there and it was a wonderful,beautiful experience, but the birth of my 3rd baby made it so I would rather give birth in my own bathtub. Upon arrival at the hospital having contractions(about 2am), the nurse (Rose) told me I wasn't in labor. Being my 3rd baby, I knew my body and knew labor. I was about 4 weeks early so I knew this could cause problems with our baby. She argued with me and seeming as I was in a good amount of pain, talked me into a shot of Morphine without really explaining the side effects. I receive the shot she gets ready to discharge me saying to come back in the morning. I asked her to check my cervix before I left and lo and behold Ive gone from 2 centimeters dilated to 3 in 30 minutes. She says to me ""well it seems you are in labor"". Wasn't this what I had told her when I walked in? The nurse was very forceful and kept trying to physically put me in positions I didn't want to be in till I finally started smacking her hands every time she grabbed me.My son was born at 7am, 5 hours after I walked in the hospital. Because of the morphine shot my baby didn't want to breathe and had to be put on medications to counter the effects. He also had withdrawal syndromes and had to stay in the hospital for 3 days during which my husband and I were made to feel like we were addicts. The head charge nurse was very rude and lippy to my husband and spoke to him like he was child. We do not believe in circumcision but were constantly harassed about it. We had to tell staff members multiple times we didn't want one. If I would have left the hospital when told I wasn't in labor there is a good chance I could have given birth to a preterm baby with a cord around his neck who didn't want to breathe without medical assistance. If this would have happened he would have died and with the complications I was having with post delivery. PLEASE DON'T HAVE YOUR BABY HERE!
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