Pregnant with her first child, Emily Mitchell spent the first day of her maternity leave prepping for the exciting arrival of her baby. As she stood up from the dinner table, the mum-to-be felt a “gush” — her baby boy was coming. But what followed was four days of utter terror, confusion and anger. The mum, from Orange in the NSW Central Tablelands, says the public hospital system spat her out like just another “number”, leaving her with lasting birth trauma.
Finally, her baby was taken to her, and a nurse explained her son was having a little trouble breathing and they would like to take him to the special care nursery. With the new father following close behind his tiny son, Emily was left by herself in the theatre. “I felt invisible and alone,” she says. As the surgeons began “stitching” the new mum up, Emily was horrified at the conversation.
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