evaporated in hospital when her doctor was hurt and dismissive. i begged and pleaded for pain relief oran begged and pleaded for pain relief or an epidural and she actually said she s not going to give me any epidural until i stop crying and stay still. she came back after two hours to then give me the epidural and that was horrible, to know i couldn t even show any form of emotion. and when i finally stayed still and, you know, obeyed her rules of not crying and not moving, then she gave me the pain relief. and that was quite dehumanising at the time. in and that was quite dehumanising at the time. . ,., ., ., . the time. in a report out today, the women and the time. in a report out today, the women and equalities the time. in a report out today, the women and equalities committeesl the time. in a report out today, the i women and equalities committees has too many black women have experienced treatment that full short of acceptable standards and we are concerned the government
to then give me the epidural and that was horrible, to know i couldn t even show any form of emotion. and when i finally stayed still and, you know, obeyed her rules of not crying and not moving, then she gave me the pain relief. and that was quite dehumanising at the time. in a report out today, the women and equalities committees says too many black women have experienced treatment that full short of acceptable standards and we are concerned the government and nhs leadership have underestimated the extent to which racism plays a role. mps advocate better staff training and more personalised care, though they point out ongoing staffing shortages make that harder. in its response to this report, the department of health pointed out it had set up a specialist task force last year to examine exactly these issues, but it was originally supposed to meet every three months and we have learnt its only meeting today after a gap of nine months.
epidural until i stop crying and try to stay still. she came back after two hours and when i then finally stayed still and, you know, obeyed her rules of not crying and not moving, then she gave me the pain relief. and that was quite dehumanising at the time. mps are particularly worried by the data on maternal deaths. although they acknowledged these are rare in the uk, they say the higher level of risk faced by black and asian mothers is frankly shameful. we know that women who are living in the most deprived communities have the worst outcomes in pregnancy. black women simply aren t being listened to. now, that has to be addressed. that s got to be about cultural competence, competency within the nhs. it s got to be about staff who are properly trained to address biases that may preexist. in its response to this report, the department of health pointed out it had set up a specialist task force last year to examine exactly these issues. but it was originally supposed
yeah, yeah, yeah, that was ezekiel. tinuke awaye is looking back at pictures of her son s first few days of life. and that s when he was just three weeks old. thejoy of becoming a mum was tempered by the bad experience she had in childbirth. theyjust didn t believe i was in labour. they did not believe i was in labour and i wasn t checked over. and i think if i was checked, then they would have known that my labour was indeed progressing. for hours, for hours, i wasn t checked at all. no one believed that i remember at one point someone said to me, oh, you re making this much noise now. what are you going to do later on? without realising that later on was now. it was actually one of the hardest experiences i ve ever had to go through. sandra igwe formed her own pressure group after suffering not one, but two traumatic births. so i begged and pleaded for pain relief or epidural, and she actually said she s not going to give me any epidural until i stop crying and try to stay stil
times more likely to die. our health correspondent naomi grimley has been speaking to two mothers who have had traumatic births. so this is ezekiel. yeah, yeah, yeah, that was ezekiel. tinuke awaye is looking back at pictures of her son s first few days of life. and that s when he was just three weeks old. thejoy of becoming a mum was tempered by the bad experience she had in childbirth. theyjust didn t believe i was in labour. they did not believe i was in labour and i wasn t checked over. and i think if i was checked, then they would have known that my labour was indeed progressing. for hours, for hours, i wasn t checked at all. no one believed that i remember at one point someone said to me, oh, you re making this much noise now. what are you going to do later on? without realising that later on was now. it was actually one of the hardest experiences i ve ever had to go through. sandra igwe formed her own pressure group after suffering not one, but two traumatic births. so i b