When Malatesta arrived at the hospital on the day of the birth of the child, she was already far into labor. But, to her disappointment, she was informed by the hospital that monitoring was required in the labor. She was advised to lie down till the time of further notice. Malatesta was disappointed as it was against the plans that she made for birth along with her doctor. She was also informed to wait as there was no doctor on call.
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“I kept asking, ‘Why? Why?’ but the nurse wasn’t answering me. She ignored me, acting almost annoyed with me. As we went back and forth — me asking questions and telling her this was more painful for me, and her getting increasingly irritated — it became very clear that this wasn’t about health or safety. It was a power struggle. Then, suddenly, I felt a big contraction coming on and I jumped onto my hands and knees, and told them that I couldn’t be on my back. My water broke and the baby’s head started crowning,” she said.
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When the baby’s head started crowning, the nurse at the hospital started to prevent this baby from coming into this world. She was very particular about not letting the baby come into this world and she was committed to do extraordinary measures to prevent the delivery.
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