"COME ON, SMILE! This is the most im-portant day of your life." The midwife was upbeat. But Agustina, a 38-year-old comedian and brand-new mother, was shaken. It was 2012; she had just undergone a Caesarean section at a hospital in Argentina. Her obstetrician, she believes, had made the surgery more likely by inserting hormones into her vagina during a check-up, without explanation. Two men performed the dangerous Kristeller manoeuvre, pushing down on her belly. She fainted. An assistant lightly, slapped her face to keep her awake. Another tied her arm to the bed. None of it felt right. But, she says, "I thought the doctor is like your boss: you do what he tells you."
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