2:05:08 is getting all of those chemicals it shouldn't be getting. Truth, truth, this is true. And I was so, so proud of my client. She had this baby all natural. That night in question, we had to stay in triage for three hours. I've never had that before. We got to the hospital at midnight and they kept us in triage, A, because my client didn't want to get a cervical check, but she was Clearly in labor, her water broke right there. So it was like, you're going to get us into a, you're going to get us into a labor and delivery room. Um, but I told her, I said, you know what? As like, don't allow this to cause fear that they're keeping you in here. And they're telling you that they don't have any L and D rooms available. Like that blows my mind. We don't have any labor and delivery rooms available. The doctor told us that it was the busiest night that she's had in almost 30 years that she's worked there.
2:05:57 And I'm like, I get it, pandemic babies. People were cooped up, right? So what are they going to do there? I don't even think that's the case. My guess is that- It's understaffed. That's what it is. It's understaffed and they're covering it up with all these different narratives. 100% understaffed. I've never walked through an L and D hall and not been able to find a nurse like I did that night. It took me a while to walk around and be like, hey, my clients. It's like a ghost town. And they say, oh, the hospital is so overwhelmed. You walk through and nobody's there. It was, I had to, and that night in question, I also had to walk through emergency to get to the back of the hospital. It's like, I literally had to just like walk through this maze to get to probably eerie. It was scary. I look back and I'm like, ah, I should have videoed this. Cause it was, it was creepy. Don't say that Alex. She'll video next time. All right, relax, Alex. If you're listening, it's okay. She didn't know, but it was just, I mean, I,
2:06:46 I mean, like, cause it was just more like, it was just, it was kind of scary for me. I'm like, this is weird. Like I wasn't nobody, I wasn't passing nobody in the halls. And you know, I get to L and D and I find out I'm like my client's still in triage. And I met her there. I went home and breastfed my kid because I was like, I need to drain myself before I have a long night ahead. I have my pump with me, but you know, I'm going to go home. I'm going to breastfeed. I was like, I'm going to meet you at the hospital. I'll be there in like 30 minutes and I get there and I'm thinking that'll be enough time for them to put the IV in her and get her moved over to labor and delivery. Nope. They kept her in triage. We were kept in triage for three hours cause we didn't have an open L and D room. We get to L and D and we didn't even see the doctor until my client was pushing. So it was like,
2:07:31 The doctor's in a C-section. Okay, an hour later, can we see the doctor? The doctor's in a C-section. I'm like, another C-section? And is that procedure for a C-section a little more, like a little more hands-on and lengthy for the doctor? I think it's a little quicker for them to do a C-section. A little quicker, okay. Than to wait for a woman to push a baby out of a canal. Sometimes a first time mom, it can take, you know, two hours to push a baby out. So the doctor's sitting there for two hours and it's kind of like, okay, I'm going to go Go over here, I'm gonna come back, my nurses will let me know. So that could be an element too of, oh, it's more convenient for me as a doctor to just cut the stomach open and take it out. And that's the documentary, The Business of Being Born. Got you. No concern for the baby or the mother, just say, you know, it's more convenient, just hack her up. Yeah.
2:08:15 Yeah, I mean, it's crazy. It's a crazy world out there. But my client, after talking to her when she was in postpartum, it's like that night there was 11 births. There was 80% of them were C-sections. And it used to... That's wild. It grew to 30%, one in three women, right? 30% C-section. And right now in America, it's 30%. In some places like California, California, it's a little higher, right? It's a little more, I guess, desired to have a C-section. Yeah, the C-section is woke, man. Yeah, I mean, look, I am an advocate for women who need it, right? I will be there for you. If you have to have a gentle C-section or a planned C-section, you can also hire a doula. There are doulas that will come and we will be there with you because it's scary. That's really scary. And I'm all about it if that's what you need, right?