text: From my hospital feedback formnnWhile this was an unpleasant experience to say the least the worst part of it all was the way Dr Haslett treated me Doctors on previous shifts introduced themselves discussed their plans and said goodbye before leaving the hospital However I did not meet Dr Haslett or find out what her plans for my case were until I asked to see her which is when more trouble began One of the night nurses had pointed out activity on the babys heart rate monitor that she found worrisome and gave a basic explanation to my husband who was in the room Once made aware of this my husband and I asked a few further questions but still did not quite understand the situation its possible harmlessness or severity etc based on the nurses answers We were still alarmed and so asked if we could speak with the doctor about the monitor activity and what if anything could be done It took a very long time for Dr Haslett to arrive which in itself I could understand and when she did show up she did not come into the room with a helpful let alone reassuring disposition but with the attitude that my husband and I had done something wrong in asking for her I do not know if the nurses had been offended or frustrated that we did not understand the situation and then got Dr Haslett worked up through the manner in which they expressed our request to see the doctor but when Dr Haslett finally did arrive we were made to feel like children who had done something wrong and were now in trouble for it There was no pleasant introduction no inquiry as to how I was feeling not even a smilejust a berating She asked things like You refused an internal fetal monitor is that correct And when we tried to answer she interrupted raising her voice and repeating IS THAT CORRECT We explained that in fact no it was not correct One of the nurses had offered to change the monitor for my contractions first to see whether that had any effect on the monitor readoutsand that is what we had accepted We were ready and willing to switch to an internal fetal monitor if the problem persisted Dr Haslett then chided my husband for even looking at the monitor screensin spite of the fact that it was one of the nurses who initially brought his attention to it Dr Haslett made it clear to us that the monitors are not for you the patient to read you do not know how to read them it takes years of training to learn how to read these monitors training you do not have and even if you were trained they would still be difficult to read I wish none of these rooms had monitors etc And once we got past that scolding Dr Haslett made it seem as though we had doubted the nurses which at that point we had not reminding us that the nurses are welltrained capable and know much more about these things than you doand she said all this in front of them in the same terrible tone We explained that that was never a matter in question that we never doubted their capability All we were hoping for was some clarification in a situation brought to our attention by the nurses and made out to be one for considerable concern As a patient I think I have the right to ask questions and request to see a doctor I had the impression Dr Haslett was on the defensive the entire time and what made things more distressing for me was the fact that she decided to follow it all up with a kind of punishment Once she finished basically telling us off Dr Haslett decided to end her visit with what felt like a threat or consequence of my requesting to see her As she was getting ready to walk out of the room Dr Haslett had a mini debate with herself asking Should I say it Maybe I should not say it I will just say it because that is the kind of person I am Then she looked me straight in the face and said You are going to have a Csection and walked out Everything else that had gone on that night even when Dr Haslett could not think of the things she was referring to and had to be reminded of by the nurses everything else she had said are things I probably could have handled but not thatnot in a place I had been assured I could expect kindness from I had never given birth before and I was not prepared for the prospect of surgery I was told from the time I had arrived at the hospital to try and relax to help things along but how could anyone relax after being treated like that The trials of labor are difficult enough in themselves but after such an interaction with Dr Haslett I was completely stressed out about being spoken to in such a way and all I could then think about was the certainty of surgery She took away my chance for a vaginal delivery and caused me so much distress that I completely tensed up for the rest of what would still be a very long labor Her treatment of me was in some ways more traumatic than the surgery itself Would leave stars if possible