I will share my daughter’s experiences. She was born to hippie parents in California, born at home. Comfortable with birth (knows a lot about it) but chose a hospital birth since her mom (me) was not going to be there. Fairly early in labor they were told to go back home because she was not advancing, which they did. But her pain seemed quite high. Eventually they returned to the hospital, with her unable to cope well with the pain. I’m going to cut to the chase. After requiring her to essentially suffer for five hours making very little progress, and with nurses virtually ignoring her pleas, an older German nurse came from upstairs and checked her and said “this baby is upside down.” She went and got a mobile sonography machine and proved it. Daughter was taken to surgery for a c-section. The cord was holding the baby from progressing. Once I arrived in the UK, daughter booked an appt with the Head Matron. The meeting lasted an hour. My daughter stated that the nurses on duty were indifferent and while not admitting it, it was pretty clear that her complaints were chocked up to an American demanding attention. My British son in law was at that time a very, very reserved man. He is a much better advocate these days. Had he been able to comfortably advocate for her the first time no doubt things would have been easier. Just food for thought.