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Stephanie Gardiner

'Fear, pain and distrust' as women reveal birth trauma

Francesca Male has told how she was subject to unnecessary pain and distrust while giving birth. (HANDOUT/PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES)

Francesca Male missed the birth of her daughter and woke up in a hospital bed alone.

Mrs Male told the NSW birth trauma inquiry she was put under general anaesthetic for a caesarean section after two spinal block injections failed during an induced birth in March.

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