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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lauren Chaloner

‘They didn’t believe I was in labour’ says Black mother ‘ignored’ by midwives

Tinuke Awe

A Black woman says she was left ‘traumatised’ and forced to go without pain relief after midwives didn’t believe she was in labour.

Charity co-founder, Tinuke Awe, 31, was induced after experiencing late pre-eclampsia while pregnant with her first child in 2017.

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