When Anesthesia Fails and the Patient Is Cut Open

Women’s pain is too often dismissed in medicine. An alarming number of women report feeling major surgery and dealing with doctors and nurses who make light of their complaints.

Susan Burton, reporter and host of the podcast “The Retrievals,” shares stories from just a few of the many cases of women who felt significant pain during their C-sections.

Guest: Susan Burton, the host, writer and reporter of “The Retrievals,” a podcast series by Serial Productions.

Background reading: 

• A timeline of the problem of pain during cesarean and the efforts to solve it.
• A series examining the solutions to pain during C-sections.

Photo: Illustration by Getty Images

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