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The Retrievals S02 - Ep. 2

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The Retrievals S02 - Ep. 2

Serial

2025/08/07
Serial

Serial

2025/08/07
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What went wrong with Clara’s delivery? And can Heather get doctors to talk about it? Our newest podcast, “The Preventionist” is out now. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get full access to this and other Serial Productions and New York ...

Highlights

A troubling gap in maternal care comes to light as a physician confronts the reality of women feeling pain during C-sections—despite being under regional anesthesia. What happens when medical assumptions override patient experience?
05:53
Women report feeling organs being moved during C-sections despite anesthesia
21:42
Pain during C-sections has been normalized and patients are being harmed
27:45
Half of obstetric anesthesiologists raised their hands when asked if they’d seen intraoperative pain in a C-section patient in the past month
37:12
Many in the OR knew something was wrong but didn't speak

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Why did no one believe Clara was in pain during her C-section?
00:00
How does trauma linger when medical records erase patient suffering?
12:28
What happens when a doctor tells the truth at a medical conference?
24:31
Who stays silent when a patient cries out on the operating table?
34:22
Can one speech change the culture of childbirth medicine?
40:11

Transcript

Heather Nixon: Hi, I'm Juliette from New York Times Games, and I'm here talking to fans about our games. So you play New York Times games? Yes. Do you have a favorite? Susan Burton: Connections. It just scratches an itch in my brain to be out-of-the-box t...