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Later, Purvis revealed: “I spent the night in the hospital and they gave me Pitocin to induce my labor. The contractions were the worst pain I’ve ever felt.

This and that… they’re like, ‘No, it’s in the lower back’ or whatever. Then when she was stalled at seven-and-a-half [months pregnant], we started having the Pitocin conversation.” ...

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Pitocin® is a synthetic version of oxytocin, and doctors use this IV medication for labor induction. This drug helps imitate natural labor and birth by causing the uterus to contract.

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Cerna says she wasn’t told doctors used Pitocin. “It was just very confusing, and I just felt like I wasn’t being – they weren’t telling me what was going on as much as they should have.

Pitocin was found to be the root cause. “It’s totally preventable, and it’s not anybody’s trying to hurt anybody else.

Cerna later learned at Children’s Hospital her daughter had suffered brain damage. She was shown scans of her baby’s brain before the birth and right after, noting lasting damage. Pitocin was ...