I don’t mean for it to sound like I’m defending the mother, or excusing what she allowed to happen, but there is a horrible history with ob/gyns of pressuring women in to doing something they wouldn’t normally think of doing. A woman that wants the baby she is carrying will do anything to help ensure that her baby is healthy. And when we go to the doctor, they’re supposed to be the expert, the one that tells us what we need to do to have a successful pregnancy and delivery. In some instances will drop us from their care for *not* doing what they tell us to. Unfortunately there are doctors like this one that use their influence and end up with these results when naive women think the doctor is always right.
An OBGYN told my mom that she should have aborted my younger brother for something that never happened. My very-strong willed mom said she kicked him out of the room and switched doctors.