Traumatised new mothers today reveal the "terrifying and demeaning" state of London's maternity wards.
Women have bombarded a new website with complaints about overcrowding, filthy wards and cockroachinfested dining rooms.
They describe being turned away by midwives and being forced to stand for hours while they wait for a bed to become available.
The revelations come after maternity wards in London and the South-East were criticised by the health watchdog. One leading trust admitted it was struggling to cope with the number of women giving birth.
Beverley Lawrence Beech, of the Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services, called on midwives to threaten to strike.
Ms Beech said: "This is a huge problem. Large centralised obstetrics units in London are grossly understaffed and overcrowded.
"If a midwife is nasty to a woman in labour it can have a terrific emotional impact. But if she is looking after five women in labour at the same time is it surprising she gets short tempered?"
Coming soon from 0BamacareOf course this is of little importance to the DUmmies since they prefer the abortion clinic to the delivery room.
