Naked babies is such a fun prompt to be the encourager for! I'll send you the prompt tomorrow - I'm getting ahead. Anyway, good freewrite!
I think doctors acting like gods has gotten even worse. Informed consent is no longer a thing. Now it's "do as I say or find another doctor."
For my second labor, the midwife wanted to cut and the doctor refused! He sent her back in to deal with the complications and work her butt off, then showed up, triumphant, to catch the baby.