S02 Episode 3: The Guidelines

The Retrievals

Serial Productions and The New York Times

Yale Fertility, Yale, Society & Culture, Serial, Society And Culture, News, New York Times, True Crime

4.6 • 10.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Pain during a cesarean section isn’t a new problem. But for a long time, it’s been a hidden one. In England, a patient named Susanna not only brings the problem to doctors’ attention, but also tries to solve it.

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0:00.0	If you become a New York Times subscriber, you can listen to all episodes of the retrievals
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0:26.2	So I'm going to ask just this room at this moment.
0:31.1	How many people in the last month have had a patient who's had severe interoperative pain?
0:33.5	Previously on the retrievals.
0:34.2	Okay.
0:36.6	So this is not rare.
0:41.9	We have a group of experts in the room who clearly are experiencing this on a daily basis,
0:44.0	and we're just beginning to talk about it.
0:46.5	I mean, even the site of the logo made me angry.
0:48.9	Walking the hall made me angry.
0:50.9	I couldn't believe I had to be there.
0:52.5	I couldn't believe I was back.
1:00.0	The mental health complications, I have women who are still having suicidal ideations years later. Their birthdays of their children become nightmares. The impact is so severe.
1:11.4	From serial productions in the New York Times,
1:14.3	this is the Retrievals Season 2, The Seassections.
1:18.0	I'm Susan Burton.
1:24.4	And that's me, actually.
1:26.5	In this episode's opening shot.
1:28.8	Obliq View, you're mostly seeing a blonde ponytail.
1:31.9	I'm turned toward the window on a plane.
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