As illustrated by the selected quotes in Table 1, it is striking how similar the perspectives are of the mothers and nurses regarding a harrowing shoulder dystocia birth. In study #1 women whose infants sustained an OBPI felt like both they and their babies had been victims of an assault at birth. Some mothers used the image of being raped on the birthing table with everyone watching and no one offering to help. It was startling to hear from the nurses in study #2 that they felt as if they were members of a gang rape. During the well-meaning attempts to try to free the infant’s shoulders at birth, the nurses perceived that they were helping to assault the laboring woman. From both the mothers’ and nurses’ perspectives, the labor and delivery room had been transformed into a crime scene.