Membrane sweep without my knowledge or consent

Desiree

I had a cervical check at my appointment yesterday morning, 2/27/24, I was 37 weeks 5 days, and she said I’m still only 2cm but I’m more thinned, which last time I was 75% effaced but she didn’t give a percent this time but then she was like “lemme see if I can feel babies head” and she started twisting her fingers in my vagina like she was stirring something and I think I died..it was like she took her fingers and was stirring and scraping something in a bowl but in my literal vagina and I immediately started crying and saying ow and backing away from her hand and she was like “there’s babies head and there’s the amniotic sac” and then said I might have some spotting..but when I stood up I was bleeding pretty bad like a period, and then the entire way home I was crying because of the intense cramps and this was at 9:30-9:45am, I’ve since went to the bathroom 7 times, it’s 2:55 am right now 2/28/24 and I’m still bleeding, up to like 5pm I was still bleeding as much as when it first happened too..and I described what happened to a friend that has had multiple children and she told me to look up what a membrane sweep is because that’s what it sounds like she did to me,

and then I found this video on YouTube showing the hand motion that they do during a sweep and that’s exactly what my doctor did and I was not asked and did not consent in the slightest..I feel violated honestly..like I went into the procedure just thinking she was going to check my cervix which I’ve had happen probably a dozen times since 33 weeks because I’ve been in and out of pre term labor and not once has it ever hurt that badly and they never did that hand motion like in that video..I’ll literally never forget what that felt like it was like she was repeatedly stirring and scraping something in a bowl but in my vagina and I was literally sobbing and saying ow and backing away from her hand and she did not stop..it lasted like a solid minute of her doing that after checking my cervix and telling me how dilated I was still, and it was nothing like a cervical exam pain..and I’m ngl I want to go into labor and actually deliver him, I’ve been in and out of labor, having contractions but not dilating past a 2, so like the sooner the better at this point..but idk I’m just real upset abt the whole situation..I probably would have consented to it being done today if she had asked, even if she had explained it would hurt, I would have atleast gone in bracing myself for the pain..but I wasn’t expecting it to hurt that bad because I’ve had so many cervical checks recently and there was discomfort especially with girls with short fingers that gotta go wrist deep in my vagina😂😭but this was an insane amount of pain and I could’ve atleast braced myself for it if she had allowed me to be informed and consent to it and get ready for it..I also find it wild that this was done at 37 weeks 5 days, I’ve done some research since finding out that that’s what she did and it’s normally not done until after 39 weeks as a way to induce? I understand he is full term at this point but still..and now I’m still actively bleeding but it’s now less bright red like a period and more brown, but I’ve started cramping 10x worse than earlier when it was done, which is probably 50x worse than the worst period cramps I’ve ever felt..it’s in my back and my entire lower stomach from hip to hip and standing up or changing positions in bed has me in tears..I’m really not sure what to even do