I don’t know why I can’t stay awake.”Ashini said she asked Dr. Hamann to check for sepsis and infection. The 37-year-old mother said Dr. Hamann left a speculum inside of her following an examination in October 2024. According to Couperthwaite, Dr. Hamann stated, “No c-section for you; you’re 29 years old — your body knows what to do.”With her mother in the room, Couperthwaite argued with Dr. Hamann about having a c-section. “This was all because of a choice [Dr. Hamann] made for me.”Couperthwaite says she never filed a formal complaint against Dr. Hamann. “There are no active allegations at the college or investigations involving Dr. Hamann at this point in time,” Cook told The Independent on Jan. 10.