UU PG Ment - Please help me!!

November 3, 2005

I posted a message previously - I am fairly new to the board.

We lost our baby girl in August 05 - I have a UU which the doctors

were aware of, however did not offer me any further monitoring and

did not seem to know alot about it.

At 28 weeks pregnant I went into early labour although the hospital

sent me home saying I probably had a urine infection. Within 12

hours I was back at the hospital. We were told that the baby was in

a breech presentation - on several occassions. However the doctor

that examined me said that I should pursue naturally. I was quite

concerned at this, as I understood that a baby in a breech

presentation could go into destress. The doctor just continued as

he thought best.

At the last minute (after telling me to push), he said I needed a c-

section. When I awoke our baby daughter was in special care. After

3 hours she passed away.

They said she suffered a lack of oxygen in delivery, as her head got

stuck. We were told they delivered her whilst i was under GA - she

was breeched, therefore delivered her body and her head got stuck.

We are now pursuing a clinical negligence case - due to insufficient

care and understanding of UU and the risks of preterm labour - no-

one offered me any steriod injections or the standard requirements

for the risk of pre term delivery. It is very early days, but

already the hospital has now written to us saying that although it

was mentioned on numerous occassions (in my records) that the baby

was breeched, the doctor involved is now saying she was cephalic

(head first).

We just do not understand what is going on - it just doesn't makes

sense! How can a senior consultant internal examine you at nearly

fully dilated and diagnose a breeched baby, but after trying to push

us for a natural birth and then C-section - AFTER the baby was sent

into destress - suddenly say actually the baby was cephalic! Of

course we feel he is saying this now our baby has died.

Please, please has anyone out there got any experience of how to

deal with all this confusion - how do you understand or trust the

medical profession??

Sorry to go on - I just need some support.

Zoe

UU

Baby Girl born/died 3 August 2005

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