My first pregnancy caused concerns that my pelvis was too small to deliver,measurements and XRays prived this to be so.A change of consultant due to retirement at around 36 weeks,notes where not read properly,at 39 weeks an antenatal examination showed I was 1cm dilated,I obviously was sent home,not really understanding what would happen and waiting as told till pains where few minutes apart,this happened two days later,I went to hospital left in a side room in agony while hand over report was completed all alone and when nurse came in and told me to stop making a fuss,complained because I needed help to go the toilet,on examination she found I was 10cm waters hadnt broken and head not engaged,no one had read I was a recommended Trial labour of 6hours,result my daughter was born not breathing ,had to be rushed to special care,she had been severely starved of oxygen suffered extensive brain damage and died aged 7 weeks,it would have been her 40th birthday in two weeks,My second and third child where elective c sections due to this, second was breech and 3rd I had pre eclampsia,during that time under same consultant 3 women who lived a few houses away from me all suffered death of our babies under this consultant.During my antenatal 2nd and 3rd time more care was taken.
hugem