I need someone to look at this who is experienced in birth.
I am wondering if this isn't a Dr. mistake.
My friend went into labor yesterday evening. Her water broke at 6:30 and she went in.
She progressed nicely till early this morning. She had some pain meds, I don't know what. That stopped her labor. The doc then came in and told her she ahd to have a section. She was dialated to a 7 and fully engaged. Baby and mother were fine at this point. She was very opposed to a section and asked for more time. He told her she had an hour. :eyeroll
Three- four hours later she was having a section. Somthing happened and she was hemorraging. They thought that the main artery had been nicked. They wanted to fly her out to a bigger hospital but figured she wouldn't make it. Things were very serious at this point. The baby was fine.
SO she went in to surgery to do something about the bleeding. She was in sugery for over 3 hours. They took out her uterus. She is 20 years old and this was her first and only baby.
Here is the squicky part. The bleeding turned out to be because her cervix was torn. The Doc said this happened because her labor stalled out and the baby was engaged and doing nothing for those hours. BS? CYA medicine?
How did her cervix tear?
Why did they remove her uterus?
When all was said and done she had lost over 6 pints of blood and will probably lose more.
What happened here? Is there good reasons for all of this?
G
I am wondering if this isn't a Dr. mistake.
My friend went into labor yesterday evening. Her water broke at 6:30 and she went in.
She progressed nicely till early this morning. She had some pain meds, I don't know what. That stopped her labor. The doc then came in and told her she ahd to have a section. She was dialated to a 7 and fully engaged. Baby and mother were fine at this point. She was very opposed to a section and asked for more time. He told her she had an hour. :eyeroll
Three- four hours later she was having a section. Somthing happened and she was hemorraging. They thought that the main artery had been nicked. They wanted to fly her out to a bigger hospital but figured she wouldn't make it. Things were very serious at this point. The baby was fine.
SO she went in to surgery to do something about the bleeding. She was in sugery for over 3 hours. They took out her uterus. She is 20 years old and this was her first and only baby.
Here is the squicky part. The bleeding turned out to be because her cervix was torn. The Doc said this happened because her labor stalled out and the baby was engaged and doing nothing for those hours. BS? CYA medicine?
How did her cervix tear?
Why did they remove her uterus?
When all was said and done she had lost over 6 pints of blood and will probably lose more.
What happened here? Is there good reasons for all of this?
G
! Its impossible to judge the situation without being there. Having an emergency hysterectomy is unfortunately a real risk to having a baby, even though its very rare. Sometimes, regardless if the birth was cesarean or vaginal, if the bleeding cannot be stopped its either a hysterectomy or death. My thoughts are with your friend, what a shock for her.
. Does anyone ever feel like we are too quick to find some to blame? And should the first answer be to sue someone? Thats part of the reason why so many midwives and OBs (not that I usually agree with the latter) can't practice-- they can't afford their insurance. Sometimes I feel like people need to take responsibility for their own healthcare. And also realize that their are risks. I'm not saying that for this person in particular, but just in general. I wonder how much this women checked out her OB? Did she trust him or her? If she did she may not be questioning the decisions made. Just a point to ponder.
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