[momo7]

I don't know WHAT I'd do....but I'd definitely want the person responsible fired.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1774

 

[SirPentor]

Here's the part that confuses me:

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Mrs Brown said she then underwent complicated dilation and curettage treatment to get rid of the dead child, which involves scraping the uterus.

I know next to nothing about this process, but what exactly did they do there if the baby was (and is) still alive and well?

 

[skybluepink02]

I think that's what's so weird about it. I'm curious as to what exactly happened while she was under anesthesia

 

[Kristine233]

There was a mom on another board I'm on that this happened to. Something about there being a divide in the uterus (not normal) and when they did the D&C it didnt reach the baby whom they assumed was dead. Instead it was hiding in the second area of the uterus and fine. I dont rmeember the details but thats the gist of what I do remember.

 

[BathrobeGoddess]

There is a mom in my mothering.com due date club that was told she had a miscarriage around 8 weeks only to find out 10 weeks later a baby was alive and well...and she must have been carrying twins. I don't think she had a d and c though...

 

[kittywitty]

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Originally Posted by Kristine233 There was a mom on another board I'm on that this happened to. Something about there being a divide in the uterus (not normal) and when they did the D&C it didnt reach the baby whom they assumed was dead. Instead it was hiding in the second area of the uterus and fine. I dont rmeember the details but thats the gist of what I do remember.

I think the term is bicornuate uterus, though there are other forms. It isn't entirely rare.

THis is tragic. I hope she sues them. How can you have faith in a medical system when there are so many tragedies going on everyday due to stupidity and laziness?

 

[Penelope]

There are a number of moms on this board who have been told their baby has died, and have a later ultrasound which shows a living baby.

 

[Ruthla]

What's scary is that they could have killed her fetus, and she never would have known. I wonder how often that actually happens.

 

[boingo82]

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Originally Posted by Ruthla What's scary is that they could have killed her fetus, and she never would have known. I wonder how often that actually happens.

That's so sickening to think about.

 

[pumpkinsmama]

: I'd flip out! How awful to go through, how wonderful the aby is OK.

 

[CookieMonsterMommy]

As someone mentioned, it could have been twins.

With the bicornate uterus....I'd think they'd have found that on a scan....

Strange...

A good thing that no physical harm (so far) has been done.

 

[A&A]

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Originally Posted by CookieMonsterMommy With the bicornate uterus....I'd think they'd have found that on a scan.... .

Not always

 

[Finch]

I know a woman who had a septum in her uterus that wasn't found for years, it took an HSG to find it.

I hypothesize it was twins.

How scary for that poor mom.

 

[kittywitty]

True. Uterus deformations are actually quite hard to find. It took me 4 months of tests, ultrasounds, hysterosalpingograms, D&C's, and MRIs for them to figure out I didn't have one. Ended up being a tumor.

 

[LizaBear]

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Originally Posted by Finch II hypothesize it was twins. How scary for that poor mom.

That was my thought too when I first read it.

 

[Wolfmeis]

What would I do? I'd be happy as hell I had a baby. I'd feel it had been saved by God.

I'd also be suing the pants off someone.

 

[orangebird]

I'm still confused why anyone would be pissed and most of all why someone would sue. Sue for what?

 

[Finch]

Poor medical diagnostics? Telling her the baby was dead when it wasn't? Poor medical care? Undergoing surgery and anesthesia, both very risky, when it wasn't medically necessary because the doctor goofed?

Those are a few reasons to sue.

 

[aniT]

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Originally Posted by Ruthla What's scary is that they could have killed her fetus, and she never would have known. I wonder how often that actually happens.

I prefer not to ponder that since I was told mine was dead/ or more to the point, just not there, and had a D&C two weeks later when I didn't naturally miscarry.