I'm currently writing an email to the PALS office of the hospital I gave birth in and want to question how they dealt with my bleed. I went on some first aid training today and almost had to leave the room as I felt sick to my stomach and very tearful as when we got onto shock I now clearly understand I went into hypovolemic shock! Which is shock from lack of fluid in your system for those who don't know, I only learnt today too. I quite clearly remember the midwife writing 450ml as my blood loss and I had drunk so much water before I had given birth that I filled one and a half bed pans when I did have a wee. My understanding was that 450ml is on the higher side of normal, but nothing to worry about. Could there be a mistake on the amount or is it possible to go into shock from this amount of blood?
One bag of fluid was administered to me and another was shoved in carelessly and was not monitored and ultimately just puffed up my hand and did nothing. I was not right for a very long time and experienced dizziness for a week or so after. Does anyone know if I should have been given drugs? I was on a machine, but it was irregularly monitored and I had also closed the curtain and forgot to open it before getting back into bed on the ward I could have easily passed out and even dropped my baby without anyone realising. At the time I was clueless about shock and the like and have for 8 months naively thought every one had the same experience as me. I also bled very heavily after and kept bleeding all over the place when I stood up.
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SpeckledFrog2014 · 11/07/2015 19:55
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