Long story short - went in for c section on the 7th, all successful and baby fine, I was fine. on the 8th I was prescribed a very strong ibruprofen suppository, and then given another strong ibruprofen tablet around an hour later when the space in between Both
of these things should have been 12 hours. I started to vomit and felt dizzy and very nauseas when it happened (at this point didn’t realise what had actually happened - just thought they were giving me the prescribed doses) and did wonder why I started to feel unwell.
responsible midwife came to my bedside around 8 hours later and profusely apologised and admitted to what she had done.
I sat there and I was in shock and just accepted he apologies.
now I’ve actually let it sink in… this could have been a lot worse and could have been my newborn or another baby it happened to.
I also googled symptoms and, and it could be fatal, but I appear to have gotten off lightly with some minor sickness and nausea and dizziness.
I have huge medical anxiety anyway but this has tipped me over the edge.
patient experience nurse came round this morning, and just on her general rounds
and I explained to her what happened and she was just as shocked and doesn’t understand how it happened and has let me log an official complaint!
shall I make a claim or leave it alone?
Thanks