I'll probably get flamed for asking this due to the time passed but when DD was born by emergency c sec (she was stuck and not progressing) the surgeon accidentally cut the side of her cheek/chin when making the initial incision, not once but twice. After the birth they put steri strips on the wound and this was checked before we were discharged three days later. The doctor himself had to check it before we were allowed to go and he said these things happen and it will be healed up in no time and shouldn't leave a mark.
The health visitors came to visit post birth and nowhere in the notes had it said about this cut, I had to explain what had happened. At the time I was so preoccupied with having a new born, I didn't follow it up although I was upset about my babies face being cut.
DD is now 5, the cut healed fine but has formed a scar (two cuts next to each other) which has grown bigger as she has grown and is wider than when she was a baby. I feel really angry that it was played down and how visible it now, would I be U to follow it up with the hospital now?
I've got used to it on her face but sometimes I see how big it's getting and feel bad that it happened and nothing more was said. Surely if the surgeon knew she was facing up he should have acted with more care knowing her face was where he was cutting? I still remember the surgeon chatting away while he was doing it.