Hi all
I've been a lurker on mn all through my pregnancy but never posted until now when I really would value some advice and opinions.
My dd is 11 days old and we've been home a week after a very difficult delivery. I was admitted with pre-eclampsia a day before my due date and it escalated rapidly over the next 24 hours. I was hooked up to allsorts including a magnesium sulphate drip and constant fetal and bp monitoring; all standard protocol for pre-eclampsia. The problem is I was also induced at the same time as I was on all this monitoring with a 'propess' (sp?) pessary which was new to my hospital (introduced just the day before- they seemed very excited about it). This was my 2nd DC after having ds 6 years ago by CS after failure to progress. The doctor I saw proudly told me that I was the 4th woman to be induced with this drug and the other 3 had all had their babies within 10 hours of insertion (nothing like other people's success to make you feel like a failure!)
At my 34 week appointment I was specifically told that I would be only given 1 pessary out of a possible 4 (old induction drug) due to my previous CS as a forceful labour could rupture my CS scar. 24 hours after the 'propess' was put in my labour did start with a vengeance. I have never felt so scared, overwhelmed and in total sheer agony. I was begging them to help me (unfortunately no anaesthetist available for hours) and when I finally did get an epidural I contracted in vain and stopped progressing at 6cms. I then ended up with a section anyway (all of this whilst on fluid restriction for PE too) and they told me that my old CS scar HAD started to rupture. I believe this was from the force of the labour and that I should never have been induced with that drug under those conditions. It just scares me that if I had then opted for a ocytocin drip to try for a 'natural' delivery that my uterus might well have ruptured....
Obviously this was all very traumatic and still quite raw but I just wonder if people think I should be complaining to the hospital about this induction or just let it go and be thankful my little one is here safe and sound.
Thanks for your opinions in advance
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Should I be making a complaint? scar rupture after induction
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louisoscar · 25/03/2013 13:29
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