Postpartum infection - no one wants to deal with it!

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I had my baby 8 weeks ago and I keep getting reoccurant infections including one time i had sepsis. The GP keeps sending me back to the hospital saying that they can't deal with it in the surgery (havent even prescribed antibiotics!) and everytime I'm at the hospital I'm waiting 4-8 hours with a new baby. It's not practical, exhausting and I feel like no one cares. I get given antibiotics at the hospital and sent on my way, it gets better and then in another 2 weeks it flares up again, surely that means there's an underlying problem that no one wants to investigate?

Does anyone have experience of this?

Sorry I don't have any experience but clearly you need some joined up care and maybe sent to an outpatient clinic, where you can be examined, treated and then checked if the problem has gone. It's quite appalling the GP is fobbing you off and not practical waiting all that time at hospital with a small baby.

Thanks for replying. Do you have any idea how to request this? The hospital is just fire fighting, throwing antibiotics at me to get rid (which I understand, they're under a lot of pressure) and I can't keep going to that hosp unit, it's for antenatal and up to 5 weeks post partum. My next option seems to be ane and that will be the same as the hospital. Antibiotics and sent home. I'm asking if there might be an underlying issue abd getting told maybe but let's hope this course of antibiotics clears it up. I can't be prescribed hope ffs!

My first thought is whether there's some placenta which wasn't completely expelled during birth, has this been investigated?

It hasn't but I've stopped bleeding and there's no unusual discharge. Should have said the infection is in a section scar.

I'm not personally a fan of how health visitor do things and I don know how hard it is to fite your corner when you have a brand new babay and healrh issues, but in your case I would get everyone involved, make a complaint to you GP surgery, tell your health visitor team all about it, try and get back in touch with you midwife team and ring 111, explain the issue and ask for advice.
Previously, I've found 111 effective for getting things resolved, they can flag up that your own GP isn't doing what it should and can prod them into action.

Hi OP
Realise this is an old thread but I am having similar issues and wonder how and when this resolved for you?
thanks so much

I had a similar issue. Had to sit on the delivery waiting area with labouring women to see someone as GP didn’t want to deal with it and thought it might need restitching. The hospital said it didn’t, swabbed it and prescribed some ABs, they didn’t work fully, went back to my GP and got a different one this time who checked the swab results and prescribed the right one based on the swab. I would go back to GP and insist on a swab and to be seen in general practice and treated with the right drugs for the bacteria.