pressure sores from labour

[Solmum2b]

Hi, recently given birth to my healthy son. However, I am on evened by the care provided by the hospital. I developed three pressure sores while in labour which are still healing 3 weeks labour. I left the hospital with only a cotton pad covering the wound. It has since required daily dressings from a district nurse. Is this malpractice?

[RoseDeWittBukater]

Please, please do take it further. It's extremely bad practice, you should never had had to suffer this!

[Annarose2014]

Yes I concur with everyone else. Thats quite a dramatic pressure sore and given how rare it is (and that you're healthy i.e. Would not be a typical risky patient for them) they will never know it was this bad unless you tell them.

They need to learn lessons from this. Yes, you were very unlucky, but certainly they need retraining in pressure sore avoidance. Cos if it can happen to a healthy fit young woman then it can happen to any of their patients.

Really all you can do is eat well and drink well. Nutrition and circulation is what heals tissue. A glass of wine wont make any difference and Lord knows I imagine you need one!

[AgathaMystery]

I am absolutely shocked by this. I have never seen a pressure sore like it in maternity.

Please complain, it will probably change practice and help other women. God knows staff are stretched but if things like this are happening then something must change.

I'm appalled.

[GraysAnalogy]

Some places for you to start

www.patientopinion.org.uk/

www.nhsborders.scot.nhs.uk/feedback-and-complaints/

www.nmc.org.uk/concerns-nurses-midwives/concerns-complaints-referrals/

[Solmum2b]

To everyone who has posted comments - thank you. I have the Consultant and Head of midwifery coming for a meeting at my house to discuss what's happened. Hopefully I will get some answers to my questions-

Wound update- the black necrotic bit is now off but I still have some of the yellow stuff on it. It's bleeding more (which I'm told is a good sign as this is healthy tissue forming). It's now nearly 6 weeks since I gave birth. Am hoping for full pressure sore recovery in another 3 weeks time

[Solmum2b]

Wound update

[MammaBearz]

How is the healing going? Any update photos? Where abouts are they on your body are they on your buttocks?

[Ste1115]

Hey im just wondering how you got on. This happened to me and I'm fighting the NHS