Hi.
I want to know if I have right to pursue a case..
So I am going back to 2019 when I had my son. So I had a full term healthy pregnancy, and was induced at 39+4. I went into labour pretty quickly (not that anyone would believe me) anyway 24 hours in I was transferred to the birthing unit. I did approx 6 years in active labour before I begged for that epidural. Anyway I was given x2 epidurals and the first one ran out after been in active labour for a further 24 hours. I then pushed for 2 hours until my son got stuck! I was then told I was been taken too surgery so 24+ hours of not moving my legs at all and I hadn’t been given any sort of compression stockings or blood thinning treatment. After been told I was going for an emergency section around 2 hours later I was in surgery been forceped which failed. All that did was mean my sons head got stuck even more meaning he was born with a cephalohematoma (a bleed between the brain and scalp). This then resulted in an ’emergency c-section’ so another 4-5 hours passed of me still not been able to move my legs at all as I had been numb from the waste down for the last 24+ hours and still no sort of compression stockings. When I was moved on to the ward some inflatable compression stockings were placed on my bed at the midwives said that they didn’t know how to use them. So still no compression stockings. I finally had a blood thinning injection once on the ward but I think this was unfortunately too late. After 3 days I was discharged with my son back home where we were discharged without my medication as they said the pharmacy hadn’t send it up. following any surgery it is standard procedure that you need to inject and wear stockings. Anyway excuse aftwr excuse I finally got the medication after 3 days from the hospital, meaning I went 3 days without any form of blood thinning medication. And yet still no compression stockings. Anyway day 13 post birth I felt something wasn’t right my feet were huge and swollen, a midwife had told me was water retention. But I was short of breath and tight chest i wen to my GP who sent me straight to hospital to the AEC department. Where I was x-rayed and sent home too wait for an appointment for an MRI I think it was about a week later (I need to get hold of my medical records) that I had the MRI and I was finally diagnosed with pulmonary embolisms on my lungs (blood clots)……..
I was treated with medication and after around 4 weeks I had an appointment at the anti coag clinic who asked why I wasn’t wearing my compression stockings. I said I’d never been given any they said I should’ve been given some at the time and also when I was diagnosed.
I have never really took this any further or realised how much it has affected me until now. When I so badly want another baby, but I can’t because of the PTSD and the fear of going through that again as I am now at risk of more clots all because of medical negligence. The thought of potentially leaving my son without a mom makes me spiral into depression that I’ll never be able to give him another sibling.
I just want to know if anyone had gone through anything similar and been successful with a claim for medical negligence or if anyone thinks I have a case
TIA x