Mother left on trolley while miscarrying

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Yes, it's bad but, it is the NHS which, IMO is fantastic.
The woman is trying to make money out of it, she is being super generous isn't she with the 50% going to miscarriage groups.

She knew there was nothing they could do for her. That's one of the first things they tell you when you go in for MC or MC symptoms. So why did she go in/go back in again? And again after that, why did she stay on a trolley for four hours and not just go home? Or at very least into the toilets?

I don't understand her comments about cremating her baby daughter. She was 11 weeks pregnant at most?

I am sorry she had a miscarriage and or a hard time. But she went to A&E and had a very average four hour wait and then was moved to a ward, I'd say.

Thank goodness, I thought I was a cold hearted bitch.
I wonder how much the DM paid her, out of interest. Could I sell my story of how they saved my life twice, or delivered my 22 week baby kindly and caringly?
I doubt it.

I hope she doesn't get compensation. The NHS is radically overstretched as it is and (non) claims like these must be crippling it further.

I also hope that she donates 50% - or ideally all - of her fee for this story to the same charity.

That said, it does sound from what is said here as though the bleeding was unusually severe. If that is the case, it does sound as though more privacy should have been provided and lessons may be learned from that. Apart from that, agree that the medical care and the 4 hour wait seem perfectly acceptable.

And also don't understand the reference to cremating a daughter.

That wouldn't be news would it kreecherlivesupstairs?

I agree with the other posts too.

How could she possibly tell that the foetus was a girl? Surely it was too small?

As for cremating the baby? Do people do this when they miscarry this early in the pregnancy. Sounds very odd to me.

For what it is worth, I mc my son at 14wks having been sent home from A&E to 'let nature take its course'. My son lived for a beautiful terrible minute the following morning and as he had been born with a heartbeat I suffered a huge blood loss (2 litres) and almost died in front of my DP and DCs as it was early on a Saturday morning. I was rushed into A&E and straight to theatre for emergency D&C. Medics can be amazingly glib about mc but sometimes it is pretty harrowing especially if it is the placenta that fails and not the baby. Cut the girl some slack please. PS I buried my son - why not? He lived albeit for a very short time.

Sorry to hear that mischief. My 22 weeker was also a boy. I wasn't given the option of cremation or burial.
The point I was making is that woman is on the make. Pure and simply out for the money and dressing it up as a story is outrageous.
I need to go and collect my DD from school now.

I imagine we'll be hearing a lot of stories like this one in the run up to the dismantling of the NHS.

I agree, wubbly.

Glad I'm not the only one who was a bit about the whole story. And indeed, how on earth did she know the foetus was a girl?

I was left on a chair in the waiting room until I pointed out that I was bleeding all over the furniture. It didn't occur to me to sue. I was only waiting for someone to come and take me home though.

Mischief - you poor thing :(

Cremate an 11week old foetus??

I had both of my children at that Hospital, and we have presented in their A&E many times. Always had excellent care and treatment.

i don't think she really has a case. It doesn't sound like she was in medical danger. The reality is miscarriages can involve A LOT of blood.
She could have had privacy at home.
I wonder how she even saw the foetus, much less knew what sex it was.

So sorry for those on this thread that have suffered a loss.

I feel fortunate not to have experienced this personally though sadly have friends that have and I have also seen from the MN campaign on how miscarriages should be handled by medical professionals that there are many shocking cases of medical mismanagement and insensitivity out there which should be addressed.

I still maintain, however, that this woman does not have a legal case and should be thoroughly ashamed of flogging her (non)story on this. She was seen reasonably promptly, used paramedic services, treated by A&E Doctors and Nurses and subsequently had an operation (presume ERPC) once medically fit to have one. All for free. She should look at the ?50 per GP appt thread (or the many, many posts on respite/DLA etc) and realise how vile this "claim culture" thinking really is in reference to the NHS.

I have now read the article. Her partner said that she was losing so much blood that he thought he was going to lose her. Does he not understand that miscarriages obviously involve a loss of huge quantities of blood? It's not coming out of her veins FGS.

I can't believe that any national newspaper thinks this is worth reporting (even if it is the Mail)

i agree she's just a moneygrubber: folk like that dont know they're living with all the free excellent healthcare we still have
in UK : they dont deserve it (btw have had misses myself and would never have dreamt of such histrionics)

I agree demisemiquaver.

I remember having a miscarriage and feeling totally humiliated when I was handed a bedpan & told to wee in it..as I stood up to adjust myself the blood just poured out onto the floor in front of everyone else on the ward.

It's horrible. It happens. Horrible things happen. I was left to try and clear myself up but would never dreamed of going to the media about it.