JW mother refuses blood transfusion and dies leaving newborn twins

[WendyWeber]

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"We can't believe she died after childbirth in this day and age, with all the technology there is."

They all share the responsibility for her death - her family, his family, the church, all of them. Can they really believe they all did the right thing?

Junkinmytrunk, my friend, who is very friendly with the family and went to the funeral, also told me the same thing. Didn't want to say anything on here as I knew there was an investigation going on.

VVV excellent posts.

Thank you gibberish

Fio - I couldnt. My cocked epi meant I was given so much of the dose in the end that I was numb for much longer than is usual. I couldnt move my legs, or feel a thing. A leg fell off the bed at one point and I didnt realise

Your experience VVVQV sounds appalling and I hope you made an official complaint.

I agree that there are some poor practioners, be they midwives, doctors or others.

When things are very busy the service given can be substandard but sometimes beyond the control of an individual. THat doesn't mean it's acceptable.

Deliberate falsification of medical notes/records should lead to dismissal in my opinion.

Poor attitude can breed poor attitude IME NMT. If there are a few mw or staff that appear to get away with bad behaviour, it wont be long before it starts to spread.

There were one or two good mw's on the ward I was on. THey were outweighed by the ones who had a bad attitude, were lazy and arrogant.

Fio - with my epi - at one point I could feel contractions on one side of my back and stomach but not the other

fio- When I started bleeding I couldnt feel it either with my epidural plus from what my husband told me as I dont remember, it just gushed out and within about two seconds I was unconscious. Also not everyone bleeds externally some bleed internally to which the patient wouldnt know and it would be detected by the steff doing observations. When I bleed out I didnt have a blood transfusion, as soon as I went into hospital the mw looked at my birth plan and saw I didnt want a transfusion, she asked her assistant to get some blood expander they connected it up to the drip and put a cannula in me and connected it up to the drip but just didnt switch it on. So when 18 hrs later I did bleed all they had to do was switch it on and well Im here typing this. Im just so grateful my mw and hospital not only respected my views but also arranged for a speacial appointment with my consultant at 27 weeks preg to discuss the options, due to it being a high risk pregancy as needing a emergency section with my first and not wanting a transfusion

i agree with VVVQV that sub-standard care and negligence need to be discussed rather than avoided for fear of upsetting/scaring new mums-to-be.i didnt have a clue that mws weren't doing their jobs properly when i was being induced with my first child.if i had read about the experiences other women who were induced due to PE have had,before i had ds1,then i would have known things werent right and opened my gob at the time.

even in my local maternity unit,which i think is wonderful,sometimes they are very busy or understaffed through no fault of their own,and you need to chase them or remind them of something.this is something first time mums may not realise though,and i think discussions like this are helpful rather than scary.