Compensation for horrific treatment during a miscarriage NHS?

Saint_Chris

what a sad thread

i feel sorry for your loss, my daughter was in the same position, but we was lucky the nurses were lovely.

when you was in the hospital did your partner not ask for drugs for you?

But what is even sadder is that instead of thinking about your loss, grieving, and concentrating on getting your self better, your going to concentrate on trying to get compensation........Look after yourself.

DanE2010

so sorry for your loss OP and hope with time you can come to terms with such a horrible experiece.

This happend literally weeks ago people, weeks! the poor woman is grieving, grief, especially losing a child, can and does make you angry and bitter. I can see she wasnt asking for money for the loss of her child but as someone said to hit them where it hurts, that anger is all consuming and hopefully in time she will be able to let go of it, but its very very early days yet so surely people should be abit more compassionate in their replies?

marywooyeah

DanE2010 wrote: »

so sorry for your loss OP and hope with time you can come to terms with such a horrible experiece.

This happend literally weeks ago people, weeks! the poor woman is grieving, grief, especially losing a child, can and does make you angry and bitter.

Well said, I know threads can become insensitive and sometimes even aggressive towards an OP but some of the vitriol being thrown at OP on here is just appalling. I really hope some posters will review their comments and apologise to OP.

rach83

I am truly sorry for the loss of your child. No one should ever have to experience it.

I lost my baby whilst in labour at a day shy of 42 weeks in June 2010.

Whilst I don't want to go into too much detail on a public forum (feel
free to PM me if you need any help or advice though) I managed to sue the NHS personally without any legal help. It took two years and it was stressful but it's something I had to do. Not for the monetary gain (money is of no use in these circumstances, it's not going to change anything) but to prove that I wasn't going to become a statistic that they swept under the carpet. I was determined to make them accountable for their horrific treatment.

With my rainbow baby I went private.

Please let me know if you need any help/guidance. You are in my thoughts x

somethingcorporate

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

The babies, no matter how tiny they were, were treated with so much tenderness and respect. They were individually swaddled in a blanket each and when somebody arrived to collect them, whether to go for PM or for the funeral, they were picked up gently and handed over just as somebody would a sleeping child. So whatever happened before, once your little one was transferred, there were people who showed they cared, even though you couldn't see them do it.

This was my experience too. Whilst the care prior to the delivery was not amazing - in fact it bordered on horrific, when the little one arrived the hospital could not be more amazing. We got some amazing photos that I look at every single day and a wonderful little box full of memories. It is the only thing I want to focus on from the whole episode because there is nothing more important than holding on to the positive part and forgetting the negative.

Takeaway_Addict

An idea if you do go through suing them OP. If you do get some money from them why not buy a piece of equipment that they may need for the ward?

Obviously it will cost the hospital alot more in defending the claim but it would show to them that it wasn't about the money.

Takeaway_Addict

Sorry for your loss btw

claire16c

Jojo thanks for posting that. I recently suffered a miscarriage and the hospital told me even though the baby was tiny they would treat it with complete respect & it was given a blessing, and reading your experience although it made me teary, makes me feel glad that that really does happen.

OP I am so very sorry for your loss my thoughts are with you.

clairec79

Unfortunately there is no evidence that pain relief will reduce the rates of retained placentas - and they are more common with 2nd trimester miscarriages and extremely premature babies - so I doubt that claim would stand up for compensation

That said if you feel you were treated badly and without compassion then yes, please complain

I would also suggest anyone who loses a child considers counselling, it won't help you forget your lost child, but it may help you move on