LoraLoo
Pregnant with a Rainbow
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I have woken up this morning feeling incredibly bitter following a conversation with my GP yesterday. Any chance of answers or closure has been robbed from me. After 8 months waiting, the hospital have said that they never even testing the placenta. Me? I believe they either lost the placenta or have lost the results.
In Sept last year I had a scan at almost 18 weeks which showed my baby had died. I was taken in to be induced and delivered a little boy who we named Alfie. We were told they could do testing on the baby on several occassions by different staff members. I requested that the placenta be tested but not Alfie.
In the days following my loss I phoned the hospital several times asking when they would release his body so we could bury him. They told me when the placenta was back from testing as they keep baby and placenta together. A week later they released his body to funeral directors and a few days later we buried him with his big sister Eve.
A few weeks later I had an appt with my gp to go through a complaint. I asked the GP about the results and he phoned my Consultants secretary who said that my notes were sat on Consultants desk, and that they were waiting histology results from the placenta and usually they take 5-6 weeks and that they can take a while as the results come from Manchester (about 100 miles from me)
I never heard back so Gp chased up again, still no results. I left it be for the time being. On March 8th I again saw my GP to inform him that i was pregnant again. This time he wrote to the hospital requesting the results. They never replied to the letter.
Last week I had an awful appt with Consultant (not the same one as last time) she didnt seem to know her arse from her elbow. She told me to go back to my GP and tell him to chase up the results
Last week the receptionist tried to get the results with no luckl, and the Dr has spent this week on to the hospital trying to get somewhere.
Last night he phoned me. According to the Consultant, the placenta was never sent for testing
Its took them 8 months to tell me this? They told me and gp it was being tested, and now they are saying it wasnt? Sounds more to me like they lost the placenta or the results. The Consultant didnt have alot to say for himself apparantly and couldnt answer my GPs questions. He justs aid it must have been one of those things and 'mother nature' which i found incredibly insulting. When my daughter died nobody turned round and said 'ah well, thats mother nature' she was sent off for a post mortem! How can he even draw that conclusion with no results? How am i supposed to get through this pregnancy not knowing?
Never before have i felt that a life matters so little
In Sept last year I had a scan at almost 18 weeks which showed my baby had died. I was taken in to be induced and delivered a little boy who we named Alfie. We were told they could do testing on the baby on several occassions by different staff members. I requested that the placenta be tested but not Alfie.
In the days following my loss I phoned the hospital several times asking when they would release his body so we could bury him. They told me when the placenta was back from testing as they keep baby and placenta together. A week later they released his body to funeral directors and a few days later we buried him with his big sister Eve.
A few weeks later I had an appt with my gp to go through a complaint. I asked the GP about the results and he phoned my Consultants secretary who said that my notes were sat on Consultants desk, and that they were waiting histology results from the placenta and usually they take 5-6 weeks and that they can take a while as the results come from Manchester (about 100 miles from me)
I never heard back so Gp chased up again, still no results. I left it be for the time being. On March 8th I again saw my GP to inform him that i was pregnant again. This time he wrote to the hospital requesting the results. They never replied to the letter.
Last week I had an awful appt with Consultant (not the same one as last time) she didnt seem to know her arse from her elbow. She told me to go back to my GP and tell him to chase up the results
Last week the receptionist tried to get the results with no luckl, and the Dr has spent this week on to the hospital trying to get somewhere.Last night he phoned me. According to the Consultant, the placenta was never sent for testing
Its took them 8 months to tell me this? They told me and gp it was being tested, and now they are saying it wasnt? Sounds more to me like they lost the placenta or the results. The Consultant didnt have alot to say for himself apparantly and couldnt answer my GPs questions. He justs aid it must have been one of those things and 'mother nature' which i found incredibly insulting. When my daughter died nobody turned round and said 'ah well, thats mother nature' she was sent off for a post mortem! How can he even draw that conclusion with no results? How am i supposed to get through this pregnancy not knowing? Never before have i felt that a life matters so little
I think they misplaced it and now just don't know what to say. You have the right to know and this should not be happening. I wish more can be done and you could get some answers. Is there any more you can do? I am just so sorry I would be so upset.. XOXOOXO
