Hi there,
My girlfriend was pregnant with non identical twins. She has had a miscarriage in the past and has been diagnosed with Strep B. During this pregnancy they was aware she carries Strep B and of the miscarriage because we told them every time and its all on records.
During this pregnancy the babies were absoloutly fine and kicking all the way through with good heartbeats. Her waters broke at 33 weeks and 5 days (tuesday), we went straight into hospital where they examined her and we told them then that she carries Strep B, they took a swab and did other tests to see if the baby was distressed. No results came back to us, we were kept completely in the dark and because of this we wern't worried.
They gave her a room and put her on a baby moniter and had a good listen to the heartbeats and kicks and noted all tightenings down. Everything was fine with the both of them. They gave my girlfriend oral antibiotics due to her waters breaking, she got monitered roughly twice that day with only good results.
The day after everything was still fine but during her tightenings the boys heart would drop slightly and lift again when the tightenings was over but they wern't concerned. The day after that they monitered her first thing in the morning and noticed his heart rate was dropping this time without the tightenings so they tried again 5 minutes after and noticed it was still doing it, the doctor came round and had a look and asked when she last ate because they might have to do a c section but its not urgent, he said he will come a few hours later in the afternoon and check again, he left the room but came back 5 minutes later and put her back on the moniter and noticed his heart rate was dropping significantly which is when they took her for an emergency c section. He was born without a pulse and had to be resussitated. For the next 3 days he was on a ventilator and a lot of other things but the main concern was that his brain was abnormally unactive due to the lack of oxygen which they are unsure what caused it.
A day or 2 after birth they did tests and he was negative for meningitis and they said his infection was clearing, after a few tests they found he had Strep B. We dont know much so didnt really queston them, we was under the impression his Strep B was clearing but they was unsure what caused the lack of oxygen to the brain. After 4 days us and the doctors decided to turn the machines off and let him pass, it was the hardest thing wev'e ever had to do.
They was still unsure what caused the lack of oxygen. Her waters broke on tuesday, the babies were born on thursday and my boy passed on sunday, today is a week since they have been born and all this time we have been asking for a meeting with her obstratician and we just keep getting fobbed off saying he's too busy to see us. Yesterday we got the news that the person they have been chasing isn't even the person who delivered them and they are unsure who it is, which is very unprofessional. We just want answers and no-body will spend 10 minutes to explain to us why all this happened. Iv'e decided if he doesn't see us in the next few days i'm going to hand it over to soliciters because I believe preventions could of been made and our baby boy would be here today. After some research my girlfriend should of been put on IV antibiotics and she should of been induced or taken for a c section. They waited over 50 hours before they took her for a c section which in my mind is ridiculous knowing her waters have broke and she has Strep B, Why did they leave them in there? he was fit and healthy. Fortunately my little girl was fine and she is doing well and helping us through this but i cant help think this could of been avoided and completely fobbing us off is really starting to anger me now and is just plain rude to do so. Please could anyone give me some advice on weather what they did was correct or incorrect. Sorry for the long story but i need to include every detail.
Thank You
My girlfriend was pregnant with non identical twins. She has had a miscarriage in the past and has been diagnosed with Strep B. During this pregnancy they was aware she carries Strep B and of the miscarriage because we told them every time and its all on records.
During this pregnancy the babies were absoloutly fine and kicking all the way through with good heartbeats. Her waters broke at 33 weeks and 5 days (tuesday), we went straight into hospital where they examined her and we told them then that she carries Strep B, they took a swab and did other tests to see if the baby was distressed. No results came back to us, we were kept completely in the dark and because of this we wern't worried.
They gave her a room and put her on a baby moniter and had a good listen to the heartbeats and kicks and noted all tightenings down. Everything was fine with the both of them. They gave my girlfriend oral antibiotics due to her waters breaking, she got monitered roughly twice that day with only good results.
The day after everything was still fine but during her tightenings the boys heart would drop slightly and lift again when the tightenings was over but they wern't concerned. The day after that they monitered her first thing in the morning and noticed his heart rate was dropping this time without the tightenings so they tried again 5 minutes after and noticed it was still doing it, the doctor came round and had a look and asked when she last ate because they might have to do a c section but its not urgent, he said he will come a few hours later in the afternoon and check again, he left the room but came back 5 minutes later and put her back on the moniter and noticed his heart rate was dropping significantly which is when they took her for an emergency c section. He was born without a pulse and had to be resussitated. For the next 3 days he was on a ventilator and a lot of other things but the main concern was that his brain was abnormally unactive due to the lack of oxygen which they are unsure what caused it.
A day or 2 after birth they did tests and he was negative for meningitis and they said his infection was clearing, after a few tests they found he had Strep B. We dont know much so didnt really queston them, we was under the impression his Strep B was clearing but they was unsure what caused the lack of oxygen to the brain. After 4 days us and the doctors decided to turn the machines off and let him pass, it was the hardest thing wev'e ever had to do.
They was still unsure what caused the lack of oxygen. Her waters broke on tuesday, the babies were born on thursday and my boy passed on sunday, today is a week since they have been born and all this time we have been asking for a meeting with her obstratician and we just keep getting fobbed off saying he's too busy to see us. Yesterday we got the news that the person they have been chasing isn't even the person who delivered them and they are unsure who it is, which is very unprofessional. We just want answers and no-body will spend 10 minutes to explain to us why all this happened. Iv'e decided if he doesn't see us in the next few days i'm going to hand it over to soliciters because I believe preventions could of been made and our baby boy would be here today. After some research my girlfriend should of been put on IV antibiotics and she should of been induced or taken for a c section. They waited over 50 hours before they took her for a c section which in my mind is ridiculous knowing her waters have broke and she has Strep B, Why did they leave them in there? he was fit and healthy. Fortunately my little girl was fine and she is doing well and helping us through this but i cant help think this could of been avoided and completely fobbing us off is really starting to anger me now and is just plain rude to do so. Please could anyone give me some advice on weather what they did was correct or incorrect. Sorry for the long story but i need to include every detail.
Thank You
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