A few years ago, my wife had a female problem (you know). It was minor but not common like a yeast infection. Anyway, the doctor used some kind of stick that dissolved on contact to remedy the condition (infection of some sort), but she forgot to do the pregnancy test. My wife was convinced that she was pregnant. We asked for medical records, and all we got was that the procedure was done and the doctor lied saying that she did do the pregnancy test before the procedure. Problem was, she only did the pregnancy test AFTER the treatment. My wife asked if she was supposed to do a pregnancy test, and then the doctor did it. It's like there is nothing we can do. I feel like we are missing one of our children. I have never heard of anyone else experiencing this, and I periodically think about what he/she would have looked like. What would it be like to have that child? We would have had the child. The doctor was so cold and disrespectful to my wife through the whole visit. She treated my wife like she was an irresponsible teenager who got pregnant out of marriage. I sometimes wonder if she didn't care or if this was a forced abortion on the down low. I feel powerless and helpless to do anything legally. I think the doctor should be banned from ever practicing medicine again.
sid
GET A LAWYER AND LET THEM DO THE REST
lmusgrove89
Well from what you said, it seems like the doctor took the easy way our. She didn't want to check for the pregnancy, well with a pregnancy test, because it might complicate things. It seems if she could get the job done faster, but just inserting this stick that dissolved in contact to, possibly, solve the problem it would make things run smoother and faster.
I don't think that's right; at all. And see as I am an aspiring OBGYN I am appalled. Stuff like that shouldn't occur. I don't think a patient should have to remind her doctor of a procedure she is supposed to do before starting her major work AFTER she is done with the work. Where is the justice in that for the patient?
As I read further into it, I am starting to wonder if she holds some sort of grudge towards pregnant woman because it does sound like a forced pregnancy; if your wife was indeed pregnant. I am sure if it was found out that she was, before the procedure, there could have been something else for her to give to your wife that could not only heal her but not hurt the baby in the process.
Her behavior, by the sounds of it, was totally professional. She should understand that even though your wife wasn't the exact one to give her her paycheck, she could have been to one to stop them altogether. For someone to claim Malpractice on someone is a serious offense so I would have thought that doctors, in this case, would treat people as carefully and as courteous as possible...but I guess it is either just my opinion or something of that sort.
About the malpractice thing, I was wondering if there was someone else you could ask before you decide on that? I mean it would be wise to get either a lawyers opinion, or maybe have a talk with the boss of the doctor. I'm not saying that you would let them handle it, but bring them up-to-date with the happenings of said doctor and tell them that Legal action will be taken if nothing is done...Then you use that time to check out some legal advice. If they think it is credible, then so be, if they think it isn't there isn't much you could do..
Don't get me wrong now. I am not justifying her actions or anything but, including the responses you get here, I still think it would be wise to get legal advice.
I wish you luck
The mom
I have no idea what kind of treatment your wife would have received, but I can tell you that I am not aware of any treatment for any of the vaginal infections that would bring about a miscarriage of a healthy pregnancy. It's also possible that the reasons why your wife thought perhaps she was pregnant were actually a result of the infection itself. You don't say what the results of the pregnancy test were. I am sorry you feel so badly because you think you lost a child. Truth is, all beginnings are delicate times and there is so much that can and does go astray and absolutely nothing that can be done to change things. As a rule, a healthy normal pregnancy will hang in there through just about everything you can think of. And there just aren't a lot of things you can do to actually chemically bring on a miscarriage either- nothing that can be delivered on a stick of any sort anyway. You can do procedures involving the cervix, even remove tissue if needed, and the pregnancy will do just fine. It's awful you felt so poorly treated by the doctor though, and not any real good explanation for that. But poor practitioners exist, just like in any other profession. Fortunately they are rare in medicine for the most part. In the meantime, what you feel is pretty normal for a parent who has lost a child. You will wonder what if. The thing is you can't let yourself dwell on it, or you will drive yourself nutty. Since you do not know absolutely that she was pregnant, you do not know for sure you actually lost a child. In the end, it still doesn't really matter. It is in the past, and belongs there. You can't change any part of it, you can't make it better. It's time you let yourself heal, and let the rest go. When you can't change things or can't improve them, you really have very little other choice. Focusing on past events is counter-productive to your mental health, and prevents you from enjoying what you have here and now. Let the past go, and move on.
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