Is this malpractice my delivery story?
So I had my son 4 months ago, and i had the worst birthing experience ever!!!!
After 20 HRS of labor it ended in a C-Section.....I had a 9lb 3oz boy :O)
My issue is during labor my epdiural wore off, I was given torid for pain, and from my understanding that is Motrin in the IV, however it was requested by ongyn that it be given around the clock. Hours after delivery my epdiural was still numbing my legs but it wore off in the incision area of where my c-section was. I was is serious pain to the point where i couldnt even breastfeed my son. I couldnt move my arms or abdominal area non what so ever. I kept complaining to the nurse whom stated that i was fine and there was nothing should give me for pain, because i wasnt due for medicine, anyhow this went on for hours. During my pregnancy i was diagnosed with Gestational Diabete, and had a pretty tuff pregnancy and resulted in fetal monitoring in my last trimester twice a week. Prior to pregnancy i was on pain management due to a rare muscle disorder, however when i became pregnant i stopped smoking, stopped taking pain medicine and stopped drinking my dunkin donuts coffee :O( well I couldnt figure out why my nurse was so mean to me and tellingme to deal with the pain, she told me i am going to have to get over myself and get over it, she was so belittleing and i just didnt know why, well whne shift changed my new nurse came in with the same attitude and dispostion, and agin i was exhausted from birth, tired and in pain, and over whelmed with the way iwas being treated. So after complaining a young doctor comes in to re-evaluate and talk to me about my pain, at this point i was trying to tell him how bad it hurt how my epdiural had wore off and only my legs were numb and how my stomach was on fire, he then has the nurse bring me 5mlg hydrocodone. Well it took the edge off a little but it just wasnt doing the trick, so the nurse was tellingme i needed to get up and walk around. I told her i am not getting out of this bed and she said you are going to get out of that bed, suck it up. I cried i was in pain, and at this point my mil and sil had come to visit. Well the doc who prescribed the meds came back in and asked me in front of them about my pain and asked me if i took pain medication at home? Well i answered "no", and didnt think much of it, well another 1/2 hour goes by and he come back and asked my mil and sil to leave the room and they did!!!!!! Well he proceeds to ask me how much pain medication i have abused while pregnant, and how often i have i taken it, again i answered i dont take pain medication, and then he said well i need to know how much pain medication you have used while pregnant with your son!!!!! That pissed me off and hurt my feelings, because at that point i realized these people think i am a drug addict.So i told him i didnt like where this conversation was going and asked where all this was coming from...His answer was " well you history shows that prior to pregnancy you were taking pain medication and prescribed 5 mlg oxycodone for pain, and when i asked you if you took pain medication at home you said "no". I was livid...i said i thought you ment while pregnant when you asked that earlier and my answer was no. I said call my obgyn, ask him how many time i called him during this pregnancy to see what i can and could take. I told him i didnt take tylenol or anything!!!
Well he left and i was crying and i called my husband and my parents and explained the situation. My family came up and i thought my dad was going to kill this guy! The doctor said " Irealized after i left from speaking to your daughter that she was not a drug addict. I also told him while he was in the room if you dont believe me check my babys blood and see what is in his system......The doctor then proceeded to tell my father that he didnt realize but i had only been given motrin and 1-5 mlg hydrocodone in 12 hours and i indeed was in pain, and he would get me comfortable. In the mean time i was in the room flipping out crying, i was devistated because it hurt my feelings that these people could be so mean and accuse me of being an addict when i indeed was never addicted to anything. Even when i had pain management i never took my meds unless i needed to. Well after the incident the rest of my stay i was still treated poorly by my nurses and let alone the nurse who was taking care of me neglected me she never gave me water or never brought me the formula i asked for because iwas to sore to feed my son, she treated me terrible. Is this a potential law suit. I dont want money i just need to make a point that these people shouldnt treat others like this. Every time i am asked about the labor of my son it makes me sad that someone could think of me like that, it hurts my feelings that my memory is ruined and unenjoyable I live in Maryland and I delivered at Franklin Square Hospital in Baltimore
Pippin--I think it was Toradol, and the point was I was given this right after delivery....i went twelve hours after delivery with nothing. I am a bf'g mother and i needed formula because i was in too much pain to nurse and couldnt hold my son. My point is they judged my character treated me like crap, and assumed something based on prior medical report, however i suffer from a muscle disorder that causes my muscle to deteroriate in my blood stream, i am excersixe intollerant, and this is why my labor was 20 hours trying to avoid surgery due to muscle injury and trama. Your answers was rude, and i dont appreciate it. Nurses and Doctors should do there home work before they treat people like shitttttttt!!!!!!
Pippin
Torid? Do you mean Toradol? That's not Motrin. It's a powerful NSAID that is commonly used for post-operative pain or severe pain where narcotics are not safe or appropriate.
Your experience was unpleasant and unfortunate, but exactly what grounds do you see for a lawsuit? Should we sue everyone who makes our life unpleasant? Did you suffer long term harm? (GOOD for the nurses for not bringing you formula if you wanted to breastfeed.)
Write a letter to the hospital. Ask for an apology. But please don't tie up the courts with a lawsuit that will accomplish NOTHING except raise everyone's medical bills.
EDIT: How would I feel? I would be angry and upset. But I wouldn't assume that it required a huge cash settlement to make me feel LESS angry and upset.
kayla's mama
talk to a lawyer! they had NO right to jugde you like that! you should of called you doc or midwife and told them what was going on.
Im so sorry that this all happened!
xxx lisa xxx
O my god you have every right to bring a lawsuit against these incompatent idiots. How dare they accuse you of being a drug addict, do not let this go. Not only that they could not even get the pain relief right. As for pippin, how would she feeel if she was treated like this after giving birth? Its emotionel enough after giving birth without nurses and doctors treating you this way, and just imagine she is a top contributer how laughable.
Good luck to you hunny and i hope you get the result you want.
Cloth on Bum, Breastmilk in Tum!
Stories like this are why I had my second child at home.....
But no, a lawsuit will get you nowhere.
Angela
Yes i think this is a potential law suit.
My blabour was horrible as well! I was having contractions for 5 days 10 minutes apart and each time i went to the hospital they said NO GO BACK HOME. Because i was only progressing 1 CM a day! Turned out my baby was facing the wrong way! It was horrible! My back felt like it was breaking! And finally when they decided to break my water, they made me push and REFUSED TO TURN HER. I pushed for 2:44 hours. And i cried and screamed GET HER OUT OF ME. The epidural froze everything but where i needed. And i was given it TWICE. The nurses, talking french, called me a baby! Finally my mother yelled at the nurses and told them to get the Dr at once!. Which they said HE WAS BUSY. Finally the dr came in. And my mother and him argued. He pushed my baby back up and told me to push again. Her hearbeat was in the 200's. He said he REFUSED TO DELIVER MY BABY! I was sent in to get a c-section. They gave me a shot, which made me pass out and i woke up being wheeled down the hall. A new Dr came in and checked. He said that i could deliever naturally. My legs and arms still frozzen. But nothing else. It was too late to get another shot because she was again right there. He turned her head and i pushed twice for approx 20 seconds and she was OUT!
She came out with a very large red,swollen mark on her forehead, because i was pushing so much! The nurses wouldnt even get my mother when i requested her to be in the room before i started to push again.
Turned out i had blood poisoning, uterus infection, and a kidney infection! They came me .5 of some kind of pain releaver every 2-3 hours which did nothing! I was treated like crap because of my age (17) and they told me that i shouldnt of had my baby. That i was stupid, young, and couldnt do it.
Well im a single mother of a 5 month old beautiful baby girl.
Desiree
You should at the very least make a formal complaint about the hospital and providers to whatever your state regulatory association is.
I don't know if you can get anywhere with a lawsuit, but if a lawyer is willing to take it, then yes you should file NOT because you might get money ... but because $ is the only thing many of these hideous incompetent medical staff listen too. A lawsuit may help them to change their ways. A ltter to their chief of staff, complaint department, local paper, etc.. .may have the same effect.
My daughter went through a similar horrible birth experience that almost killed her and her baby. These hospitals have to stop treating people this way.
Sareena
You need to break your paragraphs up more.
Wow, what a horror story! unfortunately, you more than likely will not win a lawsuit.You should still complain to the "higher" people about the rude nurse.As far as the pain meds go, you just have no clue how it's going to work.Sometimes it wears off, sometimes it doesn't.That's why you sign forms.
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