Well during my first pregnancy, i was totally ignorant, But my water broke and it was disgusting, it was brown, green, and bloody. The doc says that is fine, baby had a stool, then my baby heart rate goes down, still docs says ok, then i am put on oxygen, still docs says no need of csection when I ask, then when i am pushing my baby out, he dies in the canal. I am told that there had been no sign of distress. can you solve this problem? I read up on it afterword, almost everything went wrong, then i get here and I tell my doc what happened when I was on my 2nd pregnancy, she says everything that could go wrong did basically. So why is my doctor still practicing? I can't sue b/c it was a military doctor. I am always getting pushed out of the doctors office, I have never gotten any answers for my questions and when I complain about the doctor my son or I am seeing, i get a new doctor. I would have more respect for the medical personnel if I recieved it also. Anyone else with the same?
2006-09-17 19:19:42 · 6 answers · asked by sleepyincarolina 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
thank you baby rn for answering b/c i read a response on another question from you that said that we should respect our doctors b/c of what they do. I really would if I was actually given a good doctor. I'm glad your hospital does that b/c none of the military bases that I have been too have. They are inconsiderate and rush ppl all of the time. I can't be seen off base since i have no other insurance. So I am stuck with what i have for now. I'm sorry if i was rude to your response on the other question but it ticks me off that doctors and nurses have posted that they take alot of crap from patients, but do they actually give us the time that we need. We are only given an alloted time to tell the doc was is wrong, and half that time is wasted when I am waiting 30 mins in the lobby and another 30 mins in the room. That is an hour they could have helped me. I know what my doc did was wrong now... i just wish i knew before. It could have saved a life. And I could have two healthy boys now
2006-09-17 19:34:52 · update #1
That was meconium (the baby's first poop) and that is a sign that either the baby is postdates (late) or under some sort of stress. In my experience it's usually that the cord is twisted, knotted or around the baby's neck or baby is under some other sort of stress. Then with the baby's heart rate dropping, you are put on oxygen and probably placed on your left side to increase blood flow and oxygen to the baby. But with both of those things you probably would have gotten a c-section at our hospital because our doctors are very conservative.
I'm sorry doctors don't take the time to talk to you. It's hard nowadays to find one you does. They are horribly overworked and stressed, but that's no excuse. I find either the very old family physicians, physician assistants, some female doctors, midwives and nurse practitioners to be the most helpful and empathetic to the patient (in general). BTW, I never understood why doctors were always running late and overbooked appts but once I rounded with them I realized why. They have many no-shows which mess up the schedule. Sometimes they dont' know what's wrong and must consult with another doctor. Sometimes moms make an appt for one child and bring three of them and try to get them all seen for the price of one. Sometimes they come to see the doctor for a cold they've had for two days and waste the doctor's time (and theirs). Sometimes they say they're there for a minor earache so the doctor allots 10 minutes then all of a sudden they have chest pain and require a battery of tests.
Added to say: I hear bad things about military doctors quite a bit and I'm sorry. Women who have delivered at military hospitals have horror stories I can't believe. I'm not sure why that is, but they also seem to have a lot of bad health care providers at large teaching hospitals too, maybe because there is a lot of residents and students of all kinds. I'm sorry you don't have a choice to choose someone who takes the time to talk to you and make you feel comfortable and secure with the health care decisions you make for your family. Just please know there are plenty of us in health care who take great pains to sit down and talk with our patients and explain things to them in easy to understand terms. I love my patients and I love my job. Heck, I love helping people period why else am I here typing out these long answers at midnight? :)
I am so, so sorry you lost your son.
2006-09-17 19:30:04 · answer #1 · answered by BabyRN 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wow that is horrific!! I definately understand what you are talking aout with the Military Docs. I am a veteran and am 100% disabled service connected! I went in to the VA hospital because of an ingrown toe nail on my big toe.
This had been ingrown for over 6 months and I tried and tried myself to get it but just couldn't. Finally after my whole toe started turning black so I had to go.
The so called Podiatrist looked at it and said he had to cut it out. Well he had a tool that looked like dykes (diagnal cutting pliers) basically wire cutters. I told him that the toe hurt by just putting pressure on the affected foot.
He told me that he was gonna try something and if it was uncomfortable .... he would give me a local. Now mind you my wife and 8 year old son were right there watching. He drove that tool in the center of my toe nail and straight toward the cuticle(nail bed) and clipped... then drove it all the rest of the way down and clipped.
Basically I was in shock from the pain and couldn't utter a sound. By this time blood was gushing.... he grabbed it with another tool and basically ripped half of my toe nail off. Needless to say, he removed the ingrown nail.
With my son crying, the Doc didn't even clean it up, put any saave or bedadine on it, no peroxide or alcohol.... nothing. Just a gauze wrap, a smack on the bottom... and he sent me on my way.
This in no way compares to your loss... but it is gruesome none-the-less!
2006-09-17 19:42:39 · answer #2 · answered by psppopeye 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's not funny and i feel so bad for you. my husband's family was in the military and when he was 12 had had to have his appendix taken out they put the stitches in wrong after three months he was having bad pain and he had not had a bowel movement in 7 days they could not figure out what was wrong with him so the did explorstory surgery on him they found out the reason he was having pain is they had caused his intestine to become intangled in the scar tissue from the appendix he had to have 35 inches of large intestine removed because of gangreen and he almost died on the table to this had he can not drink liquor anything with too much fat or anything with caffine. they said if the doctor had done it right he would have been fine. his mom tried to see if they could sue but it was a military doctor.
2006-09-17 19:35:01 · answer #3 · answered by missy mae 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The system protects incompetent doctors for reasons I can't explain. We would be better off if we could rid the system of bad doctors.
2006-09-19 13:49:07 · answer #4 · answered by Gerald 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have encountered the worst prejudice from doctors when i speak to them and they realize i am not an airhead. If you have any knowledge then they automatically treat you bad. And physical handicaps don't help either. Maybe you should seek help off base.
2006-09-17 19:36:56 · answer #5 · answered by ultravioletreebee 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
lol, that sucks.
never happend to me
2006-09-17 19:21:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋