I don't know if this is in the right
forum, but I need answers. I'm desperately
trying to find out if my OB/GYN followed
procedure with my pregnancy, or if he
rushed things for whatever reason. I don't
have money to see a doctor IRL.
It began late October, I was a medicaid
patient who was due on Halloween day.
About the 26 I went in to see the doctor,
I wasn't Even i centimeter dilated, but he
suggested I may need an induction anyway.
He told me that holding the baby over the
due date puts the infant at risk of
getting pneumonia because it may have a
bowel movement and inhale its stool. So,
for the first time in my life I took my
doctors advice without doing my own
research.
The induction was scheduled for the third
of November, I was brought back, given all
the meds, had my blood drawn, ect. But,
there was a problem, apparently my
potassium was dangerously low, at 2.2,
instead of at 3.5 where it should be. I
was moved from L&D, and put on a potassium
drip. ((didn't work)) so they started
supplements.
At this point I was told they were
thinking about transferring me to larger
hospital, this one being just a small
rural one in the middle of nowhere.
On the seventh my numbers spiked at 3.3
and they rushed me back to be induced.
((After I was informed they were going to
wait for it to stabilize)) I was still
about a centimeter dilated, but they
started the pitocin anyway and broke my
water. Immediately my daughter went into
shock, the umbilical cord got edged above
her head. They stopped the pitocin, but
sense they broke my water she had to be
born, so I was given a strong epidural and
wheeled back for a c-section. MY daughter
was born fine, but I hemorrhaged, none of
the veins leading to my uterus would
contract and I was losing a lot of blood.
They tried a multitude of drugs to start
contraction, pitocin, hemabate,
methergine, but nothing worked, so with my
husbands consent they did a hysterectomy.
When I asked the doctors why they did the
induction like they did they told me my
amniotic fluid index was low. I requested
my hospital records ((which had to be sent
twice because they were 'lost in the
mail')) I found that it wasn't.
Here's a bit of the stuff from my hospital
report, including my blood tests, and
ultrasound report.
A lot of my lab results were off.
My red blood cell count was a little low,
3.62
Hemoglobin, a bit low, 10.8
hematocrit low 33.0
absolute neutrophiles high at 8856 H
RDW ((no clue what that is)) a tiny bit
off at 15.1.
and of course potassium off at 2.2
My ultrasound results.
OB ULTRASOUND FOR BIOPHYSICAL PROFILE: the
fetus is in a vertical position with the
placenta along the anterior surface of the
uterus. Fetal heart rate of 141 bpm is
present. The amniotic fluid index is
normal measuring 11.1 cm. Normal gross
muscle movement, fetal tone and breathing
movements are present.
I'm 19 years old, 18 when this happened.
