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"Recurring Miscarriages"

About: University Hospital Wishaw / Maternity Care

(as the patient),

I have suffered 20 miscarriage over the last 8 years. I can not explain how disappointed I am with the service I have received over the last 7 years, I was told by the clinician that I should not even be trying for a baby at the weight I was and that my miscarriages were due to weight. All tests that were done came back with no evidence as to why this had happened but they told me they would not do anything or give me anything due to my weight.

After having around 16 miscarriages and at my heaviest I met with them and they agreed to give me medications I had asked for years and years (why was I told due to BMI they would not give it, then at my heaviest prescribe me it?) I have since lost over 8 stone and BMI in a healthy range and have now had another miscarriage. I called and asked to have an appointment to see what I can do moving forward as I have now lost weight and in fact it is clearly not weight related..

The person I have been seeing is a miscarriage specialist so you would assume they would want to do whatever they could to support me, yet when I asked to see them to discuss what tests I have actually had over the last 8 years and to discuss if there was anything else that could be done for me now I have lost weight, I was told that they would not see me and they have already gone above and beyond for me.. all I have ever been prescribed was 2 medications and on my last pregnancy I was told I would not get one of these unless I was actively bleeding...when i started to bleed I called and was told I couldn’t get it anymore and rules had changed. Had I been under Glasgow I would get it but South Lanarkshire don’t offer it anymore and so I would not be getting it.

Why, when i read stories online, do i see miscarriage specialists doing everything they can and trying a drug they think could help to give the patient a chance to carry a baby yet mine won’t even see me? They finished by saying they would refer me for IVF when I loose weight.. if they seen me they would see that I have lost weight, and I told them of this when I was last pregnant so they were well aware. I find it disgusting that they won’t even see me and seem to have no interest in trying to help me. They certainly have not gone “above and beyond”.

When I called Wishaw to ask for a second opinion I was told I had to go private for second opinion. One of the 20 pregnancies actually went to 23 + 5 days and Wishaw told me I was peeing myself when I thought my waters had broken at 17 weeks and turned me away on 4 occasions, turned out they had actually broken and I delivered my little girl at 23+5 days who sadly passed away after a few hours due to being so premature. 

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Response from Cheryl Clark, Director of Midwifery, Women's Services, NHS Lanarkshire 5 months ago
Cheryl Clark
Director of Midwifery, Women's Services,
NHS Lanarkshire
Submitted on 14/01/2025 at 18:27
Published on Care Opinion at 18:27


Dear statusqb98,

I cannot start to comprehend the pain and suffering you have endured at the loss of 20 pregnancies. Please accept my heartfelt condolences at the loss of each precious pregnancy. Its difficult to provide feedback and help without understanding further details of your care journey. Would you be willing to contact patient affairs detailing the concerns as above. That will help us identify clinical areas we could support with and / or referrals to medical teams who could support.

I am extremely sorry to read your distressing account of the volume of pregnancy losses and passing of your daughter at 23 weeks. Please do get in touch so we can support you to the best of our ability.

With warmest wishes

Cheryl

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Update posted by statusgb98 (the patient)

Hi I have already contacted patient affairs and still waiting on a reply.

Unfortunately half of the information I posted has been removed from this. Not sure if I am not allowed to post the name of my miscarriage specialist on here but I am not sure why I would not be able to?

Response from Ali Patrick, Moderation Team Leader, Care Opinion 5 months ago
Ali Patrick
Moderation Team Leader,
Care Opinion
Submitted on 15/01/2025 at 14:58
Published on Care Opinion at 16:06


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Dear statusgb98,

Hello, thank you for sharing your story with us on Care Opinion. I was so sorry to hear about your losses and we appreciate you taking the time to provide this feedback. I’m a member of the Care Opinion moderation team, and in response to your query above, I’m hoping that I can clarify the reasons for the changes made to your story.

All stories submitted to Care Opinion go through a moderation process according to our moderation principles before being made public, and this may sometimes mean making edits to what has been submitted before we proceed. One of these principles is that feedback that we make public on Care Opinion is intended to be safe and anonymous for both the person giving feedback, and for individual members of staff. You can read about this in more detail here:

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This means that before making your story public, we have removed all staff names from your story. This may also mean that we’ve made other edits to your story, to ensure that individual members of staff aren’t otherwise identifiable.

We do greatly appreciate your important feedback, I hope that the information in the link above is helpful in answering your question.

With warm regards,

Ali
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