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"Water's gone, labour & delivery"

About: Diana, Princess Of Wales Hospital / Maternity care

(as a service user),

After a CTG on ADU, I was admitted to the ward, were I was told different scenarios of what would happen. My water had ruptured over 12 hours prior, after having this happen in 4 pregnancies prior I was extremely anxious about infection. I made it clear I wanted to be induced that night. I was ignored. I was admitted the to ward, on 4 hourly observations, my waters turned to blood. I was told this was "normal" early hours of the morning, I couldn't feel my baby. I buzzed as this was my third episode of no movements. Midwife listened with doppler (did NOT put me on the CTG) 

Within 4 hours from this episode my son's heart stopped. After it was confirmed my son had died, I can't fault the staff from this point on. However the staff prior, rushed, did not listen to me, ignored what I was tell them, and failed to document everything. This hospital failed to keep my son safe, despite me telling them numerous times something was wrong. 

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Response from Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust 5 years ago
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
Submitted on 07/01/2019 at 13:09
Published on Care Opinion at 16:59


Firstly please accept my sincere condolences on the loss of your son. This must be a very difficult time for you. Although you haven’t included your name on the post I believe this case is already under investigation and is being treated as a serious incident. We will keep in contact with you throughout this process and carry out a full investigation into what happened. We are very sorry this incident took place and will do everything we can to learn any lessons that arise.

If anyone is concerned after reading this the Trust has specialist teams to offer support. They can be contacted through our PALS team on 03033 306518.

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