can my ob/gyn be at fault?

[juliasmommy715]

hello my daughter was stillborn on July 15th, they finally concluded that the cause of the stillbirth was lack of blood flow to the placenta however I was getting special ultrasounds done which monitoring the blood flow to the placenta was part of this and they had told me that everything was looking good and I had nothing to worry about. I had went in to the hospital to have her heart monitored and that was when I found out she passed and I had been for this ultrasound two days before hand! do you think I have a lawsuit? I also want to add that when the ultrasound tech tried to get the baby to move she quoted to me "normally it does not take us this long to get the babies to move." and they still told me everything was ok. I also had a condition called intrauterine growth restriction or IUGR for short,a blood clotting condition and I had a family history of high risk pregnancies and I still was not considered highrisk. I also do not believe my doctors where not communicating with each other properly i believe this because I remember sometime in late June when I had went to my ob/gyn I had told him about a medication my blood Dr had put me on and he responded to me "I have not received a report from him since April" thus he was not aware about the medication, I believe he should have called when he stopped receiving reports and I also believe my blood Dr should have called or sent a report when he had put me on this medication.
thank you very much for your help please send me an email with any advice at [email]sunshine51489@aol.com[/email]

[Country Living]

Julia, I'm sorry for your loss.

Please remove your email address from the post. You could wind up on every spambot mailing list if you don't remove it. Come back here for replies.

[Gail in Georgia]

By your own posting, you were getting "special" ultrasounds monitoring blood flow to the placenta as well as further testing to monitor the baby's heartbeat. This would certainly indicate that your physicians were aware of your high risk category and were monitoring your medical status closely. The argument that your physicians were somehow negligent and unaware of your medical issues would be negated by this monitoring.

Often despite such monitoring, bad things can happen. I am sorry for your loss.

Gail

[ecmst12]

YOU should have told your OB about the new medication as soon as you were prescribed it.

[juliasmommy715]

Originally Posted by Gail in Georgia

By your own posting, you were getting "special" ultrasounds monitoring blood flow to the placenta as well as further testing to monitor the baby's heartbeat. This would certainly indicate that your physicians were aware of your high risk category and were monitoring your medical status closely. The argument that your physicians were somehow negligent and unaware of your medical issues would be negated by this monitoring.

Often despite such monitoring, bad things can happen. I am sorry for your loss.

Gail

i did tell my ob i was on the medication, and as far as the highrisk i had asked my ob if i was considered highrisk and he told me no

[juliasmommy715]

Originally Posted by ecmst12

YOU should have told your OB about the new medication as soon as you were prescribed it.

i did tell him about the medication, and far as u stateing lawsuits are about money maybe for alot of people they are but for me its not about that i just want justice to be done for my daughter

[lya]

Originally Posted by juliasmommy715

i did tell him about the medication, and far as u stateing lawsuits are about money maybe for alot of people they are but for me its not about that i just want justice to be done for my daughter

If you want justice for your daughter, take it up with God; though your daughter suffered no injustice. You suffered a heartbreaking disappointment and loss due to a condition of pregnancy that often results in fetal death.

Medmal lawsuits are about money to compensate for loss/damage that is the direct result of neglgience and from no other cause. These lawsuits are extremely costly and very long and drawn out. They are also emotionally exhausting and frustrating.

You have no viable claim of medical malpractice. You have a grief process to complete. (and, none of us are exempt from loss, heartache, and grief; so don't go there.)

[Gwenillian]

OP, I'm sorry for your loss.

RE: the lawsuits being about money - I don't think that was directed at you. That's ec's signature & shows up on every single one of his/her posts.