Going through labor and delivery only to wind up losing your baby at the end has got to be one of the most devastating experiences a mother can go through, as an English woman named Sara Proud knows all too well.
Sara went into labor and was taken to the hospital by her partner, Steven Yorke, but when they arrived, they were told to move into a waiting room instead of her being admitted into the hospital. They stayed in that room for 80 minutes, when Sara's labor progressed, and Yorke realized she needed help immediately. He went to find someone to assist, and while he was searching, Sara delivered a baby boy right there in the waiting room.
The poor baby was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck, and eventually two midwives did take him away to try and bring him back to life. Sadly, they were unable to revive him, and he passed away -- all while his poor mother was still in the waiting room -- delivering her own placenta.
Oh. My. GOD. When I picture this poor woman lying (probably on the floor) of a HOSPITAL waiting room wondering why in the hell no one helped her, I just want to break down and cry. She must have been so scared for the health and safety of her baby -- and then to have to deliver her placenta all by herself? I can't even imagine.
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But the worst part of this story is the fact that Sara had no idea that baby Kyle had died until Steven told her the news. According to him, she's been unable to leave the house since coming home from the hospital, and both of them are absolutely heartbroken.
The couple has ordered an autopsy on baby Kyle to see whether or not getting proper medical attention would've given them what they expected when they checked into that hospital -- a happy and healthy baby boy. That's really all any parent wants -- and it's definitely what Sara and Steven deserved. My heart goes out to them -- and I only hope they can find some peace in the future.
What words of sympathy would you offer to this poor couple?
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this is why insurance should cover the cost of a homebirth midwife as well.
Secondly, it took a local hospital four days (after I was admitted) to figure out that my appendix ruptured the first day. (luckily they were pumping me full fo antibiotics but my stomach cavity was still septic, I could have died. I had also gone to the ER two days prior complaining of belly pain and they barely looked at me, told me it was cramps and gave me painkillers and decrampers.
The same has happened in the United States, people not getting treatment in hospital waiting rooms and dying. You all know it has, you've read the stories too. Some are very recent. But, of course, it's immediately political.
I wish someone had told them that they could do things too and maybe they would have not felt so unempowered and slipped the cord over his head. That is usually all that is required with the cord, just slipping it over, many women do it with unassisted births, planned or unplanned, but idk if it would have helped in this situation. Also, delivering your own placenta isn't so shocking as the article makes it sound. You don't really need help to deliver a placenta. What's really bad about what was happening is that her baby was in peril and taken away and she didn't know what was going to happen, not that she delivered her placenta. Maybe the focus on it is because once they were discovered, someone should have immediately been there to care for her? Yes, I agree with that, but it's not incredible to deliver your own placenta. Clearly, there was medical neglect here. I'm so sad for the parents.
How can you doubt that's why he died? My mother had the cord wrapped around her neck, and she almost died, even WITH a delivery room full of medical professionals!! I agree with the one word: LAWSUIT.
Under the current healthcare system, the US has an very high infant mortality rate. The current system is far from perfect, in fact, in some ways it's 3rd World standard. So don't insult England and say this is due to their nationalized system. More babies die here in the US than they do in England.
awful, negligents on the hospital