CM - I am so sorry for your loss. Words cannot express the pain and trauma you've been through and are still going through. The pain will feel overwhelming, but unfortunately we can't rush through it. Cry, talk, write, walk, scream, sleep, do whatever you need to get through each day. The memorial is so beautiful, I hope it helps to ease the pain a bit.
Can you take sick leave as well as compassionate leave? I wouldn't have thought you'd be physically able to work, let alone emotionally. Try to take at least a week off work. I know it will be hard financially, but you need to rest from the trauma. Did they assess you for shock?
Can you go to your GP? GPs can refer you to a psychologist - you can get up to 6 sessions covered by Medicare. It could be beneficial for you if someone could monitor your mental health while you're going through this. The loss is bad enough, the circumstances you had to endure made it so much worse and will take time to come to terms with. I imagine your DH is traumatised too.
The hospital sounds appalling (& if it's the one I'm thinking off, they have a poor history). When you feel up to it, you might want to complain to the Dept of Health - it's another example of incompetence in hospitals regarding pregnancy loss.
I have used my sick leave because I had the flu and my son was sick with croup and carers leave gets taken out of your sick leave so I have none left. Im at home today Im not really having a good day. Physically I can sit at a desk and type, Im not allowed to lift anything heavy or over exert myself so they said i could go to work monday if i wanted to.
I rung the social worker at the hospital, Im seeing her tomorrow and will go from there she knows counsellors, support groups etc, well at least I hope she will as she is local to my area, ty again Mum2 for her number.
I got flowers sent to the hospital to the two nurses that fought so hard to save me and my bits, I know a girl who is an ambo who knows them, she is going to give them hugs from me today as well I told her to tell the hospital to tripple their pay because they need to keep a hold of them, she said she would tell the head of staff what i said about them and I said she could give them my phone number to verify if needed, I hope the hospital does something nice for them.
I just want my baby back... why can't he still be healthy and happy and growing away... my heart keeps breaking over and over, shouldn't I run out of pieces soon?
I saw the social worker today I told her what happened and she is going to organise for the head obstitrician (sp?) and manager of maternity to speak with me. The Ob. will go through my file and try and explain everything that happened to me and where things went wrong and why and talk to me about trying to concieve again and see if together with the dr that saw my baby if they can give me an indication of what could of caused it.
The head of maternity I'm going to talk to about my emergency care when I first got to hospital, my feelings of being dismissed like I didn't know what my own body was telling me and being sent home to miscarry in the bathroom. She is then going to talk to the drs that attended to me and then tell my story to all the ppl at the ward in hopes that this will not happen to anyone else again and after hearing my story they may or may not write to the minister with some recommended policy changes. I said to them I don't want compensation, I don't want to complain, and I don't want the ppl involved to get in trouble, but I don't want it to happen again and I don't want to be swept under the table and forgotten.
The social worker thinks I need to deal with and be debriefed on all the other things that have happened and to try and come to terms with my near death experience before I can grieve properly, so hopefully these meetings help me get some closure so I can start to heal because I don't feel like I'm really going forward in life I just keep thinking of all the horrible things that happened and I can't let them go...
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