My first loss was at 10 weeks. I too had a blighted ovum.. the Us staff, Nurses and other hospital staff were very lovely.. I had no problems..
My 2nd loss was at 10 weeks as well, We went for a routine Us only to be told the bad news.. Same as before but this time there was a little baby in there that had died the week before. The place I got my US dne at the staff were wonderful.. They sat with me till I stopped crying then escorted us over to the hospital. Taking us the back ways so I didn't have to face anyone..
The hospital however The Dr who came down to see me, he was a OB. His bedside manner was terrible.. I was almost beyond hysterical.. I really didn't cope well with the news and he just stood there not saying anything. When I calmed down enough to ask questions such as would they do testing he said no you have to lose 3 before we do that.. I explained my reasoning behind wanting testing and yet he still wouldn't budge. We went home and had to come back the following day for the d&c. That went as smoothly as you expect and I was glad not to have to see that Dr again. 5 days later I was at home when I started bleeding heavily. the cramps were so bad. My husband came home from work and took me back to the hospital. to cut a long story short. they didn't do the d&c properly. so I basically miscarried. When it was happening though we didn't realise. The emergency Dr I had was so brilliant. He stayed with me when I was all crampy and was trying his best to work out what was wrong.. He tried to hurry up the US (if it had been done when he requested we would have got 100% confirmation that the d&c was not done fully) I went to the toilet passed an incredible amount of blood and clots( sorry for tmi) About half hour later i went for my Us and of course my uterus was empty. anyways The Dr wanted to admit me but I cried so much cus I wanted to go home with my boys. he sent me home with strict instructions to rest rest rest and wanted me back at the hospital by 9am.. At 8am I got a phone call from the actual Dr asking how I was and was I coming back up. When we got there he took us right out the back and talked to us.. he was just lovely. My GP was also great!
Hope thats what you wanted to know.. the hosp i was treated at both times does not have a good reputation.. I did not have my living babies in this town. We chose to travel out of town...
i went to my GP as i had been bleeding for 2 weeks. She referred me to an OB/GYN as a public patient (he practiced privately and publicly..not sure how this works...). So i went down there that day expecting to be told that the pill i was on just needed changing.
he told me to get up on the table as he would do an internal ultrasound to check things out.
he looked at the screen and told me that i was having a m/c at 8 weeks. he wiped my belly and went over to his desk to write something down and told me to get dressed. i just lay there for awhile trying desperately to curb the shame and sadness that i felt at first not realising that i was pregnant and that i was losing a baby that i know DH and I would have loved and wanted had we known. i got up and stood there for what felt like an eternity and finally had to ask him what i had to do from here. he looked up surprised that i was still there and told me there was nothing to be done. that i would have to pass the baby for the next couple of months that's it. i was devastated. the way he looked at me as though i were asking such a silly, uneducated question. so i left his rooms and saw all these gorgeous brimming bellies and just burst into tears. my DH (DP at the time!) was waiting in the room and had no idea what was going on. i signed the stupid paperwork (the staff didnt even look at me). the OB came out and said in a normal talking voice so that everyone there could hear that i was a m/c and to charge me accordingly and explained the rebate that i would get as a public patient (the 'oh you dont have insurance' question was asked).
it took a good 2 months for everything to clear re the m/c. but soon after i had further complications as there was retained material and endo had come into the picture. and it was later diagnosed that the inaction on the m/c caused me the fertility issues that i had later.
Overall, it was a really awful experience. the handling of the OB and the staff at the hospital was really insensitive. as though i was not worth their time as my baby had died.
The Dr who came down to see me, he was a OB. His bedside manner was terrible.. I was almost beyond hysterical.. I really didn't cope well with the news and he just stood there not saying anything. When I calmed down enough to ask questions such as would they do testing he said no you have to lose 3 before we do that.. I explained my reasoning behind wanting testing and yet he still wouldn't budge. We went home and had to come back the following day for the d&c. That went as smoothly as you expect and I was glad not to have to see that Dr again. 5 days later I was at home when I started bleeding heavily. the cramps were so bad. My husband came home from work and took me back to the hospital. to cut a long story short. they didn't do the d&c properly. so I basically miscarried. When it was happening though we didn't realise. The emergency Dr I had was so brilliant. He stayed with me when I was all crampy and was trying his best to work out what was wrong.. He tried to hurry up the US (if it had been done when he requested we would have got 100% confirmation that the d&c was not done fully) I went to the toilet passed an incredible amount of blood and clots( sorry for tmi) About half hour later i went for my Us and of course my uterus was empty. anyways The Dr wanted to admit me but I cried so much cus I wanted to go home with my boys. he sent me home with strict instructions to rest rest rest and wanted me back at the hospital by 9am.. At 8am I got a phone call from the actual Dr asking how I was and was I coming back up. When we got there he took us right out the back and talked to us.. he was just lovely. My GP was also great!
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