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Need to Hug It out with My OB- I need your advice...(longish)
So, I have been going to the same group of OBGYNs for the longest time now. There are 3 doctors that deliver and several others that just see GYN patients. I really, truly, love them all. I like the bedside manner of all 3 of them. With my last child, I felt that I was given the best care both at the begining and all the way through to the end as well as after.
One of the doctor's - Dr. D wound up delivering my son. It was a fantastic delivery (quick and painless). Long story short - 10 days PP I was feeling building pressure over a few days and when I went to the bathroom one evening (TMI WARNING) a large piece of gauze fell out of me followed by a very large blood clot. I freaked (as did my husband) and my first instinct was to take my temprature (figured that would be my first sign of infection). Thankfully, I did not have one. I called my practice and they said that I could come into the ER if I wanted to but if I didn't have a fever I would be good to wait till Monday.
Monday came...I had to have a full internal exam done at 10 weeks PP. As many of you that have babies already know that the last thing you want to think about after you push out a 7/8 lb. baby is something going back in. I saw Dr. M and he was amazing and gentle and everything turned out fine.
I had decided to not switch practices. I know that Dr. D did not mean to leave anything in there and that he didn't do it on purpose. I also know that with 3 doctors delivering that my chances of him be the on call doc when I deliver this next baby are high. I need him to know me as well, so I am going to have to rotate appointments through him as well.
I made that appointment for 4 weeks from now. I need to hug it out with him and get some closure. But what do I say? How do I approach him?
Sorry this got kind of wordy!
WWYD?
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Re: Need to Hug It out with My OB- I need your advice...(longish)
yikes. i personally would have switched practices. i make mistakes at my job occassionally, but they don't endanger people. was the original doctor informed about this when it happened? i guess the best thing is to just be straightforward like you were here, and acknowledge that while you're sure he didn't do it on purpose, you need assurance that nothing like this will happen again.
and, just out of curiosity, (this is my first), if you have a vaginal delivery, why would they actually place gauze inside of you? c-section i can see, and obviously i realize that you'll be bleeding after a vaginal delivery, i've just never heard of placing gauze up there to soak up the blood.
Thanks so much for the response!
The reason for the gauze - they need to do that while they are stitching up the tear. It's supposed to be removed after. Guess mine wasn't.
hmmmmmmm Maybe not change practices but they need to review this case and find out why gauze was left in your body. You are lucky to not have complications or an infection from that! So you need to make sure that they address it. You don't have to make a federal case out of it....but I really do think it would benefit the docotrs to be made aware of this mistake and remedy it with a checklist when they are delivering, etc to make sure they don't do this and why was their guaze? I had a c-section so i am not familiar with vaginal delivery bleeding, etc.
Good luck and I am glad you are ok!
BFP1: DD1 born April 2011 at 34w1d via unplanned c/s due to HELLP, DVT 1 week PP
BFP3: DD2 born Feb 2013 at 38w4d via unplanned RCS due to uterine dehiscence
Ladies - thanks so much for all of your responses. Kendra hit it right on the head - I need a little reassurance that it won't happen again. I am afraid that I am just going to cry through the whole thing because that's what I do when I don't know what emotions I am feeling.
I'll let you know how it goes in 4 weeks!