The miscarriage at hospital making news...happened to me too!

Its frightening to read how many people this has happened to.  My heart goes out to all of you!!

What an awful ordeal for you and to think you were in a hospital.You should have been a priority patient so pleased that you have alittle girl now

That is so horrible to loose a child in does circumstances is just something unhuman, but society today has no kind of charity for the suffering of others. why do they call it the ER, if you can die siting in the waiting room......it doesn't make any sence.......but I will pray for that young lady so that she can have comfort in the loss of her baby, I to had a miscarriage a long time ago and even though it was my 3rd pregnancy it still hurt me.......

Yes I'm also horrified it still happens a very close friend from years back had the same thing happen to her and there was this person in front of her that couldn't get in so this person went home and called an ambulance to come and they came and took her to the hospital and she was seen strate away how I know that was when she went in she asked this person how she got seen straight aaway so quick then she proceeded to tell get an ambulance. We need something to help this for not to happen for the future. Thankyou for your bravery of your story.

It's so touching that you have shared you story and shed light on the problem of Australia's health care system.  I couldn't agree more that something needs to be done and slowly but surely I think it is and has already slowly gotten better.  I have had 2 children and one miscarriage and guess what I work within the Dept of Health, I know that there are a lot of plans to better the health system, but as with anything this takes time.  We as Australian citizens need to continually voice our opinions and get people to listen...don't give up hope!!  I come from an Asian background and trust me when I say...Australia is very lucky, but improvements can always be continuing. 

I'm sorry you had to go through that. I will never go to clayton hospital, i have had too many bad experiences with them, their waiting times are completely redicilous.

that is terrible great article

Thanks for sharing

Emz xx

Thank-you for sharing your story with us. How awfully heartbreaking for you lose your precious baby, my heart goes out to you.

It absolutely disgusts me how they treated you during this time. Having to wait all that time and not being seen by someone when you were in that much pain... Surely they have to realise what's going on and treat you with the care you need. Yes hospitals to get it right a lot of the time, but they can also get it so horribly wrong.

I found out I'd miscarried last week... I'm still grieving, its an awful thing to go through. I've been crying every day... Its helped me talking about it though. I also was disappointed in the care the hospitals gave me. Ridiculous that "we don't do ultrasounds after 4pm", and they couldn't even check my baby's heartbeat! Unfortunately our Baby Angel had already gone to heaven weeks earlier... If only we'd known. But still the process from beginning to end took five days, due to lack of equipment available at my Dr's surgery and at the hospital. And I fasted for over 16hours, waited in hospital for 6 of those hours to have the D&C, only to be told "we can't fit you in, go home, fast again til tomorrow morning". It was horrible.

So thank-you once again for sharing this, unfortunately this type of thing doesn't seem to be uncommon at all. Its heartbreaking.

Sending you an invite to my group now, catch up with you again, Kylie xo

That's really scary stuff. I found t realy bizzare that they didn't send her straight to maternity ward of the hospital. I must say, although I had an award winning shitty birthing experience, I witnessed some great stuff too. At the hospital where I had grub they had a clinic where you could go without an appointment or on direction of your doctor if you were having any probs. Me a week overdue and out of this world blood presuure. But a lady came in who was 32 weeks gest and said she was feeling unwell. So they gave her a bed and a cuppa, then put the monitor on her tummy and told her they were just going to give her and examination as they thought she may be in early labour. So from behind the curtain we hear "darling, you're 6cm dialated, you are in labour." She didn't want to believe them because it was early, but they had a doctor there in 5 mins, called her hubby and they wheeled straight to theatre for a c-sect to save her little bubba.

While there's always going to be horror stories within hospitals, there are also amazingly good ones too.

I feel sorry for the wonderful (and sometimes very cranky) people who attend our hospitals...they (and the patients as wel) are victims of politcal bickering and coin counters.

it just sucks that lives have to be lost that never got a chance to shine.

thank you so much for sharing your story with us and i am so sorry that you also had to go through that, as you know i too have had 2 miscarriages, but i didn't go through what you did, 

there is no way any female in Australia should have to experience this it is totally wrong! and i also agree with what Kellz and Lui are saying if you think you might be having one act crazy for sure as it might just get you the help you need

hugs and kisses

It's angering that anyone in Australia suffers in such an inhumane way.  We have the resources, money and the facilities to look after our people so much better but it's so hard to get the funds in the right place.  Thankyou for sharing your advice and your sad experience.  I'm sorry that you and anyone else could have suffered such a loss in this way.  Best wishes.  Sal

when i was losing my baby at 12 weeks gestation last year i was told she was dead and i was in a bad state of mind and carried her for a futher 5 days after being told but after all that time i started to bleed really bad and was taken to the hopsital by ambulance and i bleed all over my couch ,the concrete outside my house ,3 beds ,and it looked like a horror movie ,yet i waited 5 hours before i had the curet and was seen to properlly i wasent in pain yet they forced some kind of pain killer and they saw a bruise from a blood test i took 4 days prior casue my vains are invisible and they thought i was on drugs .

i was out of control and more scared after that and once they took the baby out they were really cold hearted like it did not matter .

this was at hobart hopital

i am so sorry that you had that awful experience...it is when thing like this happen that make us to NOT WANT TO  GO TO emergency departments...you have given excellent advice.....and i am so happy for you that you had your baby girl...CONGRATULATIONS...

Take care  jenny