'Keep your dead baby in a fridge' nurse tells woman who had miscarriage

angel01

Nurses told a woman who had suffered a miscarriage at four months to keep her dead baby in her fridge for two days because they couldn't fit her in for an appointment.

Sophie Hill, 21, called East Surrey Hospital for help but was told she couldn't be seen until her next scheduled visit.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/04/29/keep-your-dead-baby-in-a-fridge-115875-21317224/

ClayDavis

That's disgusting, it'll go off if it's not in a freezer.

Rayan

Cool

OpenYourEyes

ClayDavis wrote: »

That's disgusting, it'll go off if it's not in a freezer.

And she didnt provide any serving suggestions?? outrage!!

Mr.Lizard

The mother refused to close the fridge door because she said the baby couldn't sleep with the lights off.

KTRIC

Shocking stuff, not really something that should be discussed in AH though.

Mrs JackDaniels

angel01 wrote: »

Nurses told a woman who had suffered a miscarriage at four months to keep her dead baby in her fridge for two days because they couldn't fit her in for an appointment.

Sophie Hill, 21, called East Surrey Hospital for help but was told she couldn't be seen until her next scheduled visit.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/04/29/keep-your-dead-baby-in-a-fridge-115875-21317224/

Oh my fcukin god that is one of the roughest things I've heard in awhile

WindSock

Right next to the baby carrots & baby potatoes. Mmm

papajimsmooth

Mr.Lizard wrote: »

The mother refused to close the fridge door because she said the baby couldn't sleep with the lights off.

Thats so good and so bad at the same time :eek:

Abi

What I cant understand is why she didn't go straight to the hospital, ask to speak to the woman that said that to her - and knock her out.

Turd Ferguson

I wonder if she left a note on the bag like GOB did

amacachi

Not as bad as the OP but when my ma had a miscarriage she was given the foetus in a jar to take to another part of the hospital. Apparently none of the people wheeling her bed around could hold it.

TequilaMockingBird

I was told to go home until I miscarried, then to call them. The child is 8 now.

Those crazy medics...

Acacia

amacachi wrote: »

Not as bad as the OP but when my ma had a miscarriage she was given the foetus in a jar to take to another part of the hospital. Apparently none of the people wheeling her bed around could hold it.

That's extremely fcuked up, and so is this story. Poor woman.

amacachi

TequilaMockingBird wrote: »

I was told to go home until I miscarried, then to call them. The child is 8 now.

Those crazy medics...

My mam was told after two miscarriages she's never have kids. She must've adopted my sisters and I from the same woman, who happens to look just like her.

TequilaMockingBird

Do they still do the ole' putting miscarrying women on the same ward as the women in labour? That was lovely.

You AH kids would have been playing with your Action Men at the time, but the health service was sh*te back then, and not alot has changed.

javaboy

TequilaMockingBird wrote: »

Do they still do the ole' putting miscarrying women on the same ward as the women in labour? That was lovely.

Oh sweet Jesus. You couldn't make that sh1t up.

TequilaMockingBird

javaboy wrote: »

Oh sweet Jesus. You couldn't make that sh1t up.

I could elaborate, but it might break AH.



I was half carried to a toilet a few hours after the (apparently miraculous) birth, put sitting on the toilet in the ward, the door to the bathroom was wedged open with a chair while the nurse carried on with her rounds. I didn't even need to go. D*ckheads.

TequilaMockingBird

TequilaMockingBird wrote: »

I could elaborate, but it might break AH.



I was half carried to a toilet a few hours after the (apparently miraculous) birth, put sitting on the toilet in the ward, the door to the bathroom was wedged open with a chair while the nurse carried on with her rounds. I didn't even need to go. D*ckheads.

Lol. Does anyone think maybe..

I NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS???

I shall log off now. As you were peeps.

Mr Benevolent

TequilaMockingBird wrote: »

I could elaborate, but it might break AH.



I was half carried to a toilet a few hours after the (apparently miraculous) birth, put sitting on the toilet in the ward, the door to the bathroom was wedged open with a chair while the nurse carried on with her rounds. I didn't even need to go. D*ckheads.

Fook that. There has to be a country with a better healthcare system.

(Glad you didn't miscarry btw)

minidazzler

TequilaMockingBird wrote: »

I was told to go home until I miscarried, then to call them. The child is 8 now.

Those crazy medics...

Sue the Hospital for Financial and Emotional Hardship? Glad your Baby got through, show those damn doctors that they know feck all!!!

Loopy

TequilaMockingBird wrote: »

Do they still do the ole' putting miscarrying women on the same ward as the women in labour? That was lovely.

Apparently.
A guy I work with's wife gave birth 3 weeks ago and the baby was stillborn (after a horrendous labour). His lovely wife was left in the ward with all the happy mothers nursing their babies.
She was too numb and distressed to say anything - he flipped the lid.

Guy:Incognito

amacachi wrote: »

Not as bad as the OP but when my ma had a miscarriage she was given the foetus in a jar to take to another part of the hospital. Apparently none of the people wheeling her bed around could hold it.

TequilaMockingBird wrote: »

I was told to go home until I miscarried, then to call them. The child is 8 now.

Those crazy medics...

TequilaMockingBird wrote: »

Do they still do the ole' putting miscarrying women on the same ward as the women in labour? That was lovely.

You AH kids would have been playing with your Action Men at the time, but the health service was sh*te back then, and not alot has changed.

I thought all the staff on the ground were great and it's just the evil government wrecking the place?


Turns out everyones a cnut.:)

TequilaMockingBird

Loopy wrote: »

Apparently.
A guy I work with's wife gave birth 3 weeks ago and the baby was stillborn (after a horrendous labour). His lovely wife was left in the ward with all the happy mothers nursing their babies.
She was too numb and distressed to say anything - he flipped the lid.

Outrageous. Honestly, f*cking outrageous.

Why isn't this stopped in this day and age?

TequilaMockingBird

Stekelly wrote: »

I thought all the staff on the ground were great and it's just the evil government wrecking the place?


Turns out everyones a cnut.:)

The majority of the staff on the ground I think (I hope) are probably great. But cr*p like this happens because it's allowed to.

There's incompetent people in every profession, but with heath care, there needs to be some type of safeguard to stop the incompetence damaging people.

Radical idea huh..?

easyeason3

I found out today that I've miscarried.
I didn't realise I was pregnant to start with & I'm on the pill which I take religiously so I can't figure out how it happened.
Very strange situation.

Novella

TequilaMockingBird wrote: »

Do they still do the ole' putting miscarrying women on the same ward as the women in labour? That was lovely.

They do indeed. I had a miscarriage and in the bed next to me was a woman with her new baby.
To top it all off, a doctor said to me "It's for the best, you can enjoy your youth now and come back when you're thirty."
Nice.

amacachi

Novella wrote: »

They do indeed. I had a miscarriage and in the bed next to me was a woman with her new baby.
To top it all off, a doctor said to me "It's for the best, you can enjoy your youth now and come back when you're thirty."
Nice.

Sounds like he was chattin you up tbh.

Turd Ferguson

Novella wrote: »

They do indeed. I had a miscarriage and in the bed next to me was a woman with her new baby.
To top it all off, a doctor said to me "It's for the best, you can enjoy your youth now and come back when you're thirty."
Nice.

What age were you?

Novella

amacachi wrote: »

Sounds like he was chattin you up tbh.

Probably messed up his own younger years 'cause he was like in his fifties.

Novella

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

What age were you?

Eh, too young.

Turd Ferguson

Novella wrote: »

Eh, too young.

Its never too young

Nevermind

Novella

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Its never too you

Nevermind

Haha, ah no, I was seventeen, nearly eighteen....

amacachi

Novella wrote: »

Probably messed up his own younger years 'cause he was like in his fifties.

Wasn't trying to make light of what happened btw, just can't think of any other reason for him to say somethin so stupid.

Novella

amacachi wrote: »

Wasn't trying to make light of what happened btw, just can't think of any other reason for him to say somethin so stupid.

It's fine. Miscarriages are dealt with really insensitively. I didn't realise it was happening everywhere but it seems it is.

galwayrush

Stupid nurse, doesn't she realise everything else in the fridge will have a taste of baby now.:eek:

Turd Ferguson

This is the first I've heard of this sort of thing and its just really stupid. Why would you put women that have had miscarriages with women who just had a baby? It makes no sense. Even a blind, retarted monkey could see that it would just have horrible psychological effect on everyone involved. It wouldnt surprise me to be honest if they were given scrambled eggs also, just to add insult to injury. This country :rolleyes:

994

WindSock wrote: »

Right next to the baby carrots & baby potatoes. Mmm

What are you talking about? Raw meat goes on the bottom shelf!

johnny_knoxvile

galwayrush wrote: »

Stupid nurse, doesn't she realise everything else in the fridge will have a taste of baby now.:eek:

"sean thats not beetroot...thats your brother"

My name is URL

Someody fetch the Chianti, I'll prepare the Fava Beans

CathyMoran

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

This is the first I've heard of this sort of thing and its just really stupid. Why would you put women that have had miscarriages with women who just had a baby? It makes no sense. Even a blind, retarted monkey could see that it would just have horrible psychological effect on everyone involved. It wouldnt surprise me to be honest if they were given scrambled eggs also, just to add insult to injury. This country :rolleyes:

Just to reassure some people - I miscarried early this year and I was treated with the utmost respect when it was happening, everything was done to keep me away from women who had just had a baby/ were pregnant (though obviously I did see some but they were not on my ward). I can not understand if and how the original story happened - the mind boggles, my heart goes out to the woman and anyone who has been affected by miscarriage, it is truely horrible. Hope that the mods do not mind this link - http://www.miscarriage.ie/

galwayrush

CathyMoran wrote: »

Just to reassure some people - I miscarried early this year and I was treated with the utmost respect when it was happening, everything was done to keep me away from women who had just had a baby/ were pregnant (though obviously I did see some but they were not on my ward). I can not understand if and how the original story happened - the mind boggles, my heart goes out to the woman and anyone who has been affected by miscarriage, it is truely horrible. Hope that the mods do not mind this link - http://www.miscarriage.ie/

Sorry to hear that.I can only imaging how traumatic it was.

Captain-America

I could see my baby's hands and feet. Every time I opened my fridge that's what I would see.

Why in the name of God did she keep opening the fridge. I believe this to be the crux of her problem.

My name is URL

Captain-America wrote: »

Why in the name of God did she keep opening the fridge. I believe this to be the crux of her problem.

If a foetus in the fridge isn't enough to stop a cream cheese craving then no amout of fridge alarms will work, tbh

javaboy

CathyMoran wrote: »

Hope that the mods do not mind this link - http://www.miscarriage.ie/

Not in the slightest.

Loopy

CathyMoran wrote: »

Just to reassure some people - I miscarried early this year and I was treated with the utmost respect when it was happening, everything was done to keep me away from women who had just had a baby/ were pregnant (though obviously I did see some but they were not on my ward). I can not understand if and how the original story happened - the mind boggles, my heart goes out to the woman and anyone who has been affected by miscarriage, it is truely horrible. Hope that the mods do not mind this link - http://www.miscarriage.ie/

Sorry to hear that:o
My sister miscarried last year and it deeply affected her, what she found hardest to deal with was the 'ah your young, you will have more' attitude from people.

AckwelFoley

My Grandmother miscarried 4 times and lost 2 infants to cot death.

She still managed to have 14 children, :eek:

Loopy

Holy crap - she could have had 20 kids..

My grandmother had 13 kids, how the hell did they manage back then...

amacachi

snyper wrote: »

My Grandmother miscarried 4 times and lost 2 infants to cot death.

She still managed to have 14 children, :eek:

Similar enough to one my grannys. Typical Northern Catholic family.:p

AckwelFoley

Loopy wrote: »

Holy crap - she could have had 20 kids..

My grandmother had 13 kids, how the hell did they manage back then...

..in a small 2 bedroom cottage.

Loopy

snyper wrote: »

..in a small 2 bedroom cottage.

Tiny terraced house on the Falls Rd in Belfast