Emergency Caesarean

Miranda went in to labour seven weeks prematurely and was told she may need an emergency caesarean. However, it was not carried out and her newly born baby soon started to have problems. Tragically he died hours later.

Miranda fell pregnant with her first baby in November 2007. After three months she knew something was not right and it was discovered there was a reduction in amniotic fluid surrounding the baby. This continued to decrease as the months went by, but she was reassured her baby was growing well.

On 18 June, two months before her due date, Miranda began to leak a large amount of fluid and blood from her vagina. She was rushed to hospital, and despite being told she may have placental eruption was left in a ward for two days without receiving treatment. She was in extreme pain and vomiting, but still medical staff decided to wait to see how her condition progressed.

By 21 June Miranda was in agony and it was suggested she would need an emergency caesarean. However, no action was taken and in the early hours of 22 June Miranda began to go in to labour. She gave birth to her son, Harry, seven weeks prematurely. He was a breach baby and weighed just 3lbs 14ozs.

The birth was both hurried and distressing, leaving Harry with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (whereby the cells in the brain and central cord are damaged from inadequate oxygen). He was taken straight to the Specialist Care Baby Unit but his condition quickly deteriorated. At three hours old he started to have epileptic seizures, and by six hours his heart began to fail. He died a short time later.

Subsequently Miranda has struggled to continue with her life. She felt unable to return to her job as a child care worker, no longer socialises, and battles with depression. This has put an enormous strain on her relationship with her partner, and she remains in fear about the health of her second son, who was born a year after Harry’s death.

Miranda feels she should have pressed medical staff for a caesarean section, which if performed earlier would have saved Harry’s life. The Defendant hospital trust accepted this was the case, and that the sub-standard level of care had caused Harry to lose his life. Glynns helped Miranda make a medical negligence claim, which was soon settled for £25,000. This not only covered her financial losses, but also reflected the pain and suffering she has had to endure since losing her son.

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