"Mixed bag. Poor patient information"

Anything else?

On Tuesday I went for a follow up early pregnancy scan and was told the sad news that my twins had stopped developing at six weeks. The sonographer and nurse present were incredibly supportive, professional and caring and I have nothing but praise for them. I was then handed over to the ward team in the early pregnancy clinic where things really went downhill. This is my third consecutive misscarriage so I was naturally distraught and emotional but was treated with very little compassion. I chose the medical management option and was sent home and told to expect pain and for both babies egg sacs to pass. While I am happy with the aftercare plan they have for me, I was sent home with absolutely no understanding of what was about to happen to me. This is so wrong. As I was in pain I decided to have a bath to ease this four hours after being given the medication (as is recommended for a natural labour so I assumed I would be ok), unfortunately the medication then passed totally undissolved and I had to go back to the hospital and was told I can't bathe. Why wasn't I told this before? The following day I had some issues which were concerning me so decided to call the ward for some reassurance (I was told I could do this between 8am and 8pm). At 7:50pm I received an answerphone so left a message explaining my concerns and asking for a call back, at 10:45am the following day I phoned the ward again and was told that they had received my message but weren't going to call me back because the things I was concerned about were normal. I am in physical pain as well as a great deal of emotional pain and was not only given no understanding of what was going to happen to my body, I was actually told that they were going to ignore me and the fact that I was conscerned because they thought it was normal. I think that this is disgraceful behaviour towards any fellow human being, let alone one who is suffering and is putting their trust in you to look after them. I honestly believe that the lack of compassion and care show was disgusting and sincerely hope that the people involved never have to suffer at the hands of such a lack of care in what is supposed to be the care industry!