Is it medical malpractice when the hospital....?

by **edin** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:42 pm

December 11 I went to the ER for a horrible UTI. The hospital staff informed me I was 2-4 weeks pregnant which didn't add up to me because I take birth control and use condoms. The staff did the normal procedure of advising me to stop certain medicines I take including my birth control. I was so upset with myself because of the dissappointment I inflicted on myself, i am only 20, a full time student and completely broke. I have strong Christian values but decided termination of the pregnancy was going to have to be my solution. I went through so many emotions, mainly depression. Jan 4th I had a sonogram at a clinic and they looked at me like I was dumb- there was no baby and my pregnancy test was negative. They told me I must of had a miscarriage but I thought to myself "wouldn't I know if I had one?" So anyways I blew it off and rejoiced in the fact I wasn't pregnant and was kind of mad I had to drive an hour to this clinic and wait 5 hours to be seen.

Jan 19th I came back to the hospital for a horrible right side pain. The doctor again informs me I am pregnant which I say to him make up your mind which am I? He asks if it's my first pregnancy and I tell him in December they determined I was pregnant and jan 4th I was told by a clinic I wasn't. It turns out in Dec the staff failed to realize my urine test for pregnancy was positive BUT my blood test was negative. I wasn't even pregnant, I went thru all these emotions, went against all my morals to an abortion clinic, and stopped taking my birth control and now because of there mistake of this false pregnancy I actually am pregnant. Not saying they inserted semen into me, but because they told me I was and I stopped taking my birth control pills it caused my pregnancy. This would be a different situation if I wanted a child, but I don't, not now at least.
Is this medical malpractice? I went thru heartache for nothing & now have to go thru it again when it could of all been avoided if the staff had read "negative".

by **matchitisiw** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:55 pm

That is not malpractice, and even if it was, they are not liable for your own actions in having unprotected sex afterwards. So in the midst of all this 'turmoil', you felt it was a good idea to have more unprotected sex??

You have no case.

by **gillivray5** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:02 pm

It is not malpractice. It is just a mistake. People make mistakes. Even doctors and nurses. In fact, YOU made the mistake of stopping your birth control. Why would you stop taking your pills if you were going to get an abortion, anyway? Sorry, but YOU messed up, and YOU got yourself pregnant. Stop trying to place the blame on others. Deal with it, or don't, but know it's YOUR fault.

by **modraed** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:05 pm

"I have strong Christian values but decided termination of the pregnancy was going to have to be my solution."

Nonsense.

by **dureau** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:08 pm

that really sucks! why dont you post it on why my life sucks. am sure you'hd get a lot of sucked up votes and comments over there. :)

by **rushford79** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:18 pm

No, this is not malpractice. I do have to say, for someone with strong Christian values, why are you sleeping with someone you are not even married to? You were the negligent one, not the doctor.

Why don't you just have the child and give it up for adoption? Why kill it? There are several people out there who CAN NOT have children and who would love to adopt a child. Until you are ready to have a kid, keep your legs closed and your pants on.

by **dent81** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:25 pm

You might have a case, but it's a hardly a strong one. The only argument you can make is that they only tested you once, but they could come right back at you and say you should have asked for another test a week later.

Tests have a small amount of ambiguity called specificity/sensitivity...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitivity_and_specificity

So it would be easy for the defense to not only blame the test, but you for not being responsible to do another check up (sort of a character attack). Not just that, you also have no proof that you had a miscarriage if that's your stance.

by **janyd** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:30 pm

Yes, I blame them 100%. They just jumped to the conclusion that you we're pregnant and didn't use the blood test results. And to everyone obviously if a doctor tells you to stop doing something you're going to do it. So obviously she stopped taking her pill maybe in case she decided to keep it. If I were you I would sue the hell out of the hospital! Good luck and I'm so sorry for what you've been through.

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