Sue the Doctor?
I'm 22 years old. When I was 19, I got married and my husband and I decided to have a baby. Well, I had a miscarriage. I was devastated, but I decided to try again. Well, my husband and I split up for various reasons, and I was engaged to another guy. I got pregnant again, and later had another miscarriage. I started to feel extremely scared, so I went to my doctor and asked him what was wrong. He told me that it was just a flaw and that I could conceive a baby. So I tried again. About 5 months ago I became pregnant with twins. I just lost one of the twins, and I'm ready to sue the doctor. I guess what I'm asking is, can I sue him, and will I ever be able to conceive my own child? And what should I do about this baby?
1 comment:
There was no malpractice on the doctor's part-- because he based his evaluation on what medical info you told him.
The situation is: you were, and are, free to choose your doctor, get a second opinion, and it's your responsibility to find out about your own health issues, i.e. miscarriages,and in seeking a doctor.
No one twisted your arm to accept that one and only doctor's evaluation as gold-- you should have gotten a second opinion from a specialist, especially if still concerned, and found a doctor that was willing to run tests to get the answer of "why" you're miscarring.
Personally, the first thing that should have been done, is a simple blood test, testing for thyroid problems. That's the number one, leading reason of miscarriages, and most doctors do not check thyroid issues to rule that out first. A good specialist would.
Get yours checked, if you have thyroid problems, a daily thyroid pill will resolve it, however, it can take months to adjust the strength and dosage to get it to work correctly for you. So becoming pregnanat is not an option until another blood test proves it's okay.
You can carry a child to term once the thyroid is balanced correctly- IF that is the root problem.
A good ob/gyn will test that and other possible problems causing the miscarriages.
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