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omg, i couldnt belive it a few days ago, the hospital im having my baby at was plasterd over the news, a woman died after giving birth to her twin babys,
she had signed a form to make sure the hospital dont give her blood if she needed it,she hemreged 2 hours after the birth and her family wouldnt go against her wishes,she was a johova's witness and only 22 i couldnt belive it.
isnt there somethin they can use instead of blood but its more expensive,sureley they could have used that stuff on her and saved a 22yr old girl
she had signed a form to make sure the hospital dont give her blood if she needed it,she hemreged 2 hours after the birth and her family wouldnt go against her wishes,she was a johova's witness and only 22 i couldnt belive it.
isnt there somethin they can use instead of blood but its more expensive,sureley they could have used that stuff on her and saved a 22yr old girl
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dont worry about you giving birth, in that situation the hospital is completely tied by law and what the girls family wish.
it doesnt reflect on the hospitals capability of delivering babies cos that woman could have been saved if it wasnt for her religion.
hope your birth goes well, try not to worry.
Don't worry about the hospital - it's nothing to do with them what happened. You'll be fine when you go in to have your lo!
I saw that, thought it was so sad, as donna says those babies won't have a mummy, and for what??
don't be worried about yours though, I'm sure it will be fine
Michelle83, I respect your opinion and your choice NOT to have a transfusion on the basis that you may catch something, but can I reassure you that it is so very rare? The screening process begins before the donor actually gives blood-their history, family history etc is checked throughly, and after the blood is donated, it is screened so throughly in the lab. When a transfusion is given, it is tracked, so can be traced back to the donor if things go wrong. In 8 years of nursing I've never heard of someone catching a disease from a transfusion, but of course there are risks of reacting to the blood and getting complications through that-it's a foreign body and you body's own natural defence system could potentially attack it.
I personally will have everything I need to ensure a safe labour/delivery, including blood if needed.
I don't know the full story behind this JW so can't really comment on why she wasn't given an alternative. For more info on transfusions and guidelines, the DoH website is a good source of info...
think michelle83 went a bit off the subject there and forgot what the topic was.
take care nikki.
Unfortunately labours don't always go the way we want them to and on the day most people will do whatever is necessary to ensure that both mother and baby are safe and well ( I had wanted a water birth with as little pain relief and medical intervention as possible but after a failed induction I ended up with an emergency section!).
Nikki84 - your delivery will go well I'm sure and you'll be blessed with a lovely baby at the end of it!
Michelle83 - I hope you get the birth experience you want and that the alternative methods you talk about are not required.
I'm sorry if I have offended anyone but I don't understand giving your life up for the sake of religion!
i think that the staff at my hospital should have atleast told her that they had no other methords avalible and that then she could have had the choice to have her babys at the larger hospital in our area,
i just couldnt say no to blood if it meant leaving my children behind with out there mother,that is why i dont follow any relgion.
good luck with your pregnancy and birth, x
Personally no religion or god is more important to me than my children & I will do or take whatever treatment is necessary to ensure I'll be with them while they grow up. I have to admit though I hope I dont have to have a blood transfusion coz of the whole 'its not my blood is it clean' thing so to speak worries me, but after what MrsV said on her post I feel more confident that such events are extremely rare.
It would be so easy to condemn those who refuse blood for whatever reason but my thoughts are with the 2 babies who lost their mother, the husband who lost his wife & the parents who lost their daughter who had soo much left to live for & we must remember that the decision they made that day couldnt have been an easy one.
Nikki84, I'm sure everything will be fine with you & you must remember that your circumstances are very different. Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy & with the birth too.
Hilary x
I don't have any issues about having blood- my religion allows it. This does make me think tho- if it WAS against my religion what would I do. My answer to that would be I would beg the docs to do anything just to save me for the sake of my babies. But this brave woman forced to make this decision put her love of God before EVERYTHING. Wow.
I think her act was entirely selfless- she kept her morals no matter what.
Sorry!