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Miscarriages.
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 devestated, but I decided to try again. Well my husband and I split up for various reasons, and I was engaged to another guy. Well, 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. Well, 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?
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There was no malpractice on the doctor's part-- because he based his evaluation on what medical info you gave/told him.
The situation is: you were (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.
No one twisted your arm to accept that one doctor's evaluation as gold-- you should have gotten a second opinion from a specialist, 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 (will).
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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It's a possibility you could sue, but your chances of success depend on the laws in the state in which you reside.
So you're 5 months pregnant with twins and one of them is dead inside you??? It seems your doctor should have some sort of plan and should at this point be transferring your care to a high-risk OB/GYN, also known as a perinatologist. I am not sure what exactly your situation is, what the treatment will be, etc., but it depends on the cause of the death of the fetus. I hope that the surviving one is healthy and can make it to term.
There are many things that can cause a woman to have serial miscarriages. Your doctor can do tests, including bloodwork, to find out what keeps going wrong. Chances are that one in two women who get pregnant will have a miscarriage or stillbirth sometime in her life. Sometimes it's late-term, and sometimes it's before the missed period, but pregnancy is a complex process and if everything does not go perfectly well, there can be dire consequences.
The first thing I would do, if I were you, is to find a high-risk OB and try to find out what's going wrong before you lose this child as well. After you figure out what's happening, you may be able to prevent another miscarriage or make a decision about whether you should conceive more children. You can then think about whether it's appropriate to sue your MD when you know more.
Best wishes, and you have my sympathies on the loss of your child.
Sabine
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Im not sure you should sue him, some women do have random miscarriages and i guess he thought you were one of them, i wouldnt abort the baby it may turn out to be your only child, besides if you abort it youll probably always end up asking yourself would it ever live, but then again im 14 so i really have no clue
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