Mum told sex while pregnant killed her baby
Published: 2013 April 01 11:06:03 (5580 Views)
A mother has told how she was left terrified she had killed her baby after having sex while pregnant.
A few hours Karen Smith had sex with her husband Mark while 31 weeks pregnant, she suffered a bleed and cramps.
Doctors initially dismissed her symptoms as normal, but hours later, she woke from emergency surgery to be told her baby had died and her womb had been removed during a hysterectomy to save her life.
Karen Smith, was left terrified she had killed her unborn baby after having sex while pregnant.
She was later found to have suffered a medical complication that couldn't have been prevented
Doctors dismissed the pain Mrs Smith had suffered after sex as normal, but she had in fact suffered a placental abruption, which experts have concluded should have been spotted earlier
Mrs Smith, 30, from Plymouth, has now accepted an undisclosed settlement from the hospital after it was proven her son could have survived if she'd been operated on sooner.
She now wants to raise awareness of placental abruption to save other parents the heartbreak of a loss.
- Daily Mail
A few hours Karen Smith had sex with her husband Mark while 31 weeks pregnant, she suffered a bleed and cramps.
Doctors initially dismissed her symptoms as normal, but hours later, she woke from emergency surgery to be told her baby had died and her womb had been removed during a hysterectomy to save her life.
Karen Smith, was left terrified she had killed her unborn baby after having sex while pregnant.
She was later found to have suffered a medical complication that couldn't have been prevented
Doctors dismissed the pain Mrs Smith had suffered after sex as normal, but she had in fact suffered a placental abruption, which experts have concluded should have been spotted earlier
Mrs Smith, 30, from Plymouth, has now accepted an undisclosed settlement from the hospital after it was proven her son could have survived if she'd been operated on sooner.
She now wants to raise awareness of placental abruption to save other parents the heartbreak of a loss.
- Daily Mail
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