Anyone watching 60 Minutes?
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Topic: Anyone watching 60 Minutes?
Posted By: pepsi
Subject: Anyone watching 60 Minutes?
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 7:56pm
Just heartbreaking. They are interviewing a Southland couple whose healthy baby girl was basically killed by an incompetent doctor who already had 4 malpractice suits against him in the US. He used excessive force with the ventouse which resulted in bleeding in the brain and also managed to rip the umbilical cord from the baby's body. The poor thing was literally torchered..They showed a photo of her and her eyes were just full of blood 
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 8:04pm
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yeah unfortunately I saw a little bit of it including the photo. I say unfortunately because I'm such a softie I was planning to skip that item but managed to catch it while channel surfing. Very sad. -------------  
 
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 8:05pm
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Oh, that's awful. -------------  
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 8:07pm
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 8:08pm
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OMG that is so sad, i'm glad i'm not watching it as I would be a mess. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 8:26pm
It was a horrible story wasnt it? The father said the doc pulled so hard on the ventouse that the mum was pulled down and off the end of the bed!  It is just disgusting that he basically got away with it, as he went back to america and resigned here, tho is practising again I think. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 8:29pm
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That was so sad. I was trying to read a book to Ollie at the time but was crying thoughout ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: Freesia
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 8:32pm
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That was so sad. I cried when the mother was saying that the worst thing was picturing how much pain the baby would've been in. How truly awful for them -------------  
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 8:33pm
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Lucky the father was holding the wife or else she would of flown off the bed... how horrible is that, worst thing is they blame themselves causing their babies pain as they didn't stop the doctor - but thing is when its your first you just dont know if you are just over reacting. Something they will blame themselves for the rest of their lives , so sad ------------- Ann 
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Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 9:12pm
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So close to home for me, having a ventouse birth & Drs/Registrars using a lot of force also (although not to the extent of what happened in that case). I personally didn't pay much attention to what was going on but Mum & Dad were at the other end of the bed watching and she was mortified at how rough they were tugging on bubs head, and 'manhandling' the situation! ...she was in total shock when she saw his mishapen head after the birth!
So much for Ventouse being 'soft vaccuum'! Very incredibly sad what happened to that couples baby, I was in tears also ...that Dr. should have known better! ------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |
Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 9:18pm
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That story bought back so many memories for me as I too had a horrendous ventouse birth with Lauren, luckily she only received superficial damage, but all the same it was not nice on my poor new little babys head. It was and still is my worst nightmare. Ventouse is NOT a soft vacuum on the babies head, Lauren had bad bruising and the skin on her head was red raw with abrasions.
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Posted By: Southlandmummy
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 9:19pm
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I taped this as watched dream home instead...
This couple were on my June MTB board on another site and had plans to met her after we had our babys.. but she didnt come back to the board then she told me about her baby.. it really tore me apart.. So sad.. ------------- Cindy - Princess and Princes Samia Isobel Joy born 9th September 2008 Spencer Graeme John born 29th May 2006 Kaylin Gavin Robert born 19 December 2004 |
Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 11:31pm
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i watched in horror too....that pic of little ella was so heartbreaking. her eyes were so dark, poor wee thing. i cried throughout the whole story, i felt for them, blaming themselves like that, totally heartbreaking and outrageous situation.
charli was a failed vontouse delivery, ending in c/s and her head was sooooo red and bruised when she came out, but you put so much trust in these so called 'specialists' that are there to help you and baby  ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 08 April 2008 at 7:43am
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I made DF not let me watch that because i knew i couldnt handle it. I dont know what i would do, to be honest i probably wouldnt handle it and just give up on the world, its sooo heartbreaking to read what she went through that theres no way i could have watched it ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |