3 months into my pregnancy I looked up my symptoms and had my midwife do a test for Bacterial Vaginosis (BV), [an infection caused by over production of the vagina's 'friendly' bacteria] and five days later she said I did not have it. In fact she said I was fine and healthy. So I believed her.
But the symptoms persisted and she somehow thought that it was normal.
I switched to a Gynecologist, because the midwife did not check anything but my blood pressure at my 6 week postpartum checkup, and the Gynecologist just looked under a microscope to see if I had BV or not.....I do.
So I'm sure that I have been walking around with BV for months now, and I suspect that since the midwife did not care to look into it (or anything) seriously, that I now have pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) because I have the pain associated with it, and PID is what BV leads to if left untreated (will get tested for PID in two days). If that's the case, then I've had it for awhile and there's a strong possibility that I can become infertile if I'm not already (because of the cervix opening up during birth, and giving it a better chance to spread infection).
So if I am infertile due to her negligence could I sue her?
OR if everything turns out okay, can i sue her for pain and suffering just because I told her specifically what to test me for, and she didn't catch it?
Personally I'm not even sure if she took me seriously, because she's a "professional" and she thinks I don't know anything because I didn't earn a medical degree.
I'm only 20, and I want one more baby!
I'm gonna be so depressed if I cannot conceive again!
But the symptoms persisted and she somehow thought that it was normal.
I switched to a Gynecologist, because the midwife did not check anything but my blood pressure at my 6 week postpartum checkup, and the Gynecologist just looked under a microscope to see if I had BV or not.....I do.
So I'm sure that I have been walking around with BV for months now, and I suspect that since the midwife did not care to look into it (or anything) seriously, that I now have pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) because I have the pain associated with it, and PID is what BV leads to if left untreated (will get tested for PID in two days). If that's the case, then I've had it for awhile and there's a strong possibility that I can become infertile if I'm not already (because of the cervix opening up during birth, and giving it a better chance to spread infection).
So if I am infertile due to her negligence could I sue her?
OR if everything turns out okay, can i sue her for pain and suffering just because I told her specifically what to test me for, and she didn't catch it?
Personally I'm not even sure if she took me seriously, because she's a "professional" and she thinks I don't know anything because I didn't earn a medical degree.
I'm only 20, and I want one more baby!
I'm gonna be so depressed if I cannot conceive again!
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