They knew she had a baby, but they didn't detect a heartbeat, so they thought that the child had died. Therefore, they opened her up to remove a "dead" child. Now here's the confusing part. When they opened the lady up, why didn't they know right then that the kid was alive? Why wasn't the woman notified that the baby had lived? And for three weeks, no less? Prior to all this, why wasn't a ultrasound done on the mother? There is such sophisticated technology now that they can tell everything about a child envitro...!!!!! I'd be retaining a lawyer. Not because of the mistake, but because of not notifying that the child had survived.
They're dating the pregnancy from the last menstrual period - so 5 1/2 weeks is more like 3 1/2 weeks from conception. And if ovulation occurred 4-10 days days late, the baby would only be 2-3 weeks from conception - and the heart doesn't start to beat until three weeks. Maybe it was just too early for a heartbeat. Maybe her dates were off.
They didn't open her up, they did a blind D&C, got some blood and uterine lining, which is what they'd expect to see. But they missed a spot, where the baby was by a blessing, and he lived.
Mrs VS
Agreed. She didn't sue because...? There's a fine line where it's "okay" (in my book) to sue - this is one of them.
So they took the baby out? And the baby survived...and they told her 3 weeks later?? (I'm sorry, I'm just slow. I still am confused about the article. It was unclear to me) What the heck is up with that?