Devastating
A young couple could not wait to welcome their new baby to the world after an uneventful pregnancy. Parents-to-be, Amy and Jamie Harrison, however never got the chance to bring their daugher, Harper, home.
She could no longer be accompanied while giving birth, which she had hoped for, because of NHS hospital social distancing rules. Amy, 30, said: "I’d got to almost 42 weeks - 41 weeks and five days and I’d had no signs at all. Amy explained that hours after starting the induction process on May 18, "nothing was happening" until she started with contractions. Once Amy had been given a painkiller the contractions disappeared. Now 41 weeks and six days overdue, the mum was getting ‘more and more concerned about reduced movements’ of her baby.
"They didn’t update my notes properly," Amy said. "It looked like I was a day less overdue. The mistake meant that Amy was never moved to a labour ward for progression."A midwife hadn’t come in all night," she added. "I came out in the night to ask for paracetamol and went back in the room. That was the only interaction I had all night."
The couple were able to spend time with their baby and say staff were "amazing" providing their support - "but it doesn't make the lack of care any better". A few months after their harrowing loss, Amy and Jamie launched a legal case against hospital for its failings. "Since I lost Harper I’ve met a lot of women who still feel that way because they didn’t go through that investigation process."
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