A woman unexpectedly gave birth to twins at her home after being mistakenly informed by her gynecologist that she had miscarried. Tragically, the infants were born prematurely and did not survive.
A woman unexpectedly gave birth to twins after being wrongly informed by her gynecologist that she had miscarried, an inquest has heard. Omoniyi Komolafe had been undergoing IVF treatment but mistakenly believed that she had lost her pregnancy. But a couple of months later Mrs. Komolafe would unexpectedly give birth to twin girls at her home just hours after being discharged from the Royal Oldham Hospital.
Tragically, due to being just 19 to 21 weeks gestation, the infants, referred to in court as 'Twin 1 Komolafe' and 'Twin 2 Komolafe', did not survive. An inquest at Rochdale Coroner's Court has now examined the circumstances around their deaths. \In April 2023, Mrs. Komolafe and her husband, Ambimbola Komolafe, had engaged Dr. Edi-Osage at the private clinic Aurora to start a course of IVF treatment. After weeks of preparation, they had flown out to Lagos in Nigeria in September 2023 where Mrs. Komolafe would undergo embryo transfer. They made the decision to travel as it would be difficult to find Afro-Caribbean donors in the UK. On September 30, Mrs. Komolafe had three embryos transferred and was advised that she should wait a few weeks before taking a pregnancy test. When she later took four tests, all of them came back that she was pregnant. Delighted, Mrs. Komolafe made an appointment with Dr. Osage for a scan. Up until the appointment on November 3, 2023, she told the court she had not had any significant issues, but at the appointment, there was a problem. Mrs. Komolafe told the court: 'We went into the examination room and Dr. O did the scan and he said he couldn't locate any foetus.' Senior Coroner Joanne Kearsley asked her: 'Following that scan, you were told that there was no pregnancy, is that correct?' to which she replied: 'Yes.' Ms. Kearsley asked: 'Was it ever suggested that you need to do a further pregnancy test?' Mrs. Komolafe told her no. 'There was supposed to be another appointment to discuss next steps,' said Mrs. Komolafe. She explained that this would be a virtual appointment to discuss whether they would like to continue with IVF treatment, but she was so devastated by what she believed was the loss of her pregnancy that she didn't go. 'We didn't attend the appointment because we were still so crushed by the news, having done the pregnancy test that was positive and then the scan saying negative,' Mrs. Komolafe told the court. 'So we were just not in the right frame of mind to discuss taking another step.' Mrs. Komolafe said that in the following weeks she had some symptoms, including being sick in the morning. However, both she and her husband thought that she had had a miscarriage. \On January 30, 2024, she was admitted via ambulance to the Royal Oldham Hospital, presenting with abdominal pain, a cough, and a fever and being triaged at 12.11pm. After an initial assessment, she was handed over to Dr. Tom Parish, who admitted to the court that he had not been aware of blood tests carried out for her which would have shown she was pregnant. Dr. Parish discharged her with a prescription of antibiotics. He told the court that had he been aware that Mrs. Komolafe was pregnant, he would have referred her to gynaecology. He said: 'At that time I didn't have that feeling or didn't have that suspicion. At the time Mrs. Komolafe left, I had no suspicion that she could be pregnant.' After being discharged and going home to bed, Mrs. Komolafe began experiencing more pain, and an ambulance was called at 20.50. By the time it got there just eight minutes later, Mrs. Komolafe had given birth to a baby girl. North West Ambulance Service paramedic Patrick Lewis was among the paramedics who attended. He described how Mrs. Komolafe gave birth to a second girl while they were there. Despite being rushed to Royal Oldham Hospital, the infants did not survive. Paediatric pathologist Dr. Gemma Petts estimated that they had been born at between 19 and 24 weeks gestation, as opposed to the full 40 weeks. Ms. Kearsley concluded that the infants had died of natural causes, giving their cause of death as extreme prematurity caused by Acute Maternal Chlorioamnionitis. This is a condition where the amniotic sac becomes infected with bacteria, and frequently results in premature labour. The senior coroner added that the level of prematurity meant that even if Mrs. Komolafe had not been discharged, the outcome would sadly have been the same. She said: 'Despite the improper discharge, I am satisfied that the outcome could not have been avoided.
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