Socialized Medicine Update - Woman Told She Miscarried Finds Out She's Still Pregnant a Month Later

February 12, 2008

Woman Told She Miscarried Finds Out She's Still Pregnant a Month Later

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

A U.K. hospital told an expectant mother she had miscarried at eight weeks,

but a scan of the woman's womb a month later revealed she still was

pregnant, The Daily Mail reported.

Catherine Kent, 27, and her partner, Kevin Gray, 28, were devastated when

they were told she had miscarried. Kent was offered an abortion or pills to

shorten the length of the miscarriage. She refused, opting to allow the

fetus to pass naturally, according to the report.

Although the couple was delighted to find out the baby still was alive, they

were furious that the Sunderland Royal Hospital had made a mistake that had

caused them so much grief.

"What if I had taken the tablets they offered me?" Kent told the Daily Mail.

"They could have left my baby severely disabled, or it could have died. They

could've aborted my baby while it was alive. How can the hospital make a

mistake like that? How many other people have taken the tablets or had an

abortion when their baby was alive all the time?"

The baby girl is due June 28, but Kent worries how the traumatic experience

might affect the fetus. "I still haven't bought anything for the baby. I

can't rest until she's here and I know she's 100 percent fine," she told the

Daily Mail.

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