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Am so angry at Inova Fairfax Hospital and Dr. Al-Khouatley
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Anonymous
Sorry you are wrong in both instances they are called emergency c-sections. |
Anonymous
Don't judge this practice based on one person's experience. Perinatal Associates got me through a 20-week loss in the most compassionate way possible, and they took excellent care of me through a subsequent high-risk pregnancy. Thanks to them, I have a healthy baby girl who just turned one. The doctors in that practice, inlcuding Dr. Al-Kouatly, are widely regarded as some of the best in their field. They are a conservative practice and they are not known to be touchy-feely, handholding types, but I found all four of the doctors to be friendly, patient and caring. Even Dr. Bronsky, who is the least warm and fuzzy of them all, had his funny moments. I felt confident that I was in the best possible hands. OP's experience was obviously not ideal, but it was an emergency C-section. Take some time to rest, recuperate, snuggle with baby, and talk things out with your husband/loved ones. If you are still upset about it at your 6 week postpartum visit, you can discuss with Dr. Al-Kouatly then. I agree with other posters that there are no grounds here to file a complaint. Congratulations and enjoy every second with your new baby! |
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Using an 18 gauge IV catheter is standard in labor and delivery so that in the case of an emergency blood transfusions/IV fluid push can be given; as for the anesthesia, the anesthesiologist could have used general anesthesia in the case of the baby having to be delivered in an emergency and if the OP's spinal wasn't working effectively. Sounds like a pretty crummy delivery experience - of course that mom and baby are fine is the important thing but the memory of an awful birth experience will never go away.
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Anonymous
Only if OP doesn't change her attitude. Her story doesn't sound like an awful birth experience to me. She was scheduled for an induction and the day before she had to have an emergency c-section. They couldn't even wait until her husband arrived. The doctor was upset that the IV was taking too long to get in and she didn't wait until she was sure the anesthesia was fully effective before she cut. Sounds like something was really going wrong here and the doctor did an amazing job delivering a healthy baby and keeping the mom healthy. How much better can the story get. I hope OP's inappropriate rant is due to hormones, because otherwise there is no excuse to for posting derogatory and possibly slanderous comments on a public forum. |
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Anonymous
No, you are wrong. Ask any OB/GYN or midwife. |
Anonymous
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Unscheduled c-sections are sometimes called emergency c-sections. True emergency c-sections are known as stat c-sections.
I think, at least. I had an true emergency c-section and that's what my nurse told me. |
Anonymous
+ 1000 on PP's post! It's a great practice. I was in the hospital for 6 weeks on bedrest and can't complain about any doctor in the practice. Only complaint I had was Dr. Khoury's medical students showing up at 6am and one of them bathed in cologne. So true on Dr. Bronsky. I think the only time I got a smile out of him was when he showed up to do my daily check and I was eating a mountain of collard greens. He asked me what the "hell was I eating" and I told him collard greens, he smiled and said okay, the food in the cafeteria must be bad, huh? I said yep, that's why my mother cooks my meals and brings them in every day. Again, he laughed and said enjoy your fiber! Thank heavens I only lived 10 minutes from the hospital and my mother was living with us at the time. 
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Anonymous
Have to agree with this one. I'm not sure OP fully understands the danger she and/or the baby were in. |
Anonymous
Which is a good reason she should get a little distance and then talk to the doctor herself, rather than rely on your expert judgement. |
Anonymous
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OP here. I didn't expect this to go four pages. Or to elicit such negativity in some posts. I can understand how some can think me whiny if they just can't relate to the pain I experienced or how I could have experienced such pain. But I have sensory issues and feel pain more deeply.
First, to clarify, I had an uneventful and good pg up until the day of the C. I was 39 weeks and baby's heart rate inexplicably went down on that day so they asked me to go to the hospital immediately for the C. I was asked to lie on my left side so as not to put additional stress on baby. Dr. Al-Khouatley said "things will be moving fast." So, yes, I took all these to mean it was an emergency, not simply an unscheduled C. So does that mean with my particular emergency consideration for my stress level could be completely disregarded? Was time really of the essence to that degree? Well then I could have done without the damn hugs from Dr. Al-Khouatley, the small talk during the surgery about the heritage of my name, her own cultural background or heritage, etc..etc...When I asked THREE times for someone to call my husband on his cell, it would have been nice to not be ignored. And more importantly, when a patient says "STOP what you're doing" the staff has to stop. Patients rights always prevail no matter what the emergency. I repeatedly asked them to stop and use a anesthestic first. It takes 1 minute to give me an anesthetic injection. They chose not to. I don't know for sure but I think this is not slander but a question of libel right? And truth is an absolute defense. Nothing I said was false. |
Anonymous
| The small talk was to take your mind off the surgery you were having while being awake. Your baby's heart rate was dropping, so yes a minute is a long time. How many people were scrubbed in? If it was all essential people, they may not have been able to get out of the room and then have to rescrub. As for the not stopping, they may have been doing something where they couldnt stop. Id discuss it at your visit, but honestly i would put this out of your mind. You and your baby are safe and healthy and thats what you should concentrate on. Switch obs if you'd like, but please don't dwell on it. Go enjoy being a mom!! As for the libel, if you are claiming she's unethical, put you in danger etc (not saying you are) but she was simply following procedure, protocol and the concern for getting your baby out safely, i suppose she could try to sue. |
Anonymous
| Op, just one other point. You can't stop a surgery when you want to. Im guessing you might not be aware of all the specifics of a c section, but stopping isnt too much of an option. Especially with a baby whose heart rate is dropping. |
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People are being incredibly rude in this post.
OP, let me say that I also had a bad experience with this practice, but it was an early m/c that I don't think they handled well. Nothing they could have done to save the baby, but poor bedside manner. HOWEVER, I will say that my first pregnancy ended in stillbirth (with a different practice, at VHC). I was discharged from the hospital on Labor Day weekend with preeclampsia when I should have been admitted to stay. I would give *anything* for the doctor on call that weekend (not one of the doctors in my practice) to have seen the signs (decreased movement, IUGR) and delivered him right then and there. The reason I chose Perinatal Assoc for my subsequent pregnancy was because I knew they would not have made the same mistake. They take things seriously. As they should. I'm not saying you don't have a right to be angry, but to put things in perspective, I would have given my left arm to have my son born alive. |
Anonymous
| It would be malpractice if the doctors didn't go quick and stopped. The baby is another life not just yours, |