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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm pregnant with my third and feel so lucky to have had smooth deliveries with my first two that I'm constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop. The Lauren Bloomstein story was one of the most frustrating things I can remember reading. I was physically agitated sitting there reading it on my phone, wanting to be able to reach through and shake the people around her to get them to DO something. So scary.[/quote]
That was horrible. Did you read the profiles on the related Lost Mothers project? One of the moms (Kira Johnson) died after her bladder was nicked during a scheduled c-section. Her husband pointed out she had blood in her catheter bag, by that point it was too late. Her family went to the media because they don't want it to happen to others. I teared up so bad watching the interview on people.com that I had to turn it off.[/quote]

PP here, no I didn't, but probably will feel compelled to now. I have an acquaintance who was diagnosed with placenta percreta, so I once spent a day down the rabbit hole of those kinds of stories, which aren't necessarily med mal issues but extremely scary nonetheless. The woman I know wound up getting 15 units of blood and very nearly died (I know this from fb, lest anyone think I'm a stalker). I was praying for her and I barely know her.

Regarding hemorrhaging, there was an interesting article recently about "hemorrhage carts" that some CA hospitals are starting to implement that was posted on this forum: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/6/29/15830970/women-health-care-maternal-mortality-rate
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