“Det var et barn, jeg ikke fik, som jeg skulle have haft”

”Det var et barn, jeg ikke fik, som jeg skulle have haft”.
Et bachelorprojekt om narrativitet og provokerede sene aborter
the termination itself. Though some preferred the atmosphere of the local hospital, several
others felt that staff in their local hospitals didn't seem to understand what they were going
through.
Reference: G
They found it helpful that staff at the specialist hospital understood them and the difficulties they
were facing.
Seeing doctors at a specialist clinic often meant that other specialists were asked to give
opinions about the baby. Mostly this was viewed by parents in a positive light, but some were
upset when the baby's abnormalities were described by doctors as 'interesting'. (See also
'Ending a pregnancy by induction'.)
Reference: H
He found it difficult when a consultant saw his baby on the scanner and described her as
'interesting'.
Follow-up treatment sometimes didn't come up to people's expectations, particularly when
women needed further treatment or consultations if there were any complications following the
baby's delivery.
Reference: I
Described how upset she felt to be treated in a matter-of-fact way when she returned to hospital
for two D & Cs after a surgical termination.
Reference: J
After the birth of her baby she contracted an infection and had to go back to hospital where the
doctor treating her assumed she had a normal delivery.
Some women recalled instances of poor communication between hospitals and hospital staff.
Sometimes medical notes did not arrive in time at clinics, occasionally parents were kept waiting
by senior doctors who didn't realise an appointment had been booked. Being kept waiting two or
three hours for an appointment about termination in a clinic full of pregnant women was a
common cause of distress to many people.
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