A heartbroken mum has shared her grief and sadness after losing her baby after she claims medics "refused to give her a scan.
Emma Hughes claims she rushed herself to Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital with bleeding and cramps on Wednesday, August 11.
Emma, 33, claims she pleaded with medical staff about her concerns, but says that she was told that there was "no point"' in her having a scan, because she had one booked for two weeks' time.
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She also claims she was at risk for having a low-lying placenta, Birmingham Mail reports.
Emma said: "I explained that I couldn’t bleed because we could both die - but they said they wouldn’t give me a scan because I have one in two weeks time and said there was no point.
"I told them what was happening and was having tightening feelings as well.
"They said it was Braxton-Hicks and as it wasn’t fresh blood that I was fine.
"Obviously my concern was that if it wasn’t fresh, how long had it been going on?”
On Saturday, August 21, Emma returned to hospital with more concerns – two days before her scheduled scan.
This time she was given an ultrasound scan which received the heart-breaking news that her baby had no heartbeat.
She delivered her son Jaziah the next day via C-section.
Emma says she bled heavily during the procedure and required a blood transfusion.
Jaziah was delivered on Rainbow Baby Day – a poignant time for Emma and partner Dwayne - as they had lost a baby at 12 weeks in 2019.
The stay-at-home-mum believes that if she had received a scan when she presented with bleeding, Jaziah could have been saved.
She continued: "After it happened the panic and pain I felt was awful because I blamed myself for not doing more.
"I told myself I should have demanded a scan but when professionals tell you something over and over again, you think you must be okay and are just being paranoid.
"Because they’re experts and they tell you it’s okay, you believe them and listen.
"When we went and they told us there was no heartbeat, two people scanned us and one implied that if I’d have been scanned before, they would have seen something.
"We’re waiting for the reports, but I think that there’s a lot of things that I told them about that they overlooked. They wanted to do a post-mortem on him, but I said no.
"I said they could take my placenta and they took my blood – I’m waiting on the report from both.”
Emma and Dwayne, 35, share older sons Terelle, five, and Ayrton, 12.
Emma added: "Terelle was absolutely heartbroken – he kept asking if his baby brother was here yet.
"We told him at the hospital that he was sleeping but I think he was waiting for him to wake up.
"It was hard for him to understand."
A spokesperson for The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust said: “We strive to offer all of our patients the best quality service in all areas.
“We are sorry to hear about the experience Ms Hughes encountered whilst during our care. We take all matters and concerns seriously, and would encourage Ms Hughes to contact our Patient and Liaison Service so her case can be fully investigated”.
After Jaziah was born he was placed in a ‘cuddle cot’ – a cooled-down bed allowing grieving parents to spend time with their child before laying them to rest.
Emma said that the cot helped herself and Dwayne cope with the loss of their son.
Emma is now fundraising to provide another cooling cot for the hospital.
You can donate towards Emma’s fundraiser here.
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