Dealing with bad news
How we deal with delivering not such good news at MUMS
It is very difficult to deliver bad news but we do our best at MUMS to provide a caring listening supportive environment. At such a time of sudden anxiety and upset it is often difficult to understand what exactly is being said. It is not unusual to leave MUMS feeling that nothing was said or being confused. Therefore, we will always ensure that there is a plan of care that is agreed upon that you can then follow. This may be a referral back into the NHS or further discussions with ourselves depending upon the situation. We always ensure though that there is open contact left to MUMS should the need to discuss issues further arise rather than stewing on things at home.
A good website to use for help is www.arc-uk.org
The following is a message from someone who didn’t have good news to take home but let us know how they felt after coming to MUMS
Hi,
I would thoroughly recommend MUMS to anyone with difficulties during their pregnancies and am so grateful to MUMS for giving me some precious memories to treasure.
Sadly earlier in my pregnancy I received the devastating news my baby is unlikely to survive, or may only live a very short while. Scans become so precious when they may be all you have.
We made the decision to have a private scan because we wanted more medical information than the NHS felt necessary and to see our daughter again. It was hard as we were scared to find out more bad news but I am so glad we went to MUMS.
From start to finish we treated with care and compassion but made to feel like 'normal' parents to be. I cannot express how wonderful our afternoon was at MUMS and how treasured our pictures and DVD are.
I didn't want to post on such a sad subject but I wanted to tell other mums to be in a similar situation not to hesitate as we did, you cannot be in better hands. My only regret? We didn't go sooner!!!
Thank you so much to all the staff, especially Sharon who scanned us.
Many thanks again xxx