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Kizzi Woodman of London found her unborn child healthy after three private ultrasounds, but it was later revealed that the child had serious health problems. Later they got the worst news of their life that the child had died. After this tragic experience, he has warned about the dangers of private clinics providing wrong treatment.
For every parent, the time of pregnancy is full of hopes and happiness, but for Kizzi Woodman of London, this time turned into the worst experience of life. Kizie recently shared her heart-wrenching story, which has put a big question mark on the credibility of private baby scan clinics in the health sector. Kizie was declared completely healthy by not one but three private ultrasound clinics. This information had become a reason for confidence for him, but the news he received in the National Health Service (NHS) scan shook his whole world. In a government ultrasound, she was told that her unborn child had died. This 27 year old call handler has now warned pregnant couples to be wary of private baby scan clinics.
Let us tell you that when Kizie became pregnant for the first time, there was no limit to her happiness. When he could not get an appointment in a government health institution in Britain, he resorted to a private clinic. He underwent ultrasound at three different high-street private clinics. Every time they were told that the child was completely healthy. But when he got an appointment in the NHS at the 12th week and had a scan there, the doctors told that the child had serious health problems. After hearing this, the ground slipped beneath Kiji’s feet. Sharing her painful experience, she said, “The NHS sonographers immediately told me that there was a problem with the baby. They said that my baby’s organs were developing outside the body.” A week later, a repeat scan revealed that the child had died. Kizie had to take medication for the miscarriage, which she described as a “traumatic experience”.
Kizie said, “I was in complete shock, because the private scans had shown everything was fine and I trusted them. Later when I heard the news that the baby was unwell, I could not believe it.” This tragic incident in Kizie has raised questions on private ultrasound clinics. The Society of Radiographers (SoR) warned this month that pregnant women are being misdiagnosed due to untrained staff. Kizie believes that anyone performing a private baby scan must be a trained sonographer, which is not currently required by law in the UK. Although she does not consider private scans to be completely bad, she advises that people should choose a clinic only after doing research. Now Kizie is 11 weeks pregnant again and lives with her 24-year-old partner Wayne. She says, “I was completely unaware during my first pregnancy, but now I am doing complete research.”
