IVF and IUDs don't mix?

[Kirkhill]

Woman’s eight rounds of IVF wasted because doctors missed she had a contraceptive coil

Jayne Huddleston, now 63, was told by a GP that the device had fallen out

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[medicineman]

 

[dimsum]

I guess the headline could also read "IUD works as intended".

 

[PMedMoe]

TBF, she didn't realize it was still in. She was told it had fallen out.

Here's a link without a paywall: Woman 'devastated' the contraceptive coil prevented her from having children at all

 

[OldSolduer]

So here is my question:

How did the doctors miss it? Should they have found it?

Would this be grounds for possible legal remedies?

 

[mariomike]

Would this be grounds for possible legal remedies?

Jane sought legal advice from Irwin Mitchell for her case and secured a six-figure settlement from the GP's insurers.

 

[OldSolduer]

Jane sought legal advice from Irwin Mitchell for her case and secured a six-figure settlement from the GP's insurers.

Thank you - I should have read the full article FACPALM here lol

 

[Kirkhill]

TBF, she didn't realize it was still in. She was told it had fallen out.

Here's a link without a paywall: Woman 'devastated' the contraceptive coil prevented her from having children at all

The woman here has nothing to answer for. The doctors, on the other hand..... hard to credit.

 

[PMedMoe]

The woman here has nothing to answer for. The doctors, on the other hand..... hard to credit.

Well, these days you never know.

 

[medicineman]

I wonder if someone cut the tail too short when it was inserted - usually they're left long enough that the woman can pull it out themselves if they so desire or at least be seen on a direct visual internal exam. Also, often people getting IVF have some sort of imaging like a hysterosalpingogram (dye shot of the uterus and Fallopian tubes) just to make sure there's not an anatomic issue...not like a little piece of metal or plastic designed to be seen by XRay wouldn't show up on that.