So it's been 6months and I feel like if I can do anything for myself is to write about my experience with Dr.Hagadorn.
I woke up on Friday July 21st and I was 37weeks pregnant. My doctor was Dr. Jerry Benzl and he delivered my first baby, he is great. His on call Dr. is Dr.Hagadorn if he is out. I never once had to meet him since Dr.Benzl is always there for me. So I had a Dr. Appointment scheduled for 3pm that Friday and I woke up feeling something wrong with my sweet Piper, So I called and asked to move my appointment up and unfortunately Dr. B's wife had to be admitted to the ER. So I was called into labor and delivery at Mission Hospital. And they confirmed there was no heart beat for her. I was holding onto my faith in the Lord as I know I would need him more than ever to go through this. He has a bigger plan for her. Anyway Dr. Hagadorn came in and saw me and my husband and explained on what was going to happen and it was throughout and gave me an option to either go home and sit on it for while or we can deliver. Said he suggests us to do an autopsy on her after she is born. We said probably not. I said I want to see her and want to deliver her today. Let's start the process. So we started the process and I will never forget my sweet CARING nurses that were there for my family that day! While I was laboring, and knew that time was coming to get her out, the nurses called him up and the nurses ended up delivering her. (the nurse who got her out said she has never seen this before that the cord was wrapped 3x around her ankle and looks like she kicked out and it caused a blood clot and a embolism on her belly button. It was clear as day) He came into the room rubbing his eyes and looking as though he rolled out of bed. He rudely yelled at my nurse and talked down to her right in front of my husband and I, he was nowhere to be found and explained he ran to his car to have his phone charged. His bedside manner is appalling and insensitive. Talking down to the nurse and how he spoke to us in an uncaring manner. after delivering her, we spent about 12hr with her. he came back into the room and said you did good kiddo! And said that we should get an autopsy done, so we know what happened to her. He said We will run tests on her and you, but we won't know the cause of death without one. We told him we have our answer. He kept pushing us to do it, and my husband said no! we have our answer that the nurse who delivered her gave us and no one is going to cut into our baby. So he moved on from that conversation and said "now you and your husband can think about having another one" and proceeded to point at us with his fingers, and said how great it was to work with us and that he was brought up on charges for cursing to the board of doctors and how he can get away with it. And how understanding we are with his words. and proceeded to tell us how he has Irish twins and how horrible it is that they are living at his house still. Said he will probably see me tomorrow in recovery.
So the next day he saw me in recovery with a shirt and a pair of board shorts along with his sandals like he was headed off to the beach...he literally stood there saying it again you did good kiddo, it's always so hard to go through this I am sure, and then he said Dr. Benzl will check you out when you schedule appointment. He didn't touch me or check me out to even make sure my fundus moved down properly or see if I was hemoraging or not. I was like well the nurses didn't check me and you didn't check me so I guess it's not important and we didn't even half to see you today cause you did nothing. He only then said you guys make pretty babies and should think bout when you may try again. Me just giving birth to a baby that I wasn't going to bring home from the hospital to have her little sister to enjoy, that we won't get to see her crawl or make her first giggles etc...was the last thing on my mind. It was rude. And again insensitive. This maybe not as bad as you think it is while reading this about him but I just want you to know that it effected me. I know people deal with death in all sorts of ways and he may have his way but as a doctor you would think there is a time and place to say things. I thought he was supposed to be there for me while delivery and caring and sensitive. He was not.Two weeks later we were still waiting on our babies cremation remains and they could not even cremate her until the death papers were signed by the delivering doctor. it took Dr. Hagadorn and his team that long to sign it, cause on the line it says delivering doctor, and he insisted it was Dr. Benzl who has to sign it, in which it was him. So there was a ton of back and forth and trying to get the office to get on top of it, as we wanted her back ASAP, Im happy to see reading some of your reviews with him were positive and everything else. But with mine, I feel the need that my story needs to be told to foreworn some of you. read more