This doctor told me I wasn't pregnant with twins, when in fact, I was.
His nurse denied the second heartbeat early in the pregnancy, and they dismissed my mother's intuition that I was pregnant with twins-- essentially gaslighting me into believing I was wrong.
I was sick throughout the whole pregnancy, and on the day I delivered my son, Dr. Dupree was shocked to discover I was pregnant with twins.
It was fraternal, and there was a second placenta I was instructed to deliver.
I never received an apology nor was I given the placenta or the remnants of the baby so that I could mourn the loss with a funeral and have closure.
It was extremely traumatic and bittersweet because I had one healthy baby and lost a baby--which I had been denied for nine months by the doctor and his staff that it existed.
I was 28 at the time and treated like I was too young to understand what had happened to me.
I wish now I would've sued because it still weighs heavily on my heart to this day.
Every time I celebrate my son's birthday, I'm reminded of what happened to me, how I was treated, and what I lost.
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