Jo,
After the birth of my first child I asked a lawyer friend of mine about the likelihood of sueing my OB for subjecting me and my son to an unnecessary induction (3hrs after natural ROM with no indicators of problems - ie infection, meconium etc), and without fully informing me of the risks of the procedure - I was just told that I would not go into labour naturally. This lead to a cascade of intervention which ultimately resulted in a (questionably) emergency csec.
My friend advised me that whilst I could argue that the induction probably wasn't necessary with medical evidence (published accepted practice and medical research documents) I would be hard pushed to prove that the induction specifically lead to the cascade of intervention and thus the surgery and post surgery trauma I felt. He also said that one of the best "proofs" in cases of this nature was another "expert" who would back up the allegation - and in his experience most OBs would not discredit another OB - even if they did not agree with his/her practices - unless it was an obvious case of gross negligence.
So we are caught between a rock and a hard place.
Debby
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