Mum who miscarried twin daughters 'will never know why' after Telford hospital mixed up her placenta
A young Shrewsbury mother who miscarried twins says she will never know what went wrong with her pregnancy after Telford's hospital got her placenta mixed up with another woman's.
Cara Bowler of Shrewsbury only discovered she was having daughters in September last year, when she was 18 weeks pregnant. But elation quickly turned to devastation when she lost both baby girls due to a miscarriage.
The 20-year-old says she will now never know what went wrong with her pregnancy after Telford's Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) mixed up her babies' placentas with another woman's, and hers has now been destroyed.
The Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital NHS Trust, which manages PRH, has apologised to Cara and her partner, Ryan Hill, and added that staff will continue to work with them to "offer support".
Cara, who became pregnant with the girls just a few months after the birth of her first child, said: "It all started on September 11 when the twins' midwife called to check how I was doing. I said I was in a bit of pain, but she said it could just be growing pains as I hadn't long had a baby and with two on the way they needed a lot of room to grow."
She added that she raised her concerns with the twins' consultant on September 13, but was told her pains "were normal".
