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What would actually happen in this situation?
Hi, I'm writing a book and trying to get some information that will help me write a bit of it.
My main character faints while in hospital visiting a friend and wakes up in a hospital bed. She will find out that she is pregnant. A few weeks before this she was violently raped (resulting in the pregnancy). So I have a few questions about that:
1) would the doctors take a blood test from her while she was unconscious or would they have to wait until she woke up and have her consent?
2) I was going to make it that the doctor (a female) examined her genitals and saw the tearing and bruising from the rape, which would result in awkward conversation where the doctor gently asks if she has been sexually abused. But would a doctor even be looking down there even if the patient was pregnant? Would she be checking that everything was fine with the pregnancy since it would be very early or what?
Thanks for your help, any information would be appreciated.
1 Answer
- MissALv 78 years ago
For just a faint? No. Doctors are required to ask your permission for really anything they do unless it's really an emergency. A faint normally lasts less than two minutes. I suppose that if she remained out for a long time they'd start trying to figure out what was the matter with her, but long-term unconsciousness is *not* a symptom of a normal pregnancy.
One option you might have is to have her wake up on the floor and having a doctor or nurse ask her if this is a new experience for her, if she's eaten lately, and if she's pregnant. Doctors love to ask young women if they are pregnant even if they come in with an earache:)
A normal pregnancy wouldn't get a pelvic exam until about eight weeks (this is mostly to screen for STDs which might endanger mom or baby). Maybe even later if mom didn't realize she was pregnant until that point.
