Jodie Evans, a 22-year-old from Wolverhampton, experienced a heartbreaking miscarriage at home and has spoken out about her concerns regarding the care she received. Jodie discovered she was five weeks pregnant with her first child on 10 June 2026. However, toward the end of July, at seven weeks pregnant, she began to suffer from painful bleeding and contacted her GP for advice.
She was reportedly told that no appointments were available until she reached 12 and a half weeks of pregnancy and was reassured that waiting was safe. Feeling uncertain, Jodie arranged a private scan at 10 weeks, which revealed that the baby had no heartbeat and had died at six weeks and six days.
Jodie’s miscarriage lasted approximately two weeks, during which she experienced severe pain and even lost consciousness twice. Despite her symptoms, including the sudden disappearance of pregnancy-related signs like sore breasts and food cravings, she says that NHS professionals did not provide the support she expected.
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Jodie explained, “The doctors told me a scan was unneeded. I kept getting declined so I booked a private one at 10 weeks to ease my brain. All my pregnancy symptoms had gone overnight when I started worrying, like my sore breasts and cravings, and I asked my midwife as it said online it could be an indicator of a miscarriage, but she said that because I felt fine she won’t give me a scan.”
After paying for the private scan, Jodie and her partner Brad Fentln, also 22, were informed of their loss. Jodie expressed distress over having to pay for this crucial information, saying, “If I had been allowed a scan before this at eight weeks it would have reduced my risk of infection.”
Following the private scan, the doctors forwarded Jodie’s details to her local hospital, which promised to contact her within 24 hours. However, Jodie reports that she never received this call. Her condition worsened, leading her to attend the accident and emergency department on 4 August, where she was told she was having a miscarriage that would resolve naturally. She was informed that painkillers were not an option and that the experience would be similar to a heavy period; however, she later endured unanticipated contractions and severe bleeding.
Jodie recounted, “I went to the emergency department after ringing the doctors and they told me that I was having a miscarriage but they said it will happen on its own. They told me I couldn’t have any painkillers and it would be like a heavy period. Then two days later I started having contractions which they didn’t warn me about. When I felt all the pain and saw the blood I knew something was wrong and I was just neglected.”
Throughout the ordeal, Jodie suffered intense physical and emotional distress, including multiple fainting episodes. Her boyfriend called an ambulance, but she was advised it was not an emergency. She described her experience as traumatic, stating, “I was bleeding a lot and I thought I was dying and I kept screaming out in pain. The pain and everything lasted around two weeks. Now it is still there but I feel numb to it all now and I feel like I can’t trust the hospital. It was my first pregnancy and I was scared. The hospital basically told me to get over it and sleep it off but the pain was traumatic physically and mentally. I had to go about my day to day life in a lot of pain. Since then it has all been a bit of a shock and now I am so scared to get pregnant in the future.”
Jodie’s experience highlights concerns about waiting times and support for women experiencing early pregnancy complications within the NHS, underscoring the importance of timely scans and empathetic care.