Jodie Evans, a 22-year-old jewellery shop worker from Wolverhampton, says she passed out twice at home during a miscarriage that lasted around two weeks, after NHS staff told her a scan was unneeded and that her bleeding was normal. She had to pay for a private scan at 10 weeks to learn her baby had no heartbeat and had died at six weeks and six days.
Evans found out she was five weeks pregnant with her first child on June 10, 2026. At the end of July, when she was seven weeks pregnant, she started experiencing painful bleeding and contacted her doctors. She claims she was told there were no appointments until she was 12 and a half weeks along and was reassured it was okay to wait.
Private scan reveals baby had died
Still worried, Evans booked a private scan at 10 weeks. The scan showed no heartbeat, and she was told the baby had passed away at six weeks and six days. Evans said her miscarriage lasted two weeks and she is now scared to become pregnant again in the future.
Evans said: "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."
She added: "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."
Emergency department visit and collapse
Evans and her partner Brad Fentln, 22, found out they had lost their baby after paying for the private scan. Evans said: "I had to pay to find this out which I think is horrible. If I had been allowed a scan before this at eight weeks it would have reduced my risk of infection."
The private doctors passed Evans’ details onto her local hospital, who said they would ring her within the next 24 hours, yet Evans claims the call never came. On August 4, things took a turn for the worse, and Evans started to feel unwell. The pain intensified and she went to the emergency department.
Evans said: "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."
She added: "When I felt all the pain and saw the blood I knew something was wrong and I was just neglected."
Passed out twice, ambulance called
Evans claims her miscarriage lasted around two weeks and during that time she fell unconscious twice. Evans, who shared her story with Talk to the Press, said: "I passed out twice at one point and my boyfriend called the ambulance, but they said it was not an emergency. I was sweating and I was shivering, I thought I had an infection."
She added: "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."
Evans described her experience as her first pregnancy and said she was scared. She said: "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."
Evans' local hospital was approached for comment by the original outlet, but no response was reported.
