A Connecticut mother is suing a Hartford hospital after she says staff dismissed clear warning signs during her pregnancy, sent her home with over-the-counter pain relief, and then took nearly 27 hours to perform an emergency C-section — a delay she claims cost her newborn son his life.
Cheyenne Seymour was 35 weeks pregnant with twins when she went to the hospital on the night of April 28, 2025, reporting pelvic pain, pressure, and fluid leakage. After being examined with fetal monitoring, ultrasound, and a physical exam by resident physicians, she was discharged just hours later, around 1:24 a.m., and told to manage her symptoms with Tylenol, heating pads, and a belly binder.
According to her lawsuit, the hospital failed to recognize troubling signs on her fetal monitoring results and declined to admit her despite multiple concerning findings.
Just two hours after leaving, Seymour returned with heavy bleeding and worsening pain. She was diagnosed with a placental abruption, a serious condition requiring immediate delivery. Yet the lawsuit states doctors did not decide to perform the C-section until nearly 20 hours after her return, opting instead to wait until an operating room became available.
Her son, Matthias, was finally born by C-section almost 27 hours after his mother’s initial visit. He weighed just over five pounds, was born with a tight body cord, and showed no breathing or muscle tone, requiring immediate resuscitation and intubation in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Despite treatment for severe complications including respiratory failure and oxygen deprivation, Matthias’s condition deteriorated. He went into cardiac distress and, after repeated resuscitation attempts failed, was pronounced dead two days after birth.
Seymour’s lawsuit accuses the hospital of negligence, alleging staff missed critical warning signs, chose a riskier course of treatment, and delayed a life-saving procedure. The hospital has declined to comment, citing the ongoing case.
