While your baby's birth is one of the happiest moments of your life, your happy moment can turn to anguish when your doctor makes a mistake that costs your baby his or her future. One of the most catastrophic birth injuries is a spinal cord injury. How do SCIs happen...
What are the most common birth injuries?
These days, giving birth is safer than it has ever been in the past. On top of that, the country's statistics for birth and labor show that it is a relatively safe thing for most mothers to go through. Though a minority of babies end up in harm's way, this does not...
Pay attention to these birth injury statistics
Sadly, birth injuries might be more common than you believe. According to the CDC, three percent of every baby born in the United States suffers a birth defect. These defects are also the leading cause of infant fatality, contributing to 20 percent of all infant...
What is shoulder dystocia?
Though most births in the country happen healthily and with no harm or injury to mother or baby, that is unfortunately not always the case. Shoulder dystocia is one instance of how birth injuries can and do affect newborns to this day. Defining shoulder dystocia March...
How harmless is caput succedaneum?
If your newborn has a cone-shaped head or swelling beneath his or her scalp, doctors may have given you a hard-to-understand diagnosis: caput succedaneum. According to Stanford Medicine, this medical term, which is Latin, simply means your infant has localized...
What is newborn cephalohematoma?
The last thing parents want is for their newborn to suffer a birth injury. Unfortunately, birth injuries can result from defects, accidental trauma or medical malpractice. Newborn cephalohematoma is just one of the many risks associated with birth. What is it? Newborn...
How can a doctor’s negligence when using forceps harm you?
When you first enter the hospital and begin to go into labor, you may feel overwhelmed by everything going on around you. If your doctor chooses to use forceps during the delivery, they may fail to use them in a safe and proper way. This kind of misuse can leave you...
Lack of oxygen at birth and the threat of infant brain damage
Every mother wants her baby to live a long, healthy life, but serious health issues can occur for newborns. Medical malpractice during delivery can cause an infant to suffer a lack of oxygen, and, in turn, the possibility of brain damage. Anoxia and hypoxia In the...
What is shoulder dystocia?
Shoulder dystocia is a birth injury that occurs when a baby's shoulder gets caught in the mother's pelvis during labor and birth. This injury can harm both mother and baby and can result in permanent damage or even death. Shoulder dystocia can be one of the most...
Living with cerebral palsy
Occurring due to birth injuries and other factors, cerebral palsy ranks as one of the leading childhood movement disorders. Although caused and manifesting early in life, the effects of this condition often affect people throughout childhood and adulthood. Therefore,...
