No one ever wants to think about a baby suffering a birth injury, let alone a brain injury that can affect her for the rest of her life. Unfortunately, there are times during labor and delivery when a baby could be deprived of oxygen, which can lead to a birth brain injury like hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). What Is HIE?…
For some women, labor progresses naturally; however, many women need some form of assistance to move things along. This is why obstetricians are very familiar with labor-inducing drugs and birthing assistance tools. Unfortunately, obstetricians sometimes make bad decisions or fail to monitor the situation carefully and birth injuries can occur, as well as potentially life-threatening problems for the mother. One…
Giving birth to your baby is one of the most exciting days of your life filled with hope, joy, and love; however, sometimes, things go wrong and the most wonderful experience a parent will have is also marked by trauma. Complications can arise during labor and delivery that require doctors to act quickly and precisely in order to guide the…
Almost 11,000 babies are born every day across this nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And although childbirth is a common occurrence, labor and delivery complications are also common. While there are many birthing complications that occur for a variety of reasons, one of the most common complications arises when infants don’t receive adequate oxygen during…
The day of your child’s birth is supposed to be joyous, but for some parents the arrival of a new baby is also a day of pain and suffering. Sadly, some newborns are victims of doctor negligence, hospital negligence, or carelessness on the part of nurses or anesthesiologists. When a baby suffers a birth injury, parents are often left feeling…
Many people have heard of postpartum depression and understand the risk that new mothers face of suffering from it. Likewise, parents who have endured a traumatic birth that led to a birth injury will also enter parenthood with emotional issues to overcome. However, unlike postpartum depression that often fades away once hormone levels return to normal, parents of injured children…
The most joyous day in a family’s life is bringing a child into the world; however, sometimes, this day is also marked by trauma. Sadly, many children suffer from unnecessary birth injuries that occur during labor and delivery due to negligence on the part of a doctor, nurse, or other medical professional. Consequently, a baby may have to suffer the…
It’s a sad reality, but there are many different types of birth injuries that can occur during pregnancy and labor. Consequently, many babies suffer from a wide range of symptoms from minor to severe. While not all birth injuries require treatment—some conditions just need monitoring—many birth injuries will need some type of treatment in order for the baby to make…
When an expectant mother arrives at the hospital to give birth, she is connected to electronic devices that help nurses and doctors monitor the baby’s vital signs and the mother’s contractions. The information that is produced from the fetal heart rate monitor and the other devices is what helps the medical birthing team determine if the baby is in fetal…
For some women, labor is marked by their water breaking followed by hours of labor and finally the birth of their babies. For other women, labor doesn’t seem to start on its own, which causes the need to induce labor. One of the main ways doctors induce labor is through labor-inducing drugs, with one of the most common drugs being…