Medical professionals who treated you through pregnancy and at your child’s birth might have made negligent decisions that to lead to a birth injury. After going through the delivery process, you might be concerned about your baby’s health. Maybe there are physical...
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Should I claim compensation for my child’s birth injury?
If you have a child who was injured at birth, this is likely to have been a traumatic experience for you as well as the rest of your family. You may still suffer psychologically from that experience today. If your child's birth injury was serious, it's possible that...
Failure to act during birth can lead to trauma for the baby
The birth of a baby should be joyous occasion for the parents, but this isn't always how things happen. There are many factors that can change and make the labor and delivery a somber one. It's imperative that everyone who is involved in the experience pays close...
Should my doctor give me a C-section?
Of all the medical errors that are made, perhaps the ones that cause the most grief are birth injuries. When an infant is injured during or just before birth, the baby's life trajectory is often irretrievably altered. The might-have-beens that the parents — and later,...
Fetal monitoring errors can cause birth injuries
Medical equipment is essential in ensuring the health of the mother and baby before and during labor. Fetal monitors play a huge part in maintaining knowledge about the health of the baby. Electronic fetal monitoring is a bedside device that provides graphic and...
Learning disabilities could be caused by birth injuries
Some children may develop a learning difficulty if they struggle to develop as quickly as expected. A learning difficulty is a broad term that covers a wide range of developmental difficulties in children. These can be temporary, or they may have an impact on the...
Delayed c-section during labor can increase risk of a bad outcome
Pregnancy and labor are unique for each woman who goes through them. Some women have terrible morning sickness and others never once throw up. Some women, even first-time mothers, have only a few contractions before the birth of their child, while others may have to...
Did giving birth affect your ability to bond with your child?
Giving birth should be a beautiful experience that allows a new life to enter the world safely. At the same time, the labor process requires expert medical attention and can be life-threatening to both the baby and the child. If you have recently given birth and...
Recently Published White Paper on Hypoxic-Ischemic Birth Injuries
If you are a parent whose child has suffered a stroke, has cerebral palsy or has other forms of brain damage or injuries, you probably want answers. It is natural for parents in this situation to want to know what happened. In many cases, loss of oxygen and blood flow...
Understanding Hypoxic-Ischemic Birth Injuries
On behalf of The Lawrence Firm, PSC posted in Birth Injuries on Thursday, April 5, 2018. Lawrence firm psc slide share_03-22-18 from The Law Buzz For brand new parents, there are few things more stressful and confusing than learning a child has suffered...