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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 experienced complications, you may have felt that this has affected the relationship with your child. If you were psychologically affected by the birthing experience,

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Hypoxic-Ischemic Birth Injuries

If you are a parent whose child has suffered a stroke, has cerebral palsy, or has other forms of hypoxic-ischemic brain 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 to the child is the cause of brain damage, cerebral palsy and other related complications. For families who have suffered this

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6 expenses to consider in birth injury cases

Finding out that your child has a birth injury is a harrowing experience. Once you get over the initial shock, you might find that you have to start thinking about providing for your child in the future. Raising a child who has special needs isn’t inexpensive. You might choose to seek compensation. If you do, think about these six expenses of raising a child who has a birth injury. #1:

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3 things pregnant women should know during labor

Many pregnant women choose to create a birth plan to help guide what happens during labor and delivery. While this is a great way to prepare for the birth of your child, birth plans can’t address all the issues that might occur. Whether you are creating a birth plan now or are getting ready to head to the hospital or birthing center, you should remember these three important points. Birth

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New study shows surgical patients aren’t being informed of mistakes

By Rob Lewis One of the many reasons that the civil justice system– and the jury trial in particular –is so instrumental in enforcing patient rights and ensuring patient safety is that the medical industry, when left to its own devices, generally refuses to police itself. Time and time again, the same mistake is made more than once by the same provider. When asked if they would do anything different

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Working to reduce risk in giving birth

Life is complicated, messy and chaotic. It is also beautiful. One of its most beautiful and rewarding moments comes in childbirth. It’s also a dangerous moment in life. For the baby, one of the greatest dangers is in lack of oxygen. Far too often, the condition results in birth injuries that last a lifetime. But childbirth is also a dangerous time for the mother, as many Covington moms will attest.

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Birth Injury Nightmare

The toddler’s reality is like the darkest of nightmares. Just three years old, she is blind, suffers from infant seizures, and is fed through a tube into her stomach. She will never walk. She will never speak. She will never be able to take care of herself. Her grim reality is due to a doctor’s negligence during the girl’s birth in 2012, a judge in a medical malpractice trial recently

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The Unplanned C-Section: Know When Surgery is Necessary

In the United States, prenatal care has become a huge part of the pregnancy process. From special vitamins to regular checkups with a woman’s doctor, prenatal care is designed to diagnose and prevent potentially serious health problems from developing and causing harm to the mother and/or child. In some cases, doctors may even discuss the option of performing a cesarean section as a way to increase a child’s survival and

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Who can be held accountable for a birth injury?

If asked who should be held accountable for a birth injury, what would you say? Many people in Kentucky and elsewhere would likely say the doctor. While this can be true, the doctor is often not the only party responsible for a birth injury. Most of the parties involved in the care of the mother or the birth of the child can play a role in a birth injury. These

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How does multiple gestation affect prenatal care in Kentucky?

A woman who finds out she is expecting more than one baby might have a lot of questions. One of those questions is likely going to be how the multiple gestation will affect her prenatal care. The answer actually depends on the gestational order of the pregnancy, as well as a host of other factors. There are some basic guidelines that our Kentucky readers should be aware of when it

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Birth injuries caused by Kentucky midwives can be serious

If you recall, last week’s blog post was about the mother who won a settlement in a birth injury lawsuit. That post might have some of our Kentucky readers wondering if the injuries their baby suffered during birth would qualify for a settlement. The quick answer to that is that there is no way of knowing unless you have your case evaluated. In some cases, the birth injury might not

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