Blog Posts - Birth injuries
What is placental abruption?
As a mother-to-be in South Carolina, you likely spend a good deal of time thinking about the health, safety and welfare of your developing baby. You also likely do everything possible to ensure that both…
Read MoreHow hypoxia can evolve into a permanent disability for infants
During the course of its delivery, a baby may not receive the necessary oxygen it needs for its brain to continue functioning optimally. This puts the child at an increased risk for a number of…
Read MoreBirth injury damages shouldn’t fall on the parents
Birth injuries can come in a variety of forms. Last week, we discussed how some birth injuries can come with a doctor doesn’t act quickly if a fetus is in distress. This is only one…
Read MoreWhat is fetal distress during labor and delivery?
When you go into the hospital to have a baby, the medical team is going to monitor your baby. This can be continual or periodic. In either case, this provides an important glimpse into how…
Read MoreBirth injuries can lead to life-long effects
We recently discussed how superobese women have considerations during labor and delivery that need to be studied more. Of course, this is also true for a variety of other situations that occur in labor and…
Read MoreMore studies are needed on delivery types for super obese women
Women who are classified as obese face challenges when they are pregnant. They have to contend with more health issues during the pregnancy than women who aren’t classified as obese. Women who are in the…
Read MoreAntibiotic techniques in hospitals likely ineffective
Hospitals have long used two primary techniques for determining which antibiotics to administer when a patient has an infection. These two are cycling and mixing. A recent study shows that neither of these methods is…
Read MoreBirth injuries are traumatic and can have lasting effects
Childbirth is a very dangerous event, even when things are all going according to plan. There are many variables that affect the outcome of the birth. As we discussed last week, one of these variables…
Read MoreForceps deliveries are sometimes necessary but dangerous
Some women who are in labor will need the extra help that comes from forceps. These deliveries are sometimes necessary to get the baby out without having to go through a cesarean section delivery. This…
Read MoreWhat is an incompetent cervix?
The cervix is the bottom most part of the uterus. The cervix has to thin out and dilate before a child can be born vaginally. For some women, the cervix is considered incompetent or weak….
Read MoreWhat problems occur with a deeply attached placenta?
A pregnant woman usually has a million thoughts going through her mind about her labor and delivery. One thing that many women don’t think about is the possibility of fatal placenta complications occurring in their…
Read MoreFalse claims and birth trauma lead to successful lawsuit
Many women choose to write out a birth plan when they are pregnant. Most of these women understand that the birth plan isn’t written in stone. Instead, some factors of the birth plan might have…
Read MoreExplore compensation options for birth injuries
No woman goes into labor thinking that she wants to be held down during the birthing process or that she wants the medical staff to hold her baby in the birth canal instead of allowing…
Read MoreBirth injury case challenges Feres doctrine
Imagine losing a loved one to medical malpractice and being told that you can’t take any action to hold the medical staff accountable. That is the reality that many military families are facing because of…
Read MoreHow tools and technology may cause birth injuries
Medical technology has increased massively over the years, and this is a very good thing. It means that people can be treated for diseases they could never be treated for before, children who never would…
Read MoreWhat is shoulder dystocia during delivery?
Many women are able to give birth to a baby vaginally without having any complications. For some women, the size of her pelvis compared to the size of the baby doesn’t make a vaginal birth…
Read MoreBirth injuries can cause life-long problems for a child
No woman goes into a medical facility for her labor and delivery thinking that she or her baby will be harmed. Sadly, there are some instances in which the baby does get harmed. Birth injuries,…
Read MoreBirth injuries might call for legal action
From the moment a woman finds out she is pregnant, she is likely to seek out the best care that she can for during her pregnancy. From that moment until her baby is born, the…
Read MoreWhat are Erb’s palsy and cerebral palsy?
Birth injuries can come in a host of different forms. Two of the possible birth injuries that a baby can face are Erb’s palsy and cerebral palsy. Both of these conditions are commonly association with…
Read MoreBirth injuries can lead to serious life-long issues
Giving birth to a child is something that comes with a lot of uncertainty. In the best cases, the baby is born without incident. In the worst cases, the baby or the mother suffers an…
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