Articles Posted in Birth Injuries

When a doctor negligently fails to diagnose or properly manage gestational diabetes during pregnancy, it can have a very damaging impact on the health of the baby and result and very serious birth injuries. Our birth injury lawyers handle medical malpractice cases involving the misdiagnosis of gestational diabetes.

During pregnancy, some women can develop a temporary form of diabetes known as gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes can present complications and risks to the health of the baby. Failing to timely diagnose and manage this condition can result in serious injuries. This page will look at birth injury malpractice lawsuits involving gestational diabetes and the settlement value of these cases.

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This page will discuss fetal heat monitoring strips and how they can be used as evidence in birth injury malpractice lawsuits. The goal of this page is to help explain the significance of fetal heart tracing and how they are supposed to be interpreted and utilized during labor and delivery.

Categories of Fetal Heart Tracing

Fetal heart tracing patterns (i.e., the rhythm of the baby’s heartbeat) are grouped into three categories: Category 1, Category 2, and Category 3.

Obstetric forceps are a tool that doctors sometimes use to assist in a complicated vaginal delivery. Forceps can be potentially dangerous for the baby. They require a high degree of skill and technique on the doctor’s part. A small mistake with forceps can cause serious injury to the baby and result in permanent birth injuries.

This page is about birth injury malpractice lawsuits involving the misuse of forceps.  Our lawyers discuss how these claims work, how they are valued for settlement, and provide recent example of jury payout and settlement amounts in forceps malpractice claims.

Forceps in Childbirth

On this page, we will look at meconium aspiration syndrome, a potentially dangerous complication that can arise during childbirth. We will explain what this condition is and how mismanagement of it through medical negligence can lead to devastating birth injuries. We will also look at settlements and verdicts involving meconium aspiration malpractice.

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Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) Birth Injury Lawsuit

Fetal macrosomia is a prenatal condition in which the baby grows too big making vaginal delivery risky. Failing to diagnose and properly manage fetal macrosomia can lead to babies getting stuck during delivery and serious birth injuries. On this page we will look at fetal macrosomia birth injury lawsuits.

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Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) Birth Injury Lawsuit

Cerebral palsy is a disability commonly caused by medical negligence during childbirth. This page will examine how medical mistakes during labor and delivery can cause cerebral palsy. We will also explain how parents and children can get compensation by filing a cerebral palsy malpractice lawsuit.

What is Cerebral Palsy?

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a permanent neurological condition in which the brain cannot direct normal muscle movement and coordination of the body. CP is caused by a defect in the brain that impairs its ability to direct motor and muscle function through electrical impulse signals. This “glitch” in the brain occurs when cells in the brain are damaged during fetal gestation, childbirth, or early infancy.

On this page, we will talk about the use of Pitocin to stimulate or accelerate labor, and how the negligent use or administration of this hormone can lead to complications and serious birth injuries.

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• Learn how Pitocin malpractice cases work and which are the best cases for plaintiffs