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Umbilical Is Cord Delivered First Now A Brain Injury?
If the umbilical is cord delivered first, can this lead to an injury for your baby? To put it another way, has your baby suffered a brain injury and you remember that the umbilical cord was delivered first? For a lot of parents, the idea of the umbilical cord...
How Meconium With Other Factors Can Lead To A Brain Injury At Birth
How meconium, with other factors, can lead to a brain injury at birth. Although meconium alone may not lead to injury, when it is coupled with other non-reassuring factors, it can not only lead to serious injury for a baby, but also death. One of my main...
Can Placental Abruption Cause A Brain Injury?
Can placental abruption cause a brain injury? To put the question another way if the placenta separates can this lead to a brain injury in your baby? For many parents a brain injury in a baby creates many questions. Some of the parents that we speak with have...
Umbilical Cord Wrapped Around The Baby’s Neck The Cause Of A Brain Injury?
Was the umbilical cord wrapped around the baby’s neck during delivery? Now, doctors are telling you that the child has suffered a brain injury? Or, has your baby been given a cerebral palsy diagnosis and you remember the umbilical cord wrapped around your...
Are You Really The Cause Of Your Baby’s Birth Injury?
Are you really the cause of your baby’s birth injury? From time to time, we get calls from mothers who essentially report how doctors can sometimes guilt them into feeling that the reason their child has suffered a birth injury is because of something “wrong...
Three Questions To Ask Before Hiring A Birth Injury Attorney
What are three questions to ask before hiring a birth injury attorney? From what I have been told by individuals who contact my office regarding help with a birth injury, knowing what to look for or what questions to ask can be difficult. With all the...
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Midwife Only Birth Injury Liability
In this birth injury educational article, I am going to continue with the discussion regarding midwives, but the focus will be on midwife only birth injury liability. This discussion comes on the heels of the previous article and video I did explaining midwife...
What If The Midwife Is Also Responsible For The Birth Injury?
What if the midwife is also responsible for the birth injury? This was a question that was posed to me by a mother who had also been in the care of a midwife. Initially she was not sure if anything could be done because of the midwife’s actions. With that said,...
Deceleration Patterns And HIE
In today’s educational video we are going to discuss deceleration patterns and HIE from a medical legal standpoint. For some parents that we talk to, oxygen related issues are not brought up a lot during pregnancy and labor and delivery. Although it is a given that we...
How Does A Baby Get Funding Over Time Following Birth Trauma?
An important question that can come up when talking with families about an investigation into their baby’s injury at birth is, how does a baby get funding over time following birth trauma? Before going further into this answer, I want you to assume that there is a...
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