by Marcus Boston | Mar 14, 2015 | Birth Injuries, Blog
An error in the delivery room can cause a serious child birth injury. When this does occur, families are often times looking for answers. The purpose of this educational article is to shine light on two areas of concern when a child is injured at birth. Even though...
by Marcus Boston | Feb 1, 2015 | Birth Injuries, Blog
Hypoxia is a serious medical condition for children at birth. Essentially what the term means in a child birth setting is that the child is not getting enough oxygen. When a lack of oxygen is present, the child can suffer from a host of injuries, such as cerebral...
by Marcus Boston | Dec 26, 2014 | Birth Injuries, Blog
What is shoulder dystocia during delivery you may be wondering? Essentially what can happen is that during delivery a baby can get trapped behind the mother’s pelvis. This can create what is called a shoulder dystocia emergency in the delivery room. In some cases...
by Marcus Boston | Dec 18, 2014 | Birth Injuries, Blog
In some instances mothers can have a “gut” feeling that something may be wrong with their baby. Some of these mothers often wonder if their actions or in-actions may have lead to a possible injury of their child. With that said, in some instances a...
by Marcus Boston | Dec 9, 2014 | Birth Injuries, Blog
When a mother is giving birth, the fetal heart monitors is a very important tool doctors can use to determine how well the baby is doing throughout the delivery. If doctors notice that the baby is under distress, certain actions must take place. Another way that...
by Marcus Boston | Dec 1, 2014 | Birth Injuries, Blog
As a mother your gut is telling you that something is wrong following your baby’s birth. At the time of delivery your child suffered from seizures and you just have no idea how this could be. Add to this, your baby was severely discolored in that the baby was...
by Marcus Boston | Nov 30, 2014 | Birth Injuries, Blog
When a child suffers an injury at birth parents are often left with many questions. Was it something that I did as a mother which contributed to this? Why did this happen to my baby? These are just some of the many questions presented. With that said, a mother is...
by Marcus Boston | Sep 28, 2014 | Birth Injuries, Blog
When a child is diagnosed with cerebral palsy, in many instances parents have many questions. “How could this have happened?” “Is there something as a mother I could have done to prevent this?” “Where do we go from here?” These are all questions that many parents have...
by Marcus Boston | Jul 20, 2014 | Birth Injuries, Blog
Shoulder dystocia, what is it and how can it lead to birth injures? You hear the doctors in the delivery room talking about the baby is stuck and that they have to work to get the baby free. Shoulder dystocia occurs when the baby gets stuck or trapped behind the...
by Marcus Boston | Jul 13, 2014 | Birth Injuries, Blog
Cerebral palsy can be a challenging diagnosis for a child. In many cases parents do not understand how this type of traumatic brain injury can occur at delivery. During a baby’s delivery it is very important that doctors not only pay close attention to the...
