Birth Injuries

Childbirth is a natural and miraculous event, but not every labor and delivery is the same. Some women have uneventful deliveries and healthy babies, while others have difficult experiences. In that helpless condition, the mom-to-be has to trust the doctors...

While the majority of babies enter the world unscathed, this is little consolation to the few parents whose babies suffered birth injuries or trauma. Birth injuries sometimes occur when obstetricians or other healthcare professionals manipulate the position or movement of...

Babies seriously injured during birth can face a lifetime of challenges including varying levels of brain damage and/or paralysis, seizure disorders, motor skill disorders, hearing loss or deafness, and sight impairment. While some injuries to newborns occur naturally during birth...

What is perinatal asphyxia? Perinatal asphyxia occurs when an infant is deprived of oxygen at birth. Depending on the length of oxygen deprivation, children can suffer varying levels of brain damage, while many do not survive. In fact, according to...