Having a child is great news, but the joy could turn into anxiety and hurt if the child is born with defects. Birth defects are becoming rampant today, even though science and technology have advanced drastically. This could be due to medical malpractices where medical practitioners have not exercised extra caution or care towards the expectant mother or the growing fetus during the pregnancy.

Medical negligence is a serious allegation on birth defects which consumers may need to understand better before consider a litigation action on the involved parties.

Birth defects or birth injuries in babies

There are various types of birth defects in babies.

1) Brachial Plexus Injury

This refers to injuries to the nerves that control the body muscles. Such a condition could happen at a difficult birth delivery when the infant’s shoulders are wedged against the pubic bone of the mother.

Medical negligence happens when the gynecologist is not careful in maneuvering the baby as it goes through the birth canal. Paralysis of the fingers, arm or hands happen with serious brachial plexus injuries.
2) Cerebral palsy

This is a neurological disorder where the brain is damaged. Voluntary movement and coordination is impacted adversely to cause the child to be a crippled. There is no control of muscles and possible developmental disabilities such as mental retardation and seizures could arise.

Medical malpractice happens when the doctor fails to detect a low oxygen flow to the baby to opt for an emergency C-section.

3) Brain cooling

This medical procedure is normally administered on baby to reduce the possibility of permanent brain damage when the baby is suspected of lacking oxygen during delivery. This procedure lowers the brain temperature of the baby to prevent further brain damage and the brain cells may repair themselves.

Medical malpractice could happen if the procedure is not administered carefully at all times to note the right temperature required to cool the baby’s brain cells.

4) Brain injury

A brain injury could happen through:

• A lack of oxygen to the baby’s brain
• A physical injury to the brain caused by the wrong use of the tools the gynecologist used in a challenging delivery

Medical malpractices could be the doctor’s negligence in anticipating for a difficult delivery with the best of delivery alternatives readied.
5) Developmental disability

This condition may only be noted when the child fails to achieve the normal development abilities such as:

• Crawling
• Walking
• Talking
• Learning
• Certain social skills

Medical negligence involves the doctor, not meticulous in checking the baby’s brain condition during and after delivery. Developmental disabilities are formed from trauma or hypoxia experienced by the brain during delivery.

6) Gestational diabetes

This is a sugar metabolism problem that is common in pregnancy where the mother had no symptoms of diabetes before and during the pregnancy. However, the mother could become diabetic just before or during delivery, which poses a high risk to the mother and child.

Medical negligence involves a presumption that the mother is a non-diabetic. A difficult labor could induce a higher sugar metabolism to cause the mother to be diabetic and incur potential injuries to the baby to be delivered.

7) Intrauterine Growth Retardation

The size of the fetus must be carefully monitored to identify intrauterine growth retardation. There are many possible causes for this condition so the doctor needs to be meticulous in checking the mother’s weight to the baby’s size throughout pregnancy. Failure to do so would cause a miss out on intrauterine growth retardation which makes it difficult for the baby to be delivered safely.

Legal Assistance in identifying Medical Malpractices causing birth defects

We understand that every pregnancy is unique, but the joy of a new baby could be extinguished easily when a birth defect is discovered; sometimes when it is too late after delivery. We are an esteemed law firm that handles complicated cases like birth defects caused by medical malpractices to fight for parents’ right to compensation.

Our law firm has expert lawyers in birth defect litigations where our hospital negligence lawyer and medical specialists are able to identify the true causes of birth defects on behalf of the family. Our resources are sufficient to prove medical negligence or malpractices by attending doctors and hospital staff during and after pregnancy. We have specialized disability claims lawyers to challenge medical professionals responsible for birth defects in babies. Our personal injury lawyer is prepared to take on any challenging birth defect case to add on to our proven track record in this field.

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