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Having a child can be one of the happiest moments of your life. Unfortunately it can also be a time of anxiety and fear. Approximately 7 babies out of 1000 in the US are injured either before or during childbirth. Some of these injuries are the result of improper care or negligence, provided by a medical provider, like a doctor, midwife or nurse. The implications of a birth injury caused by negligence, on you, your child and your family can be overwhelming with long-term effects. When you are anticipating the birth of a healthy baby and your baby is born injured or unhealthy oftentimes you are left feeling helpless and wondering “How could I have let this happen?”
The natural contractions that come with childbirth can be hard on an infant and the potential for birth injury is always there however, in some circumstances, improper care provided by a health care professional during labor and delivery may be the likely cause of the injury,
Common birth injuries include:
Birth injury, medical malpractice or negligence happens when your health care provider deviates from accepted standards of practice and causes injury to a patient. This can happen in many different ways such as;
Other types of injuries could also be due to a medical care providers improper diagnosis or management of a complicated pregnancy or delivery such as:
