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Young boy with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy

What Is Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy?

Spastic diplegic cerebral palsy is a condition that primarily affects the legs, causing muscle stiffness and difficulty with movement. While...

Can Babies Recover From Lack of Oxygen at Birth?

Whether a baby can recover from lack of oxygen at birth will depend on factors such as the duration of...

Woman checking baby for spastic diplegic cerebral palsy symptoms

What Are the Symptoms of Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy?

The symptoms of spastic diplegic cerebral palsy include muscle stiffness, spasms, and difficulty with walking and balance, primarily affecting the...

Mother cradling newborn baby suffering from long-term side effects of Pitocin

What Are The Long-Term Side Effects of Pitocin on the Baby?

The long-term side effects of Pitocin on a baby have been linked to potential long-term side effects on a baby’s...

Can Babies Recover From Lack of Oxygen at Birth?

Whether a baby can recover from lack of oxygen at birth will depend on factors such as the duration of...

A white suction tool used in a vacuum delivery.

What Is a Vacuum Delivery?

A vacuum delivery, also known as vacuum-assisted delivery, is a procedure in which a doctor uses a vacuum extractor to...

What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Shoulder Dystocia?

The primary signs and symptoms of shoulder dystocia include difficulty delivering the baby's shoulders after the head has emerged, retraction...

A mother holding her baby, wondering what shoulder dystocia is.

What is Shoulder Dystocia?

What is shoulder dystocia? This is a birth complication that happens during delivery and may leave your child with lasting...

When Is Cerebral Palsy Diagnosed?

When is cerebral palsy diagnosed? Typically, cerebral palsy is diagnosed within the first couple of years of life, though it...

Fetal heart rate monitors like this can prove fetal tachycardia is happening and sometimes what the cause of fetal tachycardia is.

What Causes Fetal Tachycardia?

Fetal tachycardia causes depend on your baby's type of tachycardia. Fetal tachycardia happens when a baby’s heart rate exceeds 180...

A diagram of a fetus in the womb showing where the placental wall has separated from the uterus. This causes a form of placental abruption.

What Causes Placental Abruption?

Placental abruption happens when the placenta separates from the uterus prematurely. What causes placental abruption is typically trauma to the...

Forceps delivery uses this tool, called obstetrical forceps, to help pull a baby out of the birth canal. This can harm the baby if it is done incorrectly.

What Is Forceps Delivery?

Forceps delivery is a type of assisted vaginal delivery where medical professionals use specially designed instruments that look like large...

Intrauterine Growth Restriction happens when a baby does not grow at the expected rate during pregnancy.

What Is Intrauterine Growth Restriction?

Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is when an unborn baby is not growing at the expected rate during pregnancy. Specifically, it...

Birth trauma symptoms in babies include weak or limp muscles. A baby sitting on the bed might have experienced birth trauma.

What Are Birth Trauma Symptoms in Babies?

Birth trauma in babies can result from complications during labor and delivery, and it may lead to a range of...

A newborn with a subconjunctival hemorrhage is rubbing their eye.

What Is Subconjunctival Hemorrhage?

Subconjunctival hemorrhage occurs when small blood vessels in a baby's eye break, leading to a bright red patch on the...

A worried woman hasn’t felt her baby move as much. This could be a symptom of fetal distress.

What Symptoms Can Identify Fetal Distress?

Identifying the early warning signs of fetal distress is crucial for ensuring timely medical intervention. Common early warning signs of...

There are many risk factors for shoulder dystocia that your medical team should tell you about if your baby is at risk.

What Are the Risk Factors for Shoulder Dystocia?

Shoulder dystociaoccurs when a baby's head has been delivered, but one or both shoulders become stuck behind the mother's pubic...

A brachial plexus injury harms the bundle of nerves in the shoulder that control the arm and hand. There are many kinds of brachial plexus injuries.

What Is a Brachial Plexus Injury?

A brachial plexus injury is an injury to the nerves in the shoulder that control the arm and the hand....

The long-term effects of shoulder dystocia depend on the level of damage done to the newborn's nerves in the shoulder.

What Are the Long-Term Effects of Shoulder Dystocia?

Shoulder dystocia occurs when a baby's shoulders become stuck behind the mother's pubic bone during delivery. While many babies who...

An umbilical cord prolapse happens when the umbilical cord drops before the baby does. This is a medical emergency.

What Is Umbilical Cord Prolapse?

Umbilical cord prolapse is a rare but serious complication that can occur during labor and delivery. It happens when the...

While there is no disease progress, cerebral palsy’s symptoms can get worse with age as they face new life challenges and move into adult independence.

Does Cerebral Palsy Get Worse With Age?

While cerebral palsy itself is a non-progressive disorder, meaning the initial brain injury doesn't worsen over time, the symptoms and...

Both Klumpke’s Palsy and Erb’s Palsy are caused by damage to the brachial nerve plexus, as shown here. The regions damaged create the differences.

What Is the Difference Between Klumpke’s Palsy and Erb’s Palsy?

Klumpke's and Erb's Palsy are brachial plexus injuries but affect different parts of this nerve network. The brachial plexus is...

$X-ray of a child’s skull fracture. Medical negligence is a common cause of infant skull fractures.$

What Are the Causes of Infant Skull Fractures?

Infant skull fractures can be caused by many factors, ranging from accidental injuries to underlying medical conditions. Accidental falls are...

A birth injury lawyer can help you understand if there are signs of cerebral palsy during pregnancy.

Can Cerebral Palsy Be Detected Before Birth?

Pregnancy is a joyful time, but it can also bring worries about your baby’s health. While signs of cerebral palsy...

A birth injury lawyer can help you understand the symptoms of HIE and if there was medical malpractice.

What Are the Symptoms of HIE?

HIE, or hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, can present with a variety of symptoms depending on the severity of the brain injury. HIE...

An HIE lawyer can help you understand the effects of brain hypoxia in newborns.

What Are the Effects of Brain Hypoxia in Newborns?

Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), also known as neonatal encephalopathy or brain hypoxia, is a serious condition caused by hypoxia in newborns....

A pregnant woman holds an ultrasound image of the baby. She is experiencing symptoms that could be linked to intrauterine fetal demise. A birth injury lawyer can tell you more about intrauterine fetal demise.

What Is Intrauterine Fetal Demise?

Intrauterine fetal demise (IUFD), commonly referred to as stillbirth, is the term used when a fetus dies in the womb...

A forceps used for delivery sits on a table. If your newborn experienced a birth injury caused by forceps delivery complications, a birth injury lawyer can hold the at-fault party accountable.

Birth Injuries Caused by Forceps Delivery Complications

The improper use of forceps during childbirth is a well-known cause of serious birth injuries like cerebral palsy. Forceps are...

The hands of a child with cerebral palsy exercises with a ball. Learn the cost to file a cerebral palsy lawsuit.

What does It Cost to File a Cerebral Palsy Lawsuit?

It is natural to wonder what the costs associated with filing a cerebral palsy lawsuit are, particularly after your kid...

Disabled girl with cerebral palsy sitting in a wheelchair. What evidence do you need for a cerebral palsy claim?

What Evidence do I Need to File a Cerebral Palsy Claim?

You may want to know what evidence you need if you are filing a cerebral palsy claim. The world feels...