Birth Injury

Mistakes occur sometimes during childbirth that can injure the mother, the baby or both of you. Birth injuries can be a traumatic event for a family, but if you, your baby or both of you have suffered because of such negligence, then we may be able to help. We deal with a variety of birth-related injuries and illnesses, including:

• Anaesthetic complications
• Mistakes with epidurals
• Cerebral palsy
• Birth asphyxia
• Congenital hip dysplasia
• Mismanaged labour/delivery
• Failure to diagnose high-risk pregnancy
• Erb’s palsy injuries
• Brachial plexus injuries
• Failure to detect foetal abnormalities
• Failure to diagnose and treat ectopic pregnancies
• Failure to recognise extremeness of vaginal tears
• Injuries due to forceps
• Mismanagement of pre-eclampsia
• Wrongly sutured episiotomies
• Neonatal deaths
• Neonatal illnesses
• Nerve damage
• Undiagnosed disabilities

These are some of the more common injuries and illnesses that occur during pregnancy. Contact us and we can specifically discuss what has happened to you, or your baby, with you.

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