Birth Injury

Discovering that your child has cerebral palsy can be overwhelming and emotional. This type of diagnosis is never easy to accept as it sets families on a long path of needing treatment and medical care. However, your child needs you to be strong and find ways to provide them the best possible future. As a…

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of permanent movement disorders that arise from damage to the developing brain, often before or during birth. While some cases have no identifiable cause, a significant portion are linked to preventable medical errors. In these situations, families may have legal recourse through a birth injury lawsuit. Cerebral palsy affects…

There are 12 sets of cranial nerves which lead from the brain to other parts of the body. A cranial nerve injury, therefore, is an injury to one of those 12 sets of nerves. Cranial nerve injuries can affect both adults and infants. However, most of the time, adults experience cranial nerve injuries because of…

The birth of a baby is supposed to be a magical, happy time for a family, but medical errors during labor and delivery can turn this beautiful experience into a nightmare for new parents and their families. Birth injuries, incurred during or at the time of birth, are traumatic and costly and have long term…

Having a baby is meant to be a happy and joyous occasion as new life is being brought into the world. When that moment is taken from us through some measure of malpractice, there is hardly anything more devastating and enraging. Medical malpractice can lead to terrible injuries and long lasting-complications for the child. Not…

No parent wants to see their brand new infant suffer, and certainly not from a major birth complication. And while birth injuries have vastly declined in the past few decades, the statistics are still significant and can be quite scary. Bringing a new human into the world comes with risks, and there are a number…

When we think about the long-term effects that birth injuries have on babies and mothers, we typically think about the physical or tangible effects. Very rarely, however, do we consider the intangible or emotional impact that birth injuries cause for babies and mothers, especially in terms of relationship development. The MASIC Foundation, an organization dedicated…

Childbirth is life-changing and amazing for families, but it does have its own risks. From dying from complications of childbirth to potentially having an umbilical cord wrapped around the baby’s neck, there are several scenarios where the mother can suffer life-threatening complications or – maybe even worse – the baby can suffer birth injuries. A…

Every mother worries about how the delivery of the newborn will go. The prayer is that the child will be perfect and lead a happy life. The worry is that numerous things can go wrong in the delivery room. When OB/GYNs, midwives, or others involved in the birth process make mistakes or fail to communicate…

A key concern to birth doctors during labor and delivery is that the baby is in the correct fetal position. The ideal cephalic position is head-down. During the pregnancy, the fetus will move around in the uterus. As the months pass and the fetus grows, the baby will have less room to move around. By…