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“I would know if my baby had an injury during childbirth. My baby wasn’t premature, is a newborn brain bleed even possible?” These are the type of questions parents may ask themselves when faced with a scary diagnosis. And the truth is, it can sometimes be difficult to diagnose a newborn brain bleed. The symptoms…

A hidden threat to newborns, skull fractures often go unnoticed to doctors and untreated. Sometimes, even the best doctors make mistakes. These fractures in a baby’s delicate skull are caused by the physical force of labor and delivery. Some of these fractures heal quickly and with little consequence. Others have very serious, sometimes permanent effects.…

At around 8 weeks of pregnancy, parents can hear their baby’s heartbeat for the first time. At each checkup, they’ll smile each time they hear that tiny thump–thump–thump. It’s a sign of life. A baby’s way of saying “all’s well in here!” But during birth, some babies exhibit a worrisome heartbeat change called late decelerations.…

Katherine Seaborn got her tubes tied–but she became pregnant anyway. A failed procedure such as Kim’s may warrant a tubal ligation lawsuit. Not only was the pregnancy unexpected, it was dangerous.  Seaborn had an ectopic pregnancy, which is when an embryo implants in a fallopian tube. Thinking she couldn’t possibly be pregnant, she waited too…

Hospitals are full of doctors, patients, machines, and medicine. Do you know what else they can be full of? Infections. Everyone goes to the hospital hoping to get better. No one goes hoping they’ll become host to some free-loading infection. Sometimes a negligent doctor’s error is to blame. If it happens to you, you can…

Cerebral palsy is the most common type of motor disability in children. According to the CDC, 1-4 per 1,000 children are affected by cerebral palsy. While many cases of cerebral palsy cannot be prevented, some are caused solely because of the negligence of doctors. This includes spastic diplegic cerebral palsy (SDCP).  If you believe a…