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A serious injury during labor, delivery, or the newborn period can leave Bowling Green parents with two very different sets of questions. The first are medical: What happened to our baby? What is the diagnosis? What treatment is needed? Will the injury be permanent?...

Birth injury cases usually involve medical questions that cannot be answered from the diagnosis alone. A child may have: Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy Cerebral palsy Neonatal seizures Perinatal stroke Brachial plexus injury Severe jaundice or kernicterus A skull...

Birth injury cases can involve several different legal clocks. There is no single deadline that safely answers every question. The deadline can depend on: Who owns the claim When the injury was discovered Whether the claimant is a child Whether the child survived...

Birth injury cases are built from records. Parents may remember that nurses became worried about the fetal heart rate, Pitocin was stopped, an emergency C-section was discussed, or their baby was rushed to the NICU. Those memories can be important. But determining...

A Kentucky birth injury case usually begins long before a lawsuit is filed. The first stages often involve obtaining medical records, reconstructing what happened during labor and newborn care, identifying the healthcare providers and institutions involved, evaluating...

When a serious birth injury occurs, attention often turns first to the individual doctor or nurse who was in the delivery room. Sometimes that is where the important medical question lies. Other cases involve something broader. A hospital can have problems involving:...

The hours and days after delivery are a period of rapid change for a newborn. Most babies make the transition from life inside the uterus to breathing, feeding, maintaining body temperature, and regulating circulation without serious difficulty. Some babies need...

Labor induction and oxytocin are common parts of modern obstetric care. Oxytocin—often known by the brand name Pitocin—can be used to start labor or strengthen contractions after labor has already begun. Used appropriately, it can help achieve a vaginal delivery and...

Forceps and vacuum extractors can help doctors deliver a baby vaginally when labor has stalled, the mother should avoid prolonged pushing, or the fetal heart rate suggests that delivery should be expedited. These procedures are known as operative vaginal delivery or...

An unplanned C-section can happen for many reasons, and not every unplanned cesarean has the same level of urgency. Sometimes the medical team has time to continue evaluating labor before proceeding to surgery. In other situations, a change in the mother's or baby's...