Missouri Birth Injury

Birth Injuries
Birth injuries are some of the most heartbreaking injuries there are. What should be a joyous, happy time – the birth of a new baby – becomes instead an event fraught with worry and deep concerns about the child's future.

What Went Wrong?
Very often, a birth injury is the result of some form of medical malpractice that could have been prevented with proper care and monitoring of the mother and baby during labor and delivery. A doctor, a nurse, or the hospital itself could be at fault for the injury because of how the delivery was handled, how long the labor was left to progress, a failure to properly watch or respond to distress signals from the fetal heart monitor, failure to use a fetal heart monitor, or a number of other causes. If a lack of proper handling of labor and delivery might have happened in your situation, you may want to consult a Missouri Birth Injury Lawyer to evaluate your case.

Common Birth Injuries
Birth injuries that are often the result of some form of medical malpractice include:

• Cerebral palsy (CP) – which causes lifelong disability and can be more or less severe. CP is a brain injury that permanently affects the child's motor abilities, including walking, coordination and the ability to control movement and maintain balance. Speech and swallowing can also be affected. Flaccid muscles or muscle stiffness and spasticity are common. Mental retardation may also be present.
• Erb's palsy – this occurs when the nerves in the baby's neck are damaged during birth (often from pulling and stretching) which results in loss of feeling, movement or use of arms or hands
Shoulder dystocia – when the shoulders become stuck during the birth process, and delivery is not handled correct, a number of birth injuries can result such as a broken arm, a broken collarbone, diminished oxygen supply to the brain, and temporary or permanent paralysis. There are often complications for the mother as well.
• Damage to the baby's head, face or skull from a forceps or vacuum delivery
• Brain injury from oxygen deprivation – this can be the most serious of all and leave the baby brain damaged for life.

Missouri Birth Injury Lawyers
Aaron Sachs Law Offices can provide helpful legal information for birth injuries in Missouri. If you need a Missouri birth injury lawyer, the Law Offices of Aaron Sachs may be able to point you in the right direction.

Legal Assistance for Missouri Birth Injuries
If your baby's birth injury was the result of a labor or birth trauma that could have been prevented with proper care, you may be entitled to receive compensation for the care of the child and lifelong damages. Aaron Sachs and Associates injury lawyers can evaluate your situation and let you know if you might have a case or point you in the right direction.

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Missouri Birth Injury Lawyers
When talking to a lawyer about whether you might have a Missouri birth injury claim, be sure to ask several questions and also discuss the needs of the child and life care plan.

Aaron Sachs Law Offices provides information for Missouri birth injury victims. Our accident and injury attorneys maybe able to help. The only way you can know is if you ask, so contact us today for a free initial consultation.

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