In recent years, families have sought more alternative, non-hospital locations for giving birth, such as at home and at birthing centers. The complications of giving birth outside of the hospitals can be a reason for concern, but a lot of times women feel more compelled to give birth at a place that suits their [...]
What could be worse than being informed as an expectant parent that your child may be born with a birth defect that could cripple them or remain with them the rest of their natural lives. Experts say there’s a lot an expectant mother can do nowadays to do to reduce a child’s risk for [...]
In recent years, families have sought more alternative, non-hospital locations for giving birth, such as at home and at birthing centers using midwives. The complications of giving birth outside of the hospitals can be a reason for concern, but a lot of times women feel more compelled to give birth at a place that [...]
Infant mortality rates in the U.S. have dropped to a new low after about a decade-long decline, according to federal officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In fact, since 2005 (when there was a peak in the U.S. infant mortality rate), there has been a more than 15 percent drop, [...]
Believing these birth injury myths can cost you, Portland medical malpractice lawyers explain. Here’s why. Contact us if you’ve been harmed by medical mistakes. Birth injuries can be as devastating to infants as they may be to parents, especially when preventable medical negligence may have contributed to these injuries. What can compound the [...]
Welcoming a new child into the world and your family is undoubtedly an exciting and wonderful experience; however, when a child may have sustained a birth injury that will cause significant impairments for the rest of that child’s life, families can be left with a lot of frustration, stress and questions. One option these [...]
Cerebral palsy (CP), an umbrella term that refers to a group of conditions, develops as a result of some damage to the developing brain. While there may be a number of environmental and biological factors that can contribute to the development of cerebral palsy, in many cases, CP develops as a result of some [...]
While birth injuries are always tragic events, they can be far more heartbreaking when families realize that their newborn’s injuries could have been prevented if not for the negligence of a doctor or another medical professional. The preventable nature of birth injuries may be just as distressful and unsettling as the prevalence of them. [...]
