Meconium aspiration syndrome is a birth injury that expecting mothers in Texas and around the country should know about. Meconium is the stool that infants pass before they start to feed on milk or formula. Usually, infants pass meconium after birth. Problems with the...
Month: September 2019
3 birth injuries that may prove fatal
Childbirth is natural, but that does not make it easy. Until a few decades ago, childbirth was the number one killer of women. Advances in healthcare have changed this statistic, but it does not mean accidents do not still occur. Doctor decisions made in the days and...
Fetal distress, asphyxiation need separate terms
In the past, Texas newborns who experienced fetal problems or asphyxia were often grouped together under the generic term "fetal distress." However, this term does not give an accurate description of what the baby may be experiencing. The Committee on Obstetric...
Overview of persistent pulmonary hypertension babies
Babies born at 34 weeks or more run the risk of developing a breathing condition called persistent pulmonary hypertension at birth. Before babies are born, they receive oxygen from their mother, and most of this oxygen does not reach the lungs because the blood...
Klumpke paralysis birth injury often responds to timely treatment
Difficult births in Texas occasionally result in birth injuries, like Klumpke paralysis. This paralysis limits an infant's ability to use the affected shoulder and arm. Damage to the nerves of the brachial plexus that happen during birth cause the partial paralysis....