Did Your Child Suffer a Forceps Injury at Birth? Contact a Lawyer at Jacobs & Jacobs
When a fetus encounters difficulty passing through the birth canal, prompt intervention is usually necessary to prevent hypoxic brain injury and facilitate a successful, healthy birth. Many doctors of earlier generations were trained to use forceps when delivery was stalled. Younger OBs tend to use vacuum extractors instead. There are risks to both of these methods, and using a forceps to deliver a child can lead to severe injuries. If your child suffered an injury such as cerebral palsy or Erb's palsy, and you have reason to believe that medical negligence played a part, contact the birth injury attorneys of Jacobs & Jacobs, P.C.
A stalled delivery in the birth canal sometimes happens because the baby is in breech position, sometimes because the mother is unable to assist by pushing and sometimes because of an extremely lengthy labor. If forceps are used to facilitate a challenging birth, an obstetrician must use great care.
Forceps delivery is always risky. Examples of birth injuries that may be traced to use of forceps may include the following:
- Nerve damage to the baby, which may result in disfigurement to the face or injury to the neck, for example.
- Blindness in one or both eyes.
- Fractured skull with potential for brain injury.
- Injury to the mother including potential for vaginal lacerations or rectum injuries.
Jacobs & Jacobs represents babies and their parents after medical malpractice results in birth injuries. We have been helping injured people and their families since 1950.
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Call or e-mail our Connecticut law firm to discuss your baby's forceps injury. If you are unable to come to our New Haven office, an attorney from our law firm can come to your hospital room or home. We are willing and able to help you and your family explore every legal option after your baby was injured at birth.
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