Your obstetrician and assisting medical personnel such as nurses and technicians had a responsibility to monitor your and your baby’s vital signs carefully throughout the process of labor and delivery. If they ignored signs of fetal distress and delayed a Caesarean section that was necessary to maximize the likelihood of a healthy birth — and your child suffered a birth injury as a result — you should discuss the case with an experienced birth injury lawyer.
At the law offices of Jacobs & Jacobs our dedicated attorneys carry on the tradition of advocacy that began when our law firm was founded. If your child now faces a lifetime of cerebral palsy or other serious injuries, or if your child died in labor or delivery, contact us today.
If you and we decide to work together, we will determine the best way to obtain all hospital records pertaining to labor and delivery of your baby — including the fetal monitor strips. These records may reveal to expert witnesses who will work with us whether your baby’s distress went undetected by responsible health care professionals for too long, resulting in a delayed C section. We will work to answer all the questions you have about the labor and delivery process.
- Did doctors and nurses have the proper training to determine when a C section was called for? (The answer to this question is usually “yes.”)
- Did they act promptly when trouble was in plain view through readings on the fetal monitor strip?
- Did attending nurses and technicians notify the doctor on time when the fetal heart rate or respiration was clearly problematic during labor?
Call 866-668-7179 or e-mail our law firm to discuss any suspected birth injury that may have been caused by an unnecessarily delayed cesarean section. If it is difficult for you to come to our office, we will be glad to come to your hospital room or home. Our medical malpractice attorneys are prepared to help you and your family through the challenge of pursuing compensation after your child was injured at birth.