Many complications during pregnancy and labor can endanger the mother's and the baby's lives. Various factors can cause severe consequences, such as congenital disabilities, injuries and even death. A fatal issue that can happen among pregnant mothers is maternal...
Birth Injuries
What happens if your baby sustains a spinal birth injury?
Delivering an infant might be the most fragile beginning in your parental journey. The slightest hint of injury can quickly escalate into a life-threatening situation. Spinal cord damage means severe interference to the connection between the brain and the rest of...
Can pregnancy complications lead to birth injuries?
Unfortunately, birth injuries do occur in West Virginia. When they do, they can lead to lifelong disabilities and medical complications for what have otherwise been perfectly healthy children. Some may even die. Even worse, many of these birth injuries were probably...
Birth trauma can make parents distrustful of medical care
Multiple people are often present at West Virginia births. The parents will be surrounded by two or more medical personnel, but they experience the event differently. Parents usually have little knowledge of medical interventions related to birth. Medical workers...
Could problems or extreme pain while giving birth cause PTSD?
Many people assume that they couldn't have PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder, if they haven't gone through an intense trauma war, rape or an accident. However, it's possible for anyone to suffer from trauma. If you perceive that your life, psychological...
What causes most West Virginia birth injuries?
Several factors can harm a baby during delivery, resulting in a birth injury. In West Virginia, such injuries can occur due to the difficulty of the baby's birth, illness, or medical errors. Although some injuries are treatable and not severe, others can cause...
Birth trauma can cast a long shadow
According to medical records, between 3% and 6% of mothers in West Virginia and around the country develop post-traumatic stress disorder after giving birth, but may experts think the true figure is much higher. They believe that most birth-related PTSD goes...
Finding hope and growth after birth trauma
Experiencing birth trauma can be a difficult and emotional experience for new parents in West Virginia. Birth injuries can be caused by a variety of factors, including medical negligence, complications during labor or genetic disorders. Despite the challenges that...
Differences between birth injuries and birth defects
All West Virginia expectant parents hope for pregnancies that result in healthy children, but pregnancy or birth complications sometimes dash these hopes. Women can suffer medical harm and so can their infants. When health care professionals or pharmaceutical...
The top 4 risk factors for birth injuries
Birth injuries can cause serious and lifelong damage to both West Virginia infants and their mothers. In some cases, they can even be fatal. While many of them are unavoidable, there are certain risk factors that increase the chances of one occurring. Prolonged labor...