Birth Brain Injury Attorney Indianapolis, Indiana

Parents of babies who have suffered brain injury or spinal cord injury as a result of birth trauma are invited to get in touch with our staff at Wilson, Kehoe & Winingham LLC now to schedule a free initial consultation. We have a physician-lawyer and legal nurse consultant who are highly qualified to evaluate potential birth brain injury cases from both a medical and legal standpoint.

Traumatic brain injuries at birth may result from many doctor decisions and conditions or events occurring during pregnancy, labor, and delivery. Common examples of medical errors and actions leading to birth trauma include the following:

• Failing to properly electronically monitor mother and baby during delivery
• Failing to recognize a baby in distress
• Failing to recognize an umbilical cord compression or when the cord is wrapped around baby's neck
• Improper choice for a vaginal birth after a prior Cesarean section delivery
• Improper use of Pitocin to stimulate uterine contractions
• Failing to perform a timely Cesarean section when needed

During labor, a mother's uterine contractions and her baby's heart rate should be carefully watched through what is called electronic fetal monitoring. Our staff is skilled at the review and interpretation of electronic fetal monitor tracings to identify areas of stress and trauma to a baby that can lead to a lack of oxygen and birth trauma brain injury. A failure to promptly perform a Cesarean section can often lead to lifelong consequences.

Factors Which May Contribute to Birth Brain Injuries in Prenatal, Labor or Delivery Care

Any of the following factors may contribute to a brain injury sustained at birth:

• Hypoxia (lack of oxygen) occurring during labor and delivery
• Preeclampsia or hypertension during pregnancy
• Forceps delivery
• Vacuum extraction delivery
• Delayed Cesarean section
• Untimely response to placental abruption
• Management of gestational diabetes
• Management of preterm labor
• Management of labor induction

Contact Wilson, Kehoe & Winingham LLC to discuss your child's brain injury with a physician attorney or legal nurse consultant. If your baby died as a result of birth trauma or birth related brain or other injury, we can discuss with you a wrongful death medical malpractice claim. Please contact us for a free initial consultation.