Category Archives: Shoulder Dystocia
Real Housewives Star’s Child Dies After Shoulder Dystocia
A reality television star announced recently that her newborn son died during childbirth due to complications. According to Fox News, Kara Keough, a former star on the ‘Real Housewives of Orange County”, announced on her social media pages that her child died in April. “During the course of his birth, he experienced shoulder dystocia and a compressed umbilical cord. He joined our Heavenly Father and will live forever in the hearts of his loving parents, his adoring sister, and those that received his life-saving gifts,” Keough said on Instagram. The child reportedly weighed 11 pounds and 4 ounces, and was 21 inches long. Keough also announced that they would be donating his organs and tissue for life saving medical purposes for others. Shoulder Dystocia is Often Avoidable Shoulder dystocia occurs when a baby’s head is delivered, and his or her shoulders are stuck behind the mother’s pelvic bone. Sadly, it…
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Woman Awarded $8.9 Million for Child’s Shoulder Dystocia
A Minnesota woman was awarded $8.9 million after her child was allegedly mishandled during his delivery, leading to shoulder dystocia. According to StarTribune.com, a Hennepin County jury awarded the mother compensation last month after she said a local healthcare provider and midwife ignored her concerns over the size of her baby prior to his birth. The child, born in 2016, severed a broken right arm and nerve damage during the birthing process. His mother claimed in the lawsuit that she had concerns about his large size, but a certified nurse-midwife said the boy was not that large during care sessions. However, when the delivery occurred, the child weighed 10.5 pounds, nearly 3 ponds larger than the average American birth weight. The child’s size resulted in shoulder dystocia, a complication in which the baby’s head passes through the birth canal but the shoulders get stuck. The lawsuit alleged that the midwife…
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Family Awarded $1 Million in Shoulder Dystocia Case
An Oregon family was recently awarded $1 million after a girl’s shoulder nerves were ripped out during her birth. According to the Mail Tribune, the family of a girl who was diagnosed with shoulder dystocia won its malpractice case against a Medford obstetrician. The family alleged that the doctor involved in the case, Dr. Miguel Carbonell, an obstetrician, was negligent in his handling of the girl’s delivery in 2008. The trial lasted for three weeks and juries found the doctor guilty, but did not find the operator of Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center guilty of negligence. The girl’s shoulder was pinned against her mother’s pubic bone. Her parents claim that the doctor did not employ any techniques to minimize injury risks during her delivery. She now has limited use of her left hand. Should I Speak to an Attorney If My Child Suffers Shoulder Dystocia? For more information about shoulder…
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