A couple’s decision to hire a midwife and have a home birth, a much cheaper alternative many women are now choosing over expensive hospital births, caused the eventual death of their son.
The midwife the couple hired failed to call an ambulance when the mother began bleeding profusely, and the placenta abruption left the child with a permanent brain injury.
“He was still unable to sit alone still unable to crawl, couldn’t stand couldn’t walk couldn’t speak,” the mother told Fox News.
The child died from his brain injuries just days before his third birthday. The couple hopes their story will prompt the state to require more from midwifes.
“I believe they should review the guidelines, the education requirements, the accountability requirements for midwifery,” the mother concluded.
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If the midwife had handled the fetal bleeding complications, the child may have lived a full, happy life, instead of this tragic end. Midwives are obligated to protect the safety of the mother and child by not allowing any outside factors to become a problem; and if there are problems, handle them in a professional manner.
If you suspect your child’s brain injury was the result of medical malpractice, contact the baby brain injury attorneys at Cappolino Dodd Krebs LLP immediately. Our brain injury law offices in Texas are positioned to assist residents throughout the state, including those in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and many others.
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