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Massachusetts Midwife Settles Cerebral Palsy Lawsuit
Jeanne Browne, a midwife from Concord, Massachusetts, settled a $730,000 lawsuit with a family whose child suffered a severe brain injury during a birth that Browne supervised. According to the Concord Monitor, Sarah and Jonathan Sadowski’s daughter remained in the hospital for 21 days following her birth in January 2009, and she now has cerebral palsy. Browne surrendered her license after her investigation by the state Midwifery Council last June. Several hospitals in the area filed complaints about Browne’s failure to consult with obstetricians about high-risk pregnancies, though Browne stated that she stood by her decisions. The Sadowskis also stated that Browne did not manage their pregnancy appropriately, since Sarah Sadowski had several risk factors and the midwife did not refer her to an obstetrician. In addition, Browne did not send Sadowski to the hospital when she could not find the baby’s heartbeat during labor or after the baby’s birth….
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Higher Risk of Complications in Pregnancies After 45
Few women want to or attempt to have babies after the age of 45, but the few who do manage this feat face a higher risk of complications. Some of these complications include gestational diabetes and high blood pressure throughout the pregnancy. Preterm births and placenta previa are also common in older women who are pregnant. The older a woman is the higher the chance that she is not fully healthy and her body is not properly prepared for caring a child. Because women seem to be delaying pregnancy these days in order to pursue a career or even because they are waiting to get married, researchers have been focusing on the possible risks to mother and child when pregnancy occurs between ages 35 and 40. The focus of this research has not been on women over 40 or those rare women who choose to get pregnant after 45. In…
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