After a long nine months of pregnancy, an expectant mother is generally enthusiastic, yet cautious, about giving birth to a new child. During the hours or days of labor, it is reasonable to expect that professional health care providers will incorporate the best practices known to prevent and deal with any fetal distress.

We Offer Free Consultations to Parents Regarding Birth Injuries

If you suspect that your baby was injured due to actions or failure to act on the part of doctors, nurses, technicians, or other care providers during labor or delivery, contact Patton Law Practice, in Phoenix. We offer free initial consultations to parents regarding possible negligence during labor and delivery that may have caused birth injury.

Fetal distress during labor or delivery may indicate any number of problems related to the mother or the baby. The appropriate reaction to indications of fetal distress is a quick facilitation of birth. Whether vaginally or by Cesarean section, it is essential that the baby be delivered when signs of fetal distress are evident.

Did Failure to Monitor or Take Action Lead to Birth Injury when Fetal Distress should have been Obvious?

Failure to detect fetal distress may amount to medical malpractice. This is true as well of failure to take action to relieve fetal distress. Was the OB/GYN unavailable when he or she should have been? Did nurses fail to act as a result of their own negligence or the doctor's? Did the baby have a stool while in utero, leading to fetal distress? Did hypoxemia occur as a result of stress related to an event in the course of labor? Did health care providers fail to note such events until after the baby was delivered?

Contact us to schedule a consultation regarding your child's birth injury and possible causes of the fetal distress that may have caused that injury.

To learn more about how you can take better control over your patient safety, please visit our Web site pages on:

• How to Avoid Medical Errors
• Patient Rights and Responsibilities
• Filing Complaints

Medical malpractice lawyers of the Patton Law Practice law firm represent clients in California and Arizona, in communities including San Diego, Phoenix, Mesa, Tempe, Gilbert, Peoria, Chandler, Glendale, Sun City West, Casa Grande, Sun City, Flagstaff, Tucson, Yuma, Santa Anna, Lake Havasu City, Bullhead City, Show Low, and Florence, in counties such as Maricopa County, Navajo County, and Yuma County.