If your baby suffered birth injury or complications from fetal macrosomia, you and your child may be entitled to recover compensation from a fetal macrosomia lawsuit case or settlement claim. Contact a birth injury lawyer to request a free case review.
A team of birth injury lawyers and personal injury attorneys is investigating fetal macrosomia birth injury lawsuit cases and settlement claims involving babies who suffered birth injuries or complications from a fetal macrosomia due to medical malpractice or negligence.
Fetal macrosomia is a condition where a newborn is much larger than average, i.e., a baby with an excessive birth weight (more than 8 pounds, 13 ounces or more than 4,000 grams. Macrosomia babies are typically in the 90th percentile or higher for weight for their age.
Fetal macrosomia occurs in about 10 percent of all pregnancies. Fetal macrosomia can lead to difficult labor and delivery and can result in serious birth injury or complications if not properly managed.
Fetal Macrosomia Lawsuit Cases
Fetal macrosomia lawsuit and settlement cases potentially being investigated include claims involving babies who, due to possible medical malpractice or negligence, suffered birth injuries or complications from fetal macrosomia, including the following:
- Shoulder Dystocia
- Fractures to arm or collarbone
- Brachial Plexus Injury
- Cerebral Palsy
- Erb’s Palsy
- Klumpke’s Palsy
- Brain Damage
- Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE)
- Neonatal Encephalopathy
- Paralysis
- Lack of oxygen to baby
- Obstetrical forceps injury
- Vacuum extractor injuries
- Metabolic syndrome
- High blood pressure
- Abnormal blood sugar levels
- Abnormal cholesterol levels
- Death
- Other fetal macrosomia injuries
- Other birth injury lawsuits
Risk factors for fetal macrosomia can include maternal diabetes (pregestational diabetes and gestational diabetes), history of fetal macrosomia, maternal obesity, genetics, excessive weight gain, prior pregnancies, past due date pregnancy, maternal age and carrying a male fetus, among other things.
Fetal Macrosomia Medical Malpractice Claims
Fetal macrosomia malpractice lawsuit and settlement claims can include the failure of the birth doctor or OB-GYN to exercise reasonable care in diagnosing, treating, preventing and/or refraining from causing fetal macrosomia injury including, for example:
- Failure to monitor baby for signs or symptoms of fetal macrosomia
- Failure to promptly diagnose fetal macrosomia
- Failure to properly treat fetal macrosomia complications
- Failure to deliver baby via timely C-section
- Failure to identify and monitor risk factors of fetal macrosomia
- Failure to order appropriate tests (nonstress, fetal biophysical, etc.)
- Using excessive force to deliver baby
- Improper use of forceps or vacuum extractor
- Failure to follow-up
- Other medical malpractice or negligence cases
If timely diagnosed, fetal macrosomia can often safely be managed via a pre-emptive C-section delivery. However, if fetal macrosomia is not timely diagnosed, it can lead to a potentially unsafe emergency C-section or a vaginal delivery where a baby can become stuck in the birth canal, possibly suffering prolonged oxygen deprivation (and related injuries) and potentially requiring use of birthing tools like forceps or vacuum extractors which can result in birth injuries due to excessive force.
Fetal Macrosomia Signs, Symptoms or Complications
Fetal macrosomia signs, symptoms and complications can include, among others:
- Birth weight of more than 8 pounds, 13 ounces
- Large fundal height (distance from top of uterus to pubic bone)
- Excessive amniotic fluid (polyhydramnios)
- Images of large-sized baby on ultrasound or sonogram
- Indications of macrosomia from antenatal testing
- Indications of macrosomia from nonstress test or fetal biophysical
- Other fetal macrosomia symptoms, signs or complications
Complications for or injuries to the mother from fetal macrosomia can also include genital tract lacerations (tearing of vaginal tissue or perineal muscles between vagina and anus), excessive bleeding, uterine atony, and uterine rupture.
Time Is Limited To File A Fetal Macrosomia Lawsuit. Connect With a Birth Injury Lawyer.
Deadlines known as statutes of limitation and statutes of repose may limit the amount of time that parents, families and other claimants have to file a fetal macrosomia lawsuit case to try to recover compensation for injuries or complications due to fetal macrosomia medical malpractice.
This means that if a fetal macrosomia lawsuit claim is not filed before the applicable time limit or deadline, the claimant may be barred from ever taking legal action or pursuing litigation regarding the fetal macrosomia birth injury claim. That is why it is important to connect with a fetal macrosomia birth injury lawyer or attorney as soon as possible.
If your child has suffered birth injury or complications from a fetal macrosomia, you may be entitled to recover compensation from a fetal macrosomia lawsuit or settlement. Contact a fetal macrosomia birth injury lawyer to request a free case review.
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