If your baby suffered injury or complications from a placental previa, you may be entitled to recover compensation from a placenta previa lawsuit case or settlement claim. Contact a placental previa birth injury lawyer to request a free case review.
A team of birth injury attorneys and personal injury lawyers is investigating placenta previa birth injury lawsuit cases and settlement claims involving babies who suffered injury from a placental previa due to birth related medical malpractice or negligence.
Placenta previa is a potentially serious birth injury in which the placenta (the organ in the uterus that connects to a baby through the umbilical cord and provides oxygen and nutrients and removes waste) covers or blocks the mother’s cervix (the opening to the uterus).
A placenta previa is generally described as being a complete previa (a complete blockage of the cervix by the placenta), a partial previa (a partial blockage of the cervix by the placenta) or a marginal previa (a low-lying placenta that blocks the edge of the cervix). Placenta previa occurs in about 1 in every 200 pregnancies (i.e., .5%)
Placenta Previa Lawsuit Cases
Placenta previa lawsuit and settlement cases potentially being investigated include claims involving babies who, due to possible medical malpractice or negligence, suffered injury or complications from a placental previa, including:
- Cerebral palsy
- Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy
- Birth asphyxia
- Premature birth (premature delivery)
- Fetal growth restriction
- Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR)
- Hypoxia
- Lack of oxygen
- Periventricular leukomalacia
- Low birth weight
- Congenital malformation
- Stillbirth
- Neonatal death
- Other placenta previa birth injury
- Other birth injury lawsuit cases
Placenta previa can result in life‐threatening complications to mothers, including hemorrhage, shock, placenta accreta (blood vessels and parts of the placenta grow too deeply into the uterine wall), placental abruption, puerperal sepsis, abnormal placentation and low blood pressure.
Placenta previa risk factors can include, for instance, maternal age younger than 20 or older than 35 years, abnormally shaped uterus, scars on uterus from prior surgery, smoking, cocaine use, prior placenta previa, carrying more than one baby, prior C-section, induced labor, unusual position of fetus (breech/transverse) and prior uterine fibroid surgery.
Placenta Previa Medical Malpractice Claims
Placenta previa medical malpractice lawsuit and settlement claims can include the failure of a doctor or OB-GYN to exercise reasonable care in diagnosing, treating, preventing and/or refraining from causing placenta previa injury including, for example:
- Failure to monitor mother for placenta previa signs
- Failure to monitor fetus for placenta previa complications
- Failure to promptly diagnose a placenta previa
- Failure to properly treat placenta previa complications
- Failure to make sure a baby gets sufficient oxygen
- Failure to perform a timely C-section
- Attempting vaginal birth when complete previa present
- Performing a digital pelvic exam when complete previa exists
- Failure to identify and monitor risk factors of placenta previa
- Failure to order appropriate tests (ultrasound, blood tests, etc.)
- Failure to follow-up
- Other negligence or medical malpractice claims
Placenta Previa Signs, Symptoms or Complications
Placenta previa signs, symptoms and complications can include, among others:
- Bright red vaginal bleeding in second or third trimester
- Bleeding before delivery
- Bleeding after delivery
- Painless bleeding
- Premature uterine contractions
- Enlarged uterus related to gestation age
- Back pain
- Other placenta previa symptoms, signs or complications
Placenta Previa Treatment
Unfortunately, there is no cure for placenta previa. However, placenta previa treatment options can include, for example, bed rest, avoidance of sexual intercourse, delivery via C-section, blood volume or blood plasma replacement, blood transfusion, hysterectomy, intravenous fluids, medication to help postpone delivery to avoid pre-term labor or use of steroids such as corticosteroids to help baby’s lung to develop.
Time Is Limited To File A Placenta Previa Birth Injury 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 placenta previa birth injury lawsuit case to try to recover compensation for injuries or complications due to placenta previa.
This means that if a placenta previa 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 placenta previa birth injury claim. That is why it is important to connect with a placenta previa birth injury lawyer or attorney as soon as possible.
If your child has suffered a birth injury from a placenta previa, you may be entitled to recover compensation from a placenta previa lawsuit or settlement. Contact a placenta previa birth injury lawyer to request a free case review.
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