Giving birth is an extraordinarily difficult process, even under the best circumstances, and it’s extremely common for women to use epidural anesthesia to help them cope with the pain that comes along with it. According to the American Pregnancy Association, epidurals are used by over 50% of women who give birth in hospitals. Epidurals are

Even in healthy pregnancies, labor and delivery can become complicated for a wide range of reasons. One very common reason that deliveries can become complicated involve the position of the child. To safely deliver a child, the best position for them to be in is with their head facing down with their chin tucked down

Birth injuries can be caused by many different things. Very often, it’s the result of a lack of oxygen during delivery or some kind of physical trauma around the time of birth. But they can also be the result of maternal infections that aren’t properly managed by an expectant mother’s doctor. When expectant mothers develop

When a child is injured during or shortly after birth, treatment options for the injury depends on the specific type of injury and how severe the injury is. In cases when a child experiences a lack of oxygen, leading to hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), one treatment for that condition is known as hypothermia therapy. While

When you look at a newborn baby, it’s hard not to marvel at how tiny and delicate their entire bodies look. But one part of their bodies that needs to be treated as delicately as possible is their heads. Unlike older children and adults, infants aren’t born with skulls that are fully hardened. While this

When you’ve just welcomed a new baby into the world, one of the most upsetting things you can hear is that your child has a bleeding disorder. While some conditions, such as intracranial hemorrhages, can be caused by birth asphyxia or by some type of physical trauma, other types of bleeding disorders can be caused

To induce labor or not to induce. It’s a question many women find themselves faced with every year, but there is no one correct answer. Whether induction is a good option or not depends on many different factors and there are some very good reasons why induction could be very beneficial. Sometimes, a woman’s baby

There are lots of different decisions parents-to-be need to make regarding how their baby is born. Do you want to give birth in a hospital or at home or in a birthing center? Do you want to have a natural birth or do you want an epidural? Another question to consider is whether or not

The skull of a newborn baby isn’t quite like the skull of an adult. While adults have skulls that are a single solid piece of bone, newborns have softer skulls that consist of multiple different plates of bone that later turn into a solid piece of bone as the child gets older. The soft nature

When people hear about people having strokes, they often imagine them happening to older people. But in reality, strokes can happen to people of any age, including infants. In some cases, a baby might experience a stroke before even being born. Perinatal stroke is a stroke that occurs between the 22 week mark of pregnancy